Two of TONY's New Yorkiest Blocks in Brooklyn
Time Out NY this week highlights some of the “New Yorkiest” blocks in the city, by which it means those with a “mash-up of eateries, shops and apartments” and that are populated by a mix of “weirdos, old-schoolers and bewildered newcomers.” Its picks in Brooklyn include Myrtle Avenue between Clermont and Vanderbilt Avenues in Fort…
Time Out NY this week highlights some of the “New Yorkiest” blocks in the city, by which it means those with a “mash-up of eateries, shops and apartments” and that are populated by a mix of “weirdos, old-schoolers and bewildered newcomers.” Its picks in Brooklyn include Myrtle Avenue between Clermont and Vanderbilt Avenues in Fort Greene (above) where “longtime locals are adapting to newcomers—and the economy” and Seventh Avenue between 8th and 9th Street in Park Slope where “cheap meets fancy-pants.” Kinda weird choices, but whatevs.
The New Yorkiest Blocks [Time Out NY]
Every issue of TONY is exactly the same.
“How to eat for free in Manhattan!”
“How to get a girl to eat for free with you in Manhattan!”
“How to get free therapy so you can attract a girl to eat for free with in Manhattan!”
Followed by divisive, silly “Best of” articles like this one. Ugh.
Their listings are okay, I guess, but the magazine itself blows.
I preferred the “Royal Price” name.
when hasn’t new york had 22 year old hipsters looking for overpriced used record stores?
probably when records didn’t exist.
z – you said it. these “best of” articles are just mostly the places the 23 year old interns happened to drunkenly stumble upon one time. just like the musical acts on late night shows are their favorite bands, not anything the host really knows or cares about.
As a life long NYer I have to say that if you’ve got to rely on a publication geared toward 20 something hipsters to discover NYC “authenticity” than you’re out of luck to begin with. “Most New York-y Block” gimme a break. I think the “bewildered newcomers” are 22 year old hipsters looking for the overpriced used record store.
7th between Union and Berkeley?
HIIIYOOOOOOOOOOOO
My block has apartments, a fro-yo shop, THREE dry cleaning places (jesus …), a diner, a korean grocery, a bigger grocery store, a pizza place, a specialty coffee store, a drug store, a bus stop, some scaffolding that’s been there forever, a liquor store, a lousy indian restaurant, a bank of america and two burnt-out retail shells waiting for new tenants.
Seems pretty new-york-y to me!
“best block” articles are pretty pathetic. there are tens of thousands of blocks in the city — what are the chances that a pub like tony or ny mag can actually do a scientific, comprehensive survey of all those blocks to cull out the “best” or “new yorkiest”? all of these are more like “blocks near cafes where writers bang out wispy articles hours before deadline.”
the exception to this would be articles that rate my block highly. those are very accurate.
TONY is good for its listings but the articles are fluffy 3rd grade garbage.