New York's Best Neighborhoods
Time Out has a roundup of the best places to live in our fair city, broken down into categories. Shopaholic? Try moving to Williamsburg, where art books, vintage clothes, records, wine and computer parts are in vast supply. Carroll Gardens, by the way, was runner up. Coney Island turned up the best street culture, meshing…
Time Out has a roundup of the best places to live in our fair city, broken down into categories. Shopaholic? Try moving to Williamsburg, where art books, vintage clothes, records, wine and computer parts are in vast supply. Carroll Gardens, by the way, was runner up. Coney Island turned up the best street culture, meshing Russian immigrants and sideshow workers, what they call “ethnic New York and honky-tonk New York.” No word on whether the street culture will hold now that Astroland is gone and the fate of Coney Island is in the balance as Thor Equities figures out how to reinvent it. Finally, for the LOHAS dark green eco-fanatics, the neighborhood of choice is Park Slope, what with the food co-op, the big ole park and the high recycling rates (27.1%, though it’s second to Tribeca’s 27.9%).
New York’s Best Neighborhoods Now [Time Out NY]
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Ben Stein’s criticism of Henry Paulson is about as meaningful as President Bush telling FEMA Director Michael Brown, “Brownie, you’re doing a heckuva job!”. By the way, I love the handle of the “heck of a job brownie” poster here.
I saw that same interview Wadser – I take anything Ben Stein says with a grain of salt since his article (in the NYTimes I believe) blaming GS for the whole mortgage debacle.
Am I the only one who tries to avoid the East Village when going out? That neighborhood is a real sh!tshow on the weekends (or anyday for that matter)
Dave–totally off topic question—last night on CNN within 15 minutes or so I heard David Gergen praising Henry Paulson for the job he is doing and then moments later Ben Stein calling for him to be fired, saying he’s a disaster. What’s the real story?
BTW–there is some love for Fort Greene/Clinton Hill. If you look at the runner’s up section there is a nice write up.
tybur6-
Did you go to the Flea when it first opened? Because I’d be the 1st to agree with you. However, the Flea has indeed progressed beyond the $30 tee shirt dynamic. Junk, dusty boxes of crap to sift through, fine antiques, great food and yes, even…bargains.
And I do know what Flea Market is. I’ve been to the best of ’em, from Cali to Boston, from Chicago to Miami, from Paris to Madrid.
I knew Bed Stuy wasn’t going to come out high on these lists. I bet we have cleaner sidewalks.
Not only in Brooklyn but i think Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Bklyn Heights, Park Slope and Boruem Hill are some of the top in NYC. Of course areas like Ft.greene and Clinton hill are very nice to.
tybur6, I didn’t know we could go so far off script! But that was funny.
HA HA! I like that. It’s mad libs.
I don’t agree with Compton as the best neighborhood for lollipop making. I live in Paris and Paris is much better than Atlantic City in bob sledding.