New Jersey Couple Opts for McCarren Views
While Williamsburg has been indelibly branded with the hipster label for the last decade or so, luckily the marketing campaigns of developers in the area have cast a much wider demographic net. To wit: When Steven Leeds and Rachel Hott, empty nesters from Montclair, started looking for a place to move in the big city,…
While Williamsburg has been indelibly branded with the hipster label for the last decade or so, luckily the marketing campaigns of developers in the area have cast a much wider demographic net. To wit: When Steven Leeds and Rachel Hott, empty nesters from Montclair, started looking for a place to move in the big city, they fell in love with a three-bedroom pad at The Aurora overlooking McCarren Park. (The 1,400-square-foot apartment was originally listed for $1,200,000, but the fifty-somethings snagged it for $999,000.) Before signing the contract, however, the couple insisted on timing the walk from the new development to the L train station. Luckily for them (and the developer), it clocked in at a commuter-friendly six minutes. They moved in last month, and can’t get enough of their new neighborhood, especially McCarren Park. I have never seen so much activity, Dr. Hott said. There is break dancing and tai chi and soccer. In case they need any tips, The Times also has a close-up this weekend on the neighborhood to the north: Greenpoint.
The Hunt: The Six-Minute Test [NY Times]
Living In: Greenpoint, Brooklyn [NY Times]
Give me that Red Hook key lime pie anyday. Too tart for my wife, but perfect for me. Unfindable in any diner I know of.
My favorite Brooklyn diner is the Lindwenwood Diner on the East New York/Howard Beach border near the Belt Parkway. This humble establishment bring together mobsters, truckers, union types, black, white and Hispanic locals and others in a common bond forged by coffee, cheesburger deluxes, and pastries in rotating display cases. Classic.
Yeah I’m from Massapequa G10
Interesting Benson – I really can’t recall that diner, but I haven’t lived in Massapequa since I was 13 yrs old so maybe it’s new? –
Benson – if you guys really want to see excess, take a trip down to the “All American” hamburger stand on Merrick Road next time. Heart attacks waiting to happen.
DH is from Massapequa – correct?
Benson – totally know those types of joints. Agreed, I do think when you live in an urban setting you just have a different “constitution” about yourself.
M4L – now you know…that was already brought up – hahahaha! truthfully we were open to the idea(hello instant Babysitter) but my mom is too “business minded” and wants 40% stake etc etc and wanted to involve a lawyer
ha!
DH;
It was on the Sunrise, but I can’t remember the name of it. It was not the Massapequa Diner, but about 2 miles away from it. It specializes in seafood, and is decorated like an aquarium.
the current generation of 20-somethings is beginning a reversal in the trend of urban neighborhoods. more and more young professionals will opt to stay in the boroughs instead of moving out to long island / new jersey / westchester, and in turn the ghetto will move a bit further away from the city, as we can see happening right now on long island. big deal if a couple wants to get back to the new york scene as they approach retirement age. nobody posting here can pretend to know the motivations or racial attitudes of the couple that made this move, and this speculation sounds foolish without more information. i just hope that when i’m in my 50’s i have the energy and interest to stay active in new york.
“We went to eat with them in a local diner that was heavy on food quantity ”
Sounds like the Massapequa Diner on Sunrise Highway.
Gemini and 11217;
This weekend I went out to Massapequa to visit my wife’s aunt and uncle. We went to eat with them in a local diner that was heavy on food quantity (the type with the foot-tall lemon merengue pie rotating in the diplay case). It was packed with old folks. I could swear that more than 50% of the people in the diner were obese. I’m not talking heavy – I’m talking obese.
I was glad to come home to Brooklyn. At least in Brooklyn, if you gorge yourself at such a place (and we have them too) you can at least walk off some of the food. Folks in NYC are defintely bucking the national trend, and are staying slimmer. I think the fact that you can walk to many places has something to do with it.
“Agreed, Dirty. I do the same (except I take my hipster bike to Williamsburg).”
Haha – we’ve probably passed by each other on Kent.
Isn’t it funny how tequila make everything better iz? 😉