Anyone cool living in Bay Ridge??
Hi, I live in P.Slope and I am considering a move. I have looked allll over brooklyn and I like B. Ridge but I am a little nervous that there no cool people down there. Does anyone know what the people are like?? THanks!!
Hi,
I live in P.Slope and I am considering a move. I have looked allll over brooklyn and I like B. Ridge but I am a little nervous that there no cool people down there. Does anyone know what the people are like??
THanks!!
Bay Ridge is huge. There are several mini-neighborhoods within the neighborhood. There are sections of the neighborhood where homes take up half a city block and the only noise you will hear is foghorns in the Harbor. There are sections where you wont see a single store sign in English. Check it out for yourself and walk around.
New Yorkers live in Bay Ridge. Generation upon generation of natives. Looking for the cool dude from your high school in Minnesota? He lives in Park Slope.
guess that getting rid of anonymous comments hasn’t gotten rid of the vitriol…
if you’re looking for “cool people” then you are not cool.
Steve,
I understand… I see snarky stereotyping as of a piece with asking where the cool people are in Bay Ridge.
Does that make me snarky in the other direction? Probably.
I guess I was just saying that it’s best not to get all worked up over stereotypes if the question origniates in asking about a stereotype.
To the OP. I meant no offense with my high school comment. Its just that this whole cool thing that is a constant discussion on this website is to me, as a native New Yorker so ridiculous. I guess your post just made me explode and have to say something. I appologize if I have offended you.
And to Cornetor, I think you are the epitomy of cool!
If you want to find all the cool people they sit at the table next to jocks and cheerleaders over by the vending machines. I could pass them a note in homeroom to let them know your interested in them.
How old are the people here? I feel like I had this very conversation in high school.
Check the nabes out for yourself, only you’ll know if its cool for you or not.
I have lived in Staten Island, Manhattan, Park Slope and finally Bay Ridge. I found very cool things about each of these nabes. That is the beauty of NY. Each nabe is different and if they were all alike the city would suck. I like that there is a different feel to each of the hoods.
I would never have thought of leaving Park Slope, I owned a very large apartment there, 1/2 a block from Prospect Park. I visited Bay Ridge and my mind was made up and never looked back.
So good luck in your search.
VanBurenProud, I took offense to the snarky stereotyping. As I said, the last thing I want is for Bay Ridge to be considered a “cool” neighborhood.
Out of curiosity I checked the Starbucks website and there were actually 4(!) in Bay Ridge in a 15-block perimeter, now 3 after this closure… I think that still leaves Bay Ridge as the Starbucks capital of Brooklyn, certainly outperforming the Slope with its measly 1 store on 7th Ave… Making Bay Ridge exceptionally uncool.
Actually 11217, Bay Ridge had 2 Starbucks 9 blocks apart from each other and the less popular one is getting the boot. So by your definition, slightly more cool, but still not very cool.