San Francisco of the East Coast
That’s what New York magazine is calling Ditmas Park, “the Victorian-packed enclave south of Prospect Park.” Its resemblance to the foggy city is listed as reason #39 to love New York, and it’s not just the “painted ladies,” those houses now fetching as much as $1.8 million, that bear a resemblance to San Fran. “You…

That’s what New York magazine is calling Ditmas Park, “the Victorian-packed enclave south of Prospect Park.” Its resemblance to the foggy city is listed as reason #39 to love New York, and it’s not just the “painted ladies,” those houses now fetching as much as $1.8 million, that bear a resemblance to San Fran. “You can also see similarities in the restaurant scene: The reigning culinary draw, the Farm on Adderley, references Chez Panisse (okay, that’s in Berkeley, not Frisco) in its strident locavorism and mismatched plates. And Ditmas’s tiny, cozy Cinco de Mayo can hold its own in the Mexican brunch department against the Mission District’s Pancho Villa Taqueria (although the latter’s burritos are admittedly better).” Perhaps most San Francisco-ish is the Ciy LIghts of the East Coast, Vox Pop, with its socialist literature and cappuccinos, “where, on a recent Sunday, you could order a Cesar Chavez personal pizza, buy lefty tracts, and listen to a live drum circle from a group called Manhattan Samba.” Still, a look at political contributions belies the neighborhood’s true colors: it actually leans toward the red.
Because Ditmas Park Is the New San Francisco [New York]
Photo by nicknormal.
I lived there for several years, and I’m hard pressed to see this one.
And please please don’t call it Frisco – no one that lives there ever would!
Posted by: cobblehiller at December 16, 2008 9:43 AM
DIBS – huh? Do I need more coffee? I’m missing something.
well if New York magazines calls it that it must be true. Because we all know how well New York magazine knows NYC and all its neighborhoods. And is up on all the trends.
It is my #1 source for keeping up with what is current.
Once this word gets out about Ditmas Park being our SF,
I’m sure Chelsea and Hells Kitchen will have lots of vacant apts.
No one but you cobblehiller, apparently. 🙂
Comparing the restaurant scene was just idiotic. No part of Brooklyn can compare to SF in that respect. No, no part at all.
There are however fewer “street people” in Brooklyn than in SF and that may say alot for quality of life!!!
Well, there are Victorian homes in both, but me thinks the comparison ends there. I lived there for several years, and I’m hard pressed to see this one.
And please please don’t call it Frisco – no one that lives there ever would!
Looks more like Berkeley, but Cortelyou Road ain’t Telegraph Avenue.
ive never been to san francisco but professors used to tell me id LOVE it. but then everyone i know who has been there to visit said how horrible the people are and that i would absolutely HATE it. so i dont know what to believe.
*rob*
I was thinking something very similarly Dave.