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!!
There was a ‘Crack’ house in the neighborhood that got raided two weeks ago…that was cool.
Bay Ridge is losing its Starbucks in the company-wide shut down of 600 stores nationwide.
In my book, that’s pretty cool.
I wish they’d all close down, personally.
Judging by the OP post of “cool people”, I don’t think Bay Ridge quite fits the bill. Don’t fall for the “value trap”.
What are ‘Cool’ People? People who never get hot.
Obviously, by my sign-in name, I live in Bay Ridge. I grew up and have lived here for many years. As Steve said, there is a mix of people and nationalities. The housing stock is just as mixed. There are streets of rowhouses (brownstones, limestones and brick). There are streets of attached, semi-attached bricks, and there are streets of detached victorians. I wish more was done to preserve the old houses. There are some mansions still left from it’s days as a summer community for the rich.
Houses are definately more affordable compared to ‘brownstone’ brooklyn.
For more history go to:
http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/bayridge/bayridge.html
There are some great restaurants (3rd Ave is lined with restaurants, cafes and bars) and shops (some chains, trendy boutiques and mom and pops).
So what makes a neighborhood cool? Hip? Trendy? Some think Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, Williamsburg, etc. are cool. I’m sure there are many people that don’t think so. Coolness is how you preceive it.
I personally can’t stand when a neighborhood gets too ‘trendy’. I liked Williamsburg before all the ‘hipster’s moved in. When artists were squatters (not saying all of them were). When it was still gritty. know there are some streets still like that – but I rarely go there, cause I can’t stand all the phony…I mean cool people.
If you really want to know what a neighborhood is like. GO to it, it’s only a train or bus ride away. Walk the streets, talk to the people, grab a bite to eat. Hang around.
Steve, the OP didn’t ask whether Bay Ridge is nice or a good place to live. She asked whether cool people are there. That’s going to guide the conversation.
Point taken, it’s going to guide the conversation into a place you find stupid. But the people you’re accusing of stupidness are just answering the question as asked.
You say yourself that you moved to get away from the “cool people.” It makes no sense to take offense that people are thusly calling your neighborhood uncool.
Huh? Bay Ridge has nothing in common with Staten Island. Anyone who’s spent ten minutes in both knows that. That’s about as intelligent a statement as Manhattan folk who refer to Brooklyn as Injun Territory or (my personal favorite) where people who can’t cut it in the city go, never to be heard from again.
A couple of these comments illuminate what I said about the baggage of living in a cool neighborhood. It attracts condescending camp followers who think living in a cool and trendy neighborhood makes them cool and trendy as well.
Culture vultures destroyed Soho and Noho for me. I love my neighborhood just the way it is and the last thing I want is to see it go the way of other “cool” Brooklyn neighborhoods. It’s friendly, affordable, relaxed and not a cellphone store or $40/plate cheese bar in sight. So… I agree! Stay away from Bay Ridge. Nothing to see here. It’s all poor people, high hair and strip malls. And you’ll probably get beat up by gangs of Tony Maneros.
I live there, and I’m definitely not cool. However, Bay Ridge is cool. It’s not staten island, but the proximity does rub off a bit. I left park slope in ’05 and have never regretted it (though I really did like the slope too).
Bay Ridge is a nice area that has many more amenities than people realize. Some good restaurants and shopping, etc.. Relatively safe and with “cheaper” homes. Its more family (multi-generational, not preschool set with hipster parents) orientated. Its very hard to park if you don’t have a driveway. Its a bit of long train ride to Manhattan on the R train.
No clue how you judge the coolness factor of the residents. Im sure there are nice people and asshats just like every other area. Bay Ridge has zero hipster appeal though – so that may be a big positive or negative depending upon the type of person you are.
I agree with Zinka. Its a small step up from staten island. There are many old people living from their social security in the area and the median income is one of the lowest in Brooklyn.
Stay in Park Slope. If you move to Bay Ridge expect a culture shock.