Open House Picks
Prospect Lefferts Gardens 146 Rutland Road Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 1-3 Archive! $1,225,000 GMAP P*Shark Crown Heights 1269 Carroll Street Douglas Elliman Sunday 12-2 $985,000 GMAP P*Shark Crown Heights 704 Sterling Place Corcoran Sunday 2-4 $919,000 GMAP P*Shark Bedford Stuyvesant 214 Macon Street Aguayo & Huebener Sunday 1-3 $550,000 GMAP P*Shark
Prospect Lefferts Gardens
146 Rutland Road
Brown Harris Stevens
Sunday 1-3 Archive!
$1,225,000
GMAP P*Shark
Crown Heights
1269 Carroll Street
Douglas Elliman
Sunday 12-2
$985,000
GMAP P*Shark
Crown Heights
704 Sterling Place
Corcoran
Sunday 2-4
$919,000
GMAP P*Shark
Bedford Stuyvesant
214 Macon Street
Aguayo & Huebener
Sunday 1-3
$550,000
GMAP P*Shark
Those damned PS stroller moms. It’s no wonder that the new slogan for PS was voted to be:
“Park Slope: What’s Ours is Ours”
I think that’s from Curbed or whichever blog had the contest.
“…sure there are stroller pushing moms but most appear to work in order to pay their mortgages and many moved from the UWS or whatever because it got too crowded, or too expensive, or they feel the slope has a more eco-conscious attitude than the rest of the city and its the last chance before they give in to suburbia.”
So how do you know how intense their environmental tendencies are? What do you overhear them asking you or the taxpayer for, exactly? More hybrids? I think your portrait of PS may have become a meaningless cliche, or worse, a proxy for just attacking posters without good reason.
The whole stroller debate is laughable.
I had to step into the street yesterday to avoid a mother with a stroller and some kid and their toys blocking the whole sidewalk.
Hey I could care less, I guess the mothers own the street. She was oblivious to anyone except herself and her impolite kid.
I don’t find the $1000 strollers any wider than the $200 ones .. but they are frequently more maneuverable and don’t get stuck or do odd things on the broken bluestone. and speaking as a dad who pushes a stroller, what am I supposed to do when someone young, fit and unencumbered by a tired and annoyed kid comes straight for me? bodily lift the stroller over my head? there may be moms or nannys pushing double wides containing twins but what are they going to do? have one put down? Man, if you’re complaining about blocking the pavement, go walk down broadway some time.
as for schools .. i don’t doubt there are a few schools with attributes similar to ps.321. Not picking them doesn’t seem to me to be anything to do with a sense of entitlement though.
It could be ugly racism or fear of black people, or it could just be, you know, their friends are in the slope, they like the after school activities available, they belong to the co-op and don’t want to drive, there are two dozen tasty and healthy restaurants nearby, and they use prospect park on a sunday morning! You know. Unimportant stuff like that.
While I’m not sure if PS stroller moms have a “sense of entitlement”, I do find most of them rude considering the fact that their $1000 carriages take up the entire side walk, forcing pedestrians like my self to walk in the street. I really like the architecture and shops that PS has to offer but I do find the neighborhood to be a little too reminiscent of the UWS, complete with West-Indian nannies and entry-level luxury cars. I would also like to comment on the perceived notion that a good public school cannot be found outside of PS. Based on the comments in this thread and others, I beginning to believe that the term “good school” is actually veiled gentrifier term for “white school” or “wealthy school”. P.S. 21 in BS (gasp), P.S. 172 in SP, and P.S. 261 in Borerum Hill, are three examples of excellent elementary schools that are not inside PS. And there are many others. It is important to remember that the quality of education that your child receives is primarily dependent on parent-teacher cooperation.
Anon. 9:45 AM,
I’ve never lived in either Ft. Greene or Clinton Hill, so I have no ax to grind here, but I’ve never understood why the old “hill” was ever divided into two neighborhoods. From what I can see, FG and CH pretty much work as ONE neighborhood–even cooperating and alternating the two house tours. The arts group there that I belong too is named the Ft. Greene Photography Organization, but its membership is largely made up of people who live in FG and CH (with a couple of PLG and other outsiders, like me) and my friends there don’t seem to differentiate much between the two areas.I think you may be carrying territoriality too far.
“and a suffocating sense of entitlement”
how do you actually KNOW this? sure there are stroller pushing moms but most appear to work in order to pay their mortgages and many moved from the UWS or whatever because it got too crowded, or too expensive, or they feel the slope has a more eco-conscious attitude than the rest of the city and its the last chance before they give in to suburbia.
So how do you know what their sense of entitlement is? What do you overhear them asking you or the taxpayer for, exactly? I think this phrase may have become a meaningless cliche, or worse, a proxy for just hating without good reason.
7th Ave in Park Slope is pretty boring. 5th Ave is a bit better. But this “I’m cool b/c I hate Park Slope” attitude is worse than boring – it’s stupid.
Patrice Mersault, Anonymous at June 15, 2007 9:21 PM, Brower Park, Bob Marvin
Thanks to you all for educating this limey who made his home in Brooklyn. Fascinating!
John Ife