Slope Out in Online Popularity Contest but Northside Still in Running...
The final results are in, and Park Slope did not prevail in its match-up against Harlem’s Frederick Douglass Boulevard in the Curbed Cup, a.k.a. the blog’s “annual award to the New York City neighborhood of the year.” Still, Brooklyn is not out of contention, as the final showdown is between Frederick Douglass Boulevard and Northside…
FDB can be considered the heart of Harlem in that most of it is “Central Harlem” – i.e., it is in West Harlem but not Far West. FDB is the north-south spine. Beautiful brownstone blocks just east of it (between FDB and Adam Clayton Powell a/k/a 7th Ave). It seems strange to hear of FDB being called a neighborhood of Harlem. The great section of Harlem, of which FDB is a main part, is just known as Central Harlem. It includes Strivers Row. I for one would have voted for Park Slope, though!
Both are filled with douche bags so this means absolutely nothing
wow MM, ill co-sign exactly what you said on that one.
*rob*
Thanks MM and BH.
Haha – on my way back from one of those St. John the Divine concerts I was walking around that traffic circle. Seemed ok but nothing so great.
Now it’s in the finals for best nabe?? How dumb.
Asinine hipster bullshit.
@ i-j 1:00 PM
FDB is 8th Ave north of the traffic circle at 110th Street. Lots of brand spanking new condos, considered the gold coast of Harlem now.
FDB is not geographically or metaphorically the “heart of Harlem”. Some fancy new condos, a hotel and some restaurants do not a heart make. Let me know when the people in the non-gentrified buildings have jobs and a hope of sharing in the new wealth, before they get pushed out.
East of FDB, around Lenox and the Mt. Morris Park area has been growing for years, much of it without a lot of fanfare. The area between 125th and 155th, which would geographically be the “heart of Harlem” is like much of Brooklyn, filled with some fine architecture, and certainly a lot of history, and pockets of wealth surrounded by dire poverty, but most Curbed readers would be clutching their purses as their cabs sail through the neighborhood.
Is gettng an award from curbed a good thing? I’m rooting for Harlem, but not sure if that means I should hope they win.
Is FDB the heart of Harlem? Serious question.