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Any Queer Freindly places in South slope greenwood heights?? — Brooklynian

Any Queer Freindly places in South slope greenwood heights??

la face
la face
edited November -1 in Greenwood Heights and Sunset Park
HI!!
I just moved to this hood, right around the corner from toby's public house and I can't seem to locate the queers. It seems like its all yuppies around here!! I can't believe it, but it's true. Where do the younger people hang out- or the queers, or the artists? musicians? ANYONE COOL??? I feel like I am drowning in a pool of yuppies and babies. Don't get me wrong, babies are alright but jeeeeez! I miss the creative vibe of my old area. Am i just out of luck or are there places interesting people hang out around here that I don't know about?

xxoo
keepin' it queer :shock:
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  • anastasia beaverhausen
    anastasia beaverhausen
    You hear that, baby makers? I don't care what you did in the past (pre-baby), once your uterus dropped that sucker, you became officially "uncool" and a "yuppie."
  • apresvu
    apresvu
    Ummm, you make it difficult to reply to your post. My husband and I also recently moved to the 'nabe but we don't actively look for "cool" types. If you were looking for Williamsburg or the East Village that's were you belong. By the way, at Toby's we've seen plenty of gay people who seem to be enjoying themselves. You seem to be narrow minded. All gay people do not need party central and becoming a "breeder" does not officially place one in yuppiedom. By the way, this area is very diverse, check it out before you make such judgement calls. Oh yeah, now that you've annoyed me so much I'm not going to tell you about where the "cool" people hang
  • anonymous
    anonymous
    No. No cool people, just regular people. Now, please, just leave.
  • brooklynleather
    brooklynleather
    i hear lots of queers live on sunset park, but they all still schlep to the metropolitan ;)
  • la face
    la face
    Just to make it clear, I am not looking to move to hipster williamsburg or i would have moved there. I am just trying to walk down the street with my girlfriend without being runover by a baby carriage, a yuppie with a $900 brand new vintage bike or get dirty looks from the natives. I am just looking for regular people that don't work in midtown or in the financial district (sorry) I am not trying to be rude. I respect breeders with families and you have to do what's right for your family, I'm just trying to find out if there is a queer scene here. And when i say "scene" I mean a few queers hangin out having a drink. Just regular people, I'm too old for that williamsburg crap. When i say "cool" i dont mean a headband wearing hipster. Just people who maybe have interesting hobbies other than talking about their new condo's or how much money they invested this year. That's all :) sorry to offend anyone.
  • la face
    la face
    also apresvu:
    I'm glad you and your husband are such experts on gay people :)
  • daver
    daver
    La Face wrote: also apresvu:
    I'm glad you and your husband are such experts on gay people :)
    Glad to see the _you_ are such an expert on non-artist, non-musical, uncool, non-creative, and uninteresting straight people. For balance.

    :mrgreen:
  • anastasia beaverhausen
    anastasia beaverhausen
    We won't judge you for walking down the street with your girlfriend. We'll judge you for being judgemental about people who don't fit your definition of "cool." :)
  • MOD
    MOD
    What the hell is wrong with Midtown workers?? You hate assistants/deli owners/busboys/cubicle slaves/retail workers/and hot dogs pushers too?

    Jesus, who are these fictional 'cool' people you speak of?
  • daver
    daver
    Mamacita wrote: What the hell is wrong with Midtown workers??
    They get all worked up and take the Lord's name in vain when they feel disparaged.
    Mamacita wrote: Jesus, who are these fictional 'cool' people you speak of?
    See?

    :mrgreen:
  • MOD
    MOD
    [-( No sir, I don't like it
  • anonymous
    anonymous
    Gee, here I thought I was a regular person working in midtown. Just a regular boring person who is in 3 eclectic bands and works on racecars on the weekends. Maybe I need a new job in the Slope, now that might be exciting!

    Look, the neighborhood called and said that it doesn't think its gonna work out. This is due to the absence of any 'scenes' it said. The scenes packed up and left with the Great Cool People Exodus of 2006. It thinks they went up to BoNoHoHoCoRoSuh.

    Nothing to scene here, folks.
  • daver
    daver
    Ezn wrote: Gee, here I thought I was a regular person working in midtown. Just a regular boring person
    You got boring, but you forgot un-artistic, un-musical, uncool, not creative, and uninteresting.

    Just sayin'. :mrgreen:
    Ezn wrote: Nothing to scene here, folks.
    G-d save the scene.

    Move along.
  • jh
    jh
    Wow! I was just reading about the the poor cyclist who was hit by a bus and feeling very sad.......

    and now,,,,, I feel entertained by the ridiculousness of the banter! (funny though. I must confess, I am probably one of the more boring people: artist/homebody) and I too do get annoyed at the bugaboo pushing supermoms with their best babies in the world air) But maybe you should move back to your old hood if this really isn't your scene. Or stay. It makes it more fun this way.
  • cupoclark
    cupoclark
    the circuit parties in the cemetery are kinda cool.
  • la face
    la face
    Wow,
    you guys are all pretty angry. whewwwee. lordy lou.
    i wasn't trying to offend anyone, sorry you all feel the need to defend yuppies. I have nothing against any one's choice of lifestyle, I was simply trying to locate younger queers. Breeders with kids are fine. Some of my BEST FRIENDS are straight people with babies. Hey, i even hang out with plain old regular people sometimes too. It's just that I moved here recently and I was noticing allot of yuppies and I thought I'd ask if there was a place in the area where non yuppies or queers might go and feel comfortable. I actually like the neighborhood very much and I think the cemetery is beautiful.
    It seems no queers responded to this question. just people that think i am looking for some hipster scene, which I already corrected. I mis used the word "scene" what a terrible error.- strike me down now Lord for I have sinned (oh and can you bless me wit one of dem new fancy bikes all dem fine rich peoples is ridin' round here)?
  • la face
    la face
    thanks JH.
    I think I will stay. That was the nicest thing anyone said to me :)
    yuppies and babies are not my scene, but hey, I just need a pair of crocs and i'll fit right in!
  • la face
    la face
    oh and nothing is "wrong" with midtown worker.
    just forget I said that.
    Just forget the whole post.

