Warm and Fuzzy Dealing with Cold and Snowy
One thing people who move to Brooklyn from, say, Manhattan remark upon is the neighborhoodiness of the borough. Simple things like saying hello to people on the street or ringing a neighbor’s doorbell to remind him to move his car. Add to that list helping in snowstorms. The Times details the friendliness of one Brooklyn…
One thing people who move to Brooklyn from, say, Manhattan remark upon is the neighborhoodiness of the borough. Simple things like saying hello to people on the street or ringing a neighbor’s doorbell to remind him to move his car. Add to that list helping in snowstorms. The Times details the friendliness of one Brooklyn nabe–Windsor Terrace–in getting through the drifts and slush puddles yesterday. “This is a neighborly kind of neighborhood,” said Louise O’Connor, the parish secretary at Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church. “People can rely on help from down the block, so why call the church?”
The article also included this description of the area:
So it seemed along the Windsor Terrace side streets, many of them lined with the rounded facades of three-story brick row houses, where many families have been rooted for generations. Like much of Brooklyn, the neighborhood has experienced a rapid influx of affluent new residents from Manhattan and beyond, but it retains a large population of municipal workers — police officers, firefighters, sanitation workers — and a long tradition of self-sufficiency.
Residents Help Themselves, Others [NY Times]
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