'Port Sleene'? Yeah, That Has Quite a Ring to It
Brooklyn Paper columnist Dana Rubinstein spies a new maybe-trend: The Slope-ification of Fort Greene. Evidence? More boutiques, more strollers, more white people, more coffee shops, more high-end grocers like Union Market coming. It’s a glass half-empty sorta thing (“Fort Greene has acquired a distinctly less edgy vibe. Stores cater to the arrived, rather than the…
Brooklyn Paper columnist Dana Rubinstein spies a new maybe-trend: The Slope-ification of Fort Greene. Evidence? More boutiques, more strollers, more white people, more coffee shops, more high-end grocers like Union Market coming. It’s a glass half-empty sorta thing (“Fort Greene has acquired a distinctly less edgy vibe. Stores cater to the arrived, rather than the up-and-coming, the mainstream, rather than the avant-garde.”) but hey, at least the water is designer (“there are far worse things than looking like Park Slope”). And of course, what trendspotting nabe article would be complete without a couple possible new names for the area: “Park Greene. Or Fort Slope. Or Port Sleene.” Wait a sec, has Fart Grope been spoken for?
My Copycat Neighbors [Brooklyn Paper]
Fort Greene photo by Daniel A. Norman; Slope photo by wallyg.
178 posts! I hear Mr. B has free tickets to the Fort Green circle jerk show this friday night for the 200th post.
HILARIOUS! and true. we’ve been saying it for about 5 years now…fg used to be international and cool and edgy and all that but now? none of those things. can you say eeeeeewwwwwwwww?
2:26 pm. I agree. All vote for Park Slope, say Aye. All vote for Fort Greene say Wassup Wuss. All vote for Crown Heights, wave your guns in the air and shoot em like you just dont care.
sigh…I’m with you 1;52…remember when b.heights had the bossert old man bar with the pool table…better days…better days…
2:25 — ” I’m allergic to getting mugged.” I’m allergic to getting an eyeful of coward. If I ever see you on my block, I might react in a really violent and money-stealing way, just be warned. I live in the greater Fort Greene area, and I walk there DAY and night.
“That beauty mark happens to be 28% black and only 45% white, with other shades of hispanic (27%) and Asian (10%) mixed in there.”
So basically almost the exact demographic of 11217 and 11215? (park slope)
Seriously. Why can’t we have a rational, mature discussion about which neighborhood is the best, which is second, third, etc.? It’s important to get this right.
Love it 2:21.
I think Ft Greene is alright, if a little uncouth, during the day. But I would never ever walk there at night. I’m a bit of a wuz I admit it. I’m allergic to getting mugged.