    sheeesh
  • luckmagnet
    luckmagnet
    I never really write up here, i read the site alot, but had to say,
    Yo Face, dont sweat it, many people on the site are from the slope, have lived there a long time , and actually have cultivated their "scene" a long time ago, so its natural people are defensive. They're not gonna say "this person's bashing our hood so come hang with us". The baby carriage thing is especially a sensitive issue for slopers, its what alot of people criticize who dont live there (and who do). So you're just pushing buttons probably unintentionally. As any new place one moves to, just walk up and down fifth ave, fourth ave, and just fall into where you end up liking. it will take a few nights of drinking, but, hey, whats wrong with that?
    At first I was like "whats this guy with a girlfriend doing looking for the queer scene", but then I was like "UH maybe she's a woman".. whatever... Google "gay bars park slope" and you should be allright..I am sure there are mixed bars that are cool too....
  • la face
    la face
    ok thanks luck :) I'll hit the streets and make myself at home wherever they will have me.
    I didn't mean to bash the people that live here already ... touchy subject i suppose.
  • lemur11215
    lemur11215
    I'm wondering if the regular people who work in Midtown or the Financial District, have babies, buy condos, and invest money are cool if they're queer?

    Or would you prefer people who work in brooklyn, don't have children, rent, don't invest money, but are straight?



    I'm not sure I know anyone who falls completely into one category or the other (nor would they probably want to).



    This thread is fantastic.
  • daver
    daver
    La Face wrote: i wasn't trying to offend anyone, sorry you all feel the need to defend yuppies.
    Die yuppie scum.
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    La Face wrote: Some of my BEST FRIENDS are straight people with babies. Hey, i even hang out with plain old regular people sometimes too.
    OMG! Did you just _say_ that?!?!

    Some of my best friends are Negros.

    Fuck y'all.

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  • la face
    la face
    OMG! Did you just _say_ that?!?!

    Some of my best friends are Negros.

    Fuck y'all
    i was being facetious
  • la face
    la face
    This thread is fantastic.
    thanks lemur11215!!


    good point.
    I'm not sure about queers with jobs in midtown with babies. Are they cooler than straight people working in midtown with babies? well, i'd say yes. gay people are cooler than straight people regardless.
    Ha.
    no no, but seriously. I guess it's all very complicated and Noone is really all one way or the other. most of us are all sorts of shades of grey. My original question was loaded, I see that now.
    I guess all i'm trying to say is... queers if you are in the hood, come on out and hang out please?
    what about the kitchen or that place next to the kitchen? what is that new place?
  • amethyst
    amethyst
    I don't think the quietness of Greenwood Heights and South Slope is so much due to "yuppies" as to the fact that it's populated largely by people living with a significant other. I see a lot of young folks walking around in pairs. What this means for the bar scene, gay or straight, is that there aren't a lot of singles going out. It's more people going out with their friends and such, rather than going out to meet people.

    We are pretty close, though, to Catty Shack and Ginger's, which are obviously queer bars. And Quarter is a great bar that gets busy sometimes, as is Commonwealth. But again, those seem to be groups of people who went out together.
  • smitty
    smitty
    lol are their really parties in the cemetary? I've never noticed (been here 5 years).
  • jane_birkin
    jane_birkin
    La Face, i think the issue is that there really isn't all that much going on in Greenwood Heights. the vibe here is much more chilled out. Toby's, Quarter, Commonwealth, Kitchen Bar, EuroTrip, Safe Haven (ick)..that's basically where the nightlife is, and none of these places are super-lively, but they are good hangouts. Now that Living Room Lounge is closed there's not currently a venue for performance or burlesque. (on that note, there was always a healthy contingent of dykes at LRL.) Our neighborhood is only, like, 10 blocks long so your expectations might be a little high.

    And there are plenty of creative people here. i live in a building with 16 apts and of the people i know, 3 are musicians, 2 are artists and 1 is a writer. Most of them have no option but to have day jobs, cuz you know, we have to eat.
  • la face
    la face
    Most of them have no option but to have day jobs, cuz you know, we have to eat.
    ha yea i have a lame day job too :(

    i went to quarter bar the other night and it was great. cheap drinks and a cute vibe.

    I am SO sad about LRL ... is it true that it is really closed?!! :cry::cry:
  • la face
    la face
    i think the dykes should take over quarter.
    It's super cute there.
  • lemur11215
    lemur11215
    Oh sorry. Last time I was at Quarter I had a conversation with a friend about investment strategies. I am also quite sure I have had a number of discussions at Quarter about real estate. Oh, and I work in mid-town. Looks like the boring people already took over there. You'll have to find somewhere else to go.
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