Quote of the Day
As has been pointed out, there is little reason to focus on a boundary unless your focus is on being in PS 29 (which has explicit boundaries), wanting to live in/avoid a LPC district (also explicit boundaries) or else being able to walk relatively more quickly to the Borough Hall subways (in which case you…
As has been pointed out, there is little reason to focus on a boundary unless your focus is on being in PS 29 (which has explicit boundaries), wanting to live in/avoid a LPC district (also explicit boundaries) or else being able to walk relatively more quickly to the Borough Hall subways (in which case you want to be in Cobble Hill). I was told by someone who grew up on Kane in the 1970’s (and then later in Brooklyn Heights) that the mental boundary for him (an ethnic wasp) was Union — once you crossed Union, the neighborhood went from something like 40-50% Italian to 80-100% Italian. (I wouldn’t count on those numbers to be accurate, but more that it was his perception.) That kind of jibes with the current zoning for PS 29, which goes to at least the north side of Union as far east as Court (but excludes everything north of Congress). (also, as 99 luftballons pointed out, there are 4 or 5 blocks east of Court also in PS 29). I don’t know whether the zone was the same when my friend was growing up.
— by Boerumresident in Cobble Hill or Carroll Gardens?
What is the significance of this quote?
BrooklynGreene, Haiku for asking! Details below. I need to promote this more, methinks…
Fellow Brownstoner fans, our next big gathering will be on Wednesday, June 17 at Rope, Inc. in Clinton Hill at 415 Myrtle Avenue (between Vanderbilt Ave & Clinton Ave).
We will start around 6pm, but please feel free to drop in whenever you can. We plan on being there for at least a few hours.
The number of the bar is (718) 522-2899 and here are directions and reviews:
http://tinyurl.com/n9rqcr
Drