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Here's how a travel site is describing Western CH — Brooklynian

Here's how a travel site is describing Western CH

whynot_31
whynot_31
edited November -1 in Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens

I thought about describing the article, but you really should look at the link to see it for yourself

http://fathomaway.com/guides/usa/brooklyn/itineraries/one-day-itinerary-crown-heights-brooklyn/

Comments

  • wbm
    wbm

    Wow. I didn't realize my neighborhood was so fancy.

  • terekete
    terekete

    lots of things to think about re: that article.

  • nothinlikeabklyngirl
    nothinlikeabklyngirl

    This might be a first -- a headline that says Crown Heights where half of the places listed are in Prospect Heights, instead of the other way around.

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    Yes, as a result of the area between Vanderbilt and Nostrand becoming very similar, I expect to see more articles like this.

    Part of this stems from me thinking that everything West of Vanderbilt is virtually part of Park Slope.

    ...meanwhile, I think of the area between Nostrand and Kingston as also similar.

    So, in my mind, three "neighborhoods" exist between the arena and Kingston Ave.

  • goldemi
    goldemi

    The owner of Wedge and Little Zelda single handedly changing the neighborhood?! Is the writer is bff?

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    The same owner operates Wedge, Little Zelda, It Takes a Village and Hullabaloo.

    ...I view him as certainly knowing what a part of the demographic wants and is willing and able to support.

  • goldemi
    goldemi

    Let's not mistake capitalizing on a neighborhood that was already well on its way to changing with either "single-handedly transforming" or "willing to support". Much of what's being done is seeing an opportunity and trying to capitalize on it, which is great and in at least Wedge and Little Zelda, relatively well executed (nice little quality spaces that serve a consumer desire).

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    Correct: No one single handedly changes a neighborhood.

    BTW, if we are going to try to hand out credit/blame for causing the neighborhood to change, I would want to point to Alma Realty.

    They turned a vacant hospital complex into an economic engine of over 1000 apartments, which threw fuel onto an already burning fire.

  • deano
    deano

    Also, dont forget this is a start-up travel website that looks to be 'crowd-sourcing' their material. Quite likely the site will be fun and entertaining, but a Paper of Record it ain't.

  • mg
    mg

    Am I just lazy, or would that be an incredibly busy morning? Start at Tom's, go to the Museum, then the Botanic Garden (protip: don't bring your picnic in, they don't allow outside food), the the zoo and/or carousel, then back up to Blue Marble.

    So swanky around here; only one place on Vanderbilt, and that's just a mention of Milk Bar's relationship to Sunshine Co.

  • samuelcole
    samuelcole

    Ha, I've had days like that.

    We are members at the garden, so we use it as a shortcut to the zoo/carousel. I guess not now since they shut down the Flatbush entrance.

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