New Macro-Nabe Trend Launches with "Tri-Hood"
We hadn’t read anything in the press yet about a movement to merge the neighborhoods of Bedford Stuyvesant, East New York and Brownsville into the appropriately named “Tri-Hood”, but this tag-up on the walls of the Louis Armstrong Houses on Lexington and Throop may be the start of a new macro-nabe trend. Remember, you heard…
We hadn’t read anything in the press yet about a movement to merge the neighborhoods of Bedford Stuyvesant, East New York and Brownsville into the appropriately named “Tri-Hood”, but this tag-up on the walls of the Louis Armstrong Houses on Lexington and Throop may be the start of a new macro-nabe trend. Remember, you heard it here first!
Triple Threat [Flick’r, photo by Kevin Mason]
What about Ocean Hill? That area doesn’t seem to get enough press. Why are we even bothering with this discussion? Next time I am trolling around the projects, perhaps I will take note of the graffiti on the wall that will predict the market trends and naming of neighborhoods. There were some great stock tips on the wall of the Red Hook Houses, Part II. I hit BIG.
Did the Bloods not get the memo that they can no longer operate in Fort Greene? I guess they don’t read this blog.
The Original BrownStone Gangsters should throw up some of their own tags to show that FG is no longer Blood territory.
there’s a bunch of gang stuff in the G train station. and some new stuff around ft greene park lately. go look around.
Relax people. It’s really not that serious. There is no movement to merge the neighborhoods. BedStuy alone is big enough.
Sassy — I doubt I would be eaten alive in the “tri-hood.” I’m from the original hood, before all the neigborhoods that we now boast about were re-discovered and worth mentioning. Anon 1:21, right on!
Hmm, I’m “old school Brooklyn” AND a “white gentrifier”. Lemme explain something to you newbies. Back in the old days, all 4 boros (plus maybe SI) were covered in something we called “GRAFFITI”. I have a feeling that’s what this is…simply a “TAG”. Maybe you’ll find something about this in your history books.
Maybe it’s just me, but I thought the borderline mocking was at the expense of bococa and the rest of the micro naming trend.
We can wink at that, can’t we?
i think its cool. you guys might wanna calm down.
I don’t think that “Tri-Hood” is an appropriate name for any neigborhood. Okay..so these neighborhoods border each other…so should there be other neighborhoods merging, should we have “bi-hood,” quad-hood,” etc. I think this name is offensive and the fact that it was found on a housing project leads me to believe that it is just a tag-name and nothing more.