The Next New Brooklyn
We’ve been told Philadelphia is the new Brooklyn, or Brooklyn is the new Manhattan, and sometimes we’ve been told that Manhattan is the new Brooklyn. New York Magazine reprised the latter argument. Prices are falling in brownstone Brooklyn, they say —″Statistics from Streeteasy.com show 38 percent of townhouses suffering price cuts in recent months, averaging…
We’ve been told Philadelphia is the new Brooklyn, or Brooklyn is the new Manhattan, and sometimes we’ve been told that Manhattan is the new Brooklyn. New York Magazine reprised the latter argument. Prices are falling in brownstone Brooklyn, they say —″Statistics from Streeteasy.com show 38 percent of townhouses suffering price cuts in recent months, averaging an 11 percent drop”—and the market is softening in Manhattan. Given the choice between similar prices in two boroughs, apparently some people are saying, “I’ll take Manhattan”—not that we know any of them. Not to worry. Even if fewer Manhattanites have been scouring the borough for deals, all’s well here. “Brooklyn now has its own momentum,” they report. “There are far more pro-Brooklyn partisans than there used to be.” Anybody out there witnessed this move-to-Manhattan phenomenon?
Manhattan: The New Brooklyn? [New York Mag]
View of Downtown Manhattan. Photo by drunkcat.
Ethnic neighborhoods exist all over the city and frankly I love that they do. What could be more bland and boring than a NYC that was like midtown Manhattan everywhere? I am no proponent of turf wars- I’ve lived in ethnic neighborhoods most of my life and if you treat your neighbors with respect you get it in return. In their own way the “new Brooklynites” form an ethnicity (horrible english but couldn’t figure out another way to phrase it). Maybe it’s a clash of economic classes, or just a clash of lifestyles, but they do come with their own version of a turf war. If you’ve grown up in ethnic neighborhoods you know the clashes are not the norm. Most people simply want to live and let live. And for the most part they do. If they didn’t, every borough would have long ago completely burned to the ground.
Bxgrl;
If you will take a breather from your personal animosity towards me, you will see that I did not complain about Al Sharpton. I stated that he marched on Bensonhurst after the MURDER there of Yusef Hawkins (thanks for reminding me of his name). Moreover, I stated that Mr. Hawkins was killed for no other reason than wandering into a neighborhood (to be buy a used car) where he was not welcome.
OK,you can go back to your venom.
The only place that has any potential to be the ‘new’ brooklyn is – The Bronx.
-much cheaper than manhattan & Brooklyn(now)
-Urban
-mass transit
-once written off as ‘dead’ due to crime and poverty
-a lot of attractive building stock
-ethnic enclaves
7. proofread your numbered lists before publishing
steps to writing a new york magazine article:
1. look for new trend
2. if new trend cannot be identified, take old trend and declare it dead
3. do perfunctory research supporting existence of new trend, or death of old trend
4. take a break; look for better writing job
5. if better job cannot be obtained, bang out article hours before deadline
5. publish!
I can’t afford Manhattan, but even if I could, I wouldn’t want to be there. I love the scale of brownstone Brooklyn, I love having the park within 2 blocks of me (try getting that in Manhattan for under 5 mil.) and I have no desire to leave.
Sure, there will always be people moving–in both directions. I’m not sure what is the point of the article.
you’ll also notice how only one ethnic group is pointed out in his examples- and rather than focus on the murder of Yusef Hawkins (who certainly deserved a better reference than “a black fellow (whose name escapes me)” he prefers to complain about Al Sharpton, not the insular ethnics of bensonhurst who did the actual deed.
Petebklyn you sound like a Manhattan snob when you use the word “provincial”
I moved to Manhattan in 1994 from Chicago. I owned townhouses or detched houses in downtown Chicago since 1985. I was in an apt. for a few years in NYC and then bought one on 54th & lex in 1997.
I just longed for more space, a yard and a place that I could do projects on after so many years in the condo. Really kind of stumbled upon Bed Stuy and noticed the brownstones were beautiful. I didn’t weant to spend $1.0 – 2.5 MM because I have a few other homes so Bed Stuy fit the bill.
The only negative was not enough places to eat within walking distance and that is changing. neighborhood is real safe, neighbors really friendly and commute on the A train is fine.
I would never move back to Manhattan but would consider other parts of Brooklyn but then again they have more of a crowded feeling than Bed Stuy