Pat on the Back for Park Slope
It’s rare to see an article these days that simply praises Park Slope for what’s good about it without the requisite stabs at stroller moms and celebrity sightings. The inclusion of the leafy brownstone neighborhood in the American Planning Association’s list of the 10 best neighborhoods provided just such an occasion. The first-annual effort by…

It’s rare to see an article these days that simply praises Park Slope for what’s good about it without the requisite stabs at stroller moms and celebrity sightings. The inclusion of the leafy brownstone neighborhood in the American Planning Association’s list of the 10 best neighborhoods provided just such an occasion. The first-annual effort by the D.C.-based group also included spots like San Francisco’s North Beach and Buffalo’s Elmwood Village. What grabbed the judges’ attention about the Slope? “It’s got a lot of past, but it has also evolved and has a lot of vibrancy in the present,” said association spokesman Denny Johnson. Johnson also praised the area’s architecture and proximity to a wealth of cultural institutions. In a surprise moment of boosterism, Boro Beep Marty Markowitz agreed: “Park Slope has it all…great shopping and eateries, the creative arts…and a long tradition of progressive politics and activism.” So there you have it, folks.
Slope Named One of U.S.’s Best Nabes [NY Daily News]
Photo by Robert Catalano
I love Park Slope and I can’t afford to live there. Not even to rent. That makes me sad. Not therapist-seeking sad, but nevertheless, glum. I’d be thrilled to own a small coop apartment there. Not going to happen. But it’s a wonderful place. Congratulations, Park Slope!
I’m not defensive about your suggestion that perhaps I need therapy because I think Park Slope feels empty and hollow. In fact I am quite comfortable with the fact that I am not perfect and perhaps feel out of place in a neighborhood that pretends to be perfect. But let this all be water under the bridge. To each his/her own. This is your day Park Slopers. Congratulations!
I love living in Park Slope. I love the park, the community vibe (i can’t leave the house without running into at least a couple of people we know), the shopping and the restaurants. i love that i have everything i need right at my doorstep. i love that my kids will have decent public schools to attend. sure, i don’t love that we live in a small coop apartment and can’t afford a brownstone, but you know what? life is more than real estate. oops, maybe that’s not something one writes on a blog about real estate.
lol. It’s too beautiful! It’s too happy! It’s too perfect! There must be something wrong with it! It must be… um… “hollow”!
Keep the “insults” coming, folks. You may convince as many as 8 bitter blog comments readers not to live in Park Slope.
Buenos Aires is the Therapist Capital of the world.
Pretty amazing place, if I do say so.
If you didn’t think you needed to see one, 2:30 you wouldn’t get defensive about it.
Your comments are a sign of someone with issues.
Lots of people also happen to like Park Slope. You know…this is the subject of today’s article.
You have a right not to like it…that’s cool…but you really should see someone about your feelings of being hollow and empty every time you visit there.
Here we go… it didn’t take long at all.
You could be right about that but unfortunately a lot of people have that same feeling about Park Slope. Could explain why their are so many therapist is Park Slope.
Usually people who say something is “over” or “boring” are actually projecting that they themselves are over and boring. Psych 101.
If you can’t amuse yourself in Park Slope, it’s not the neighborhoods fault.
I would rather live in a neighborhood with levitating mothers.
Park Slope is over.
Boring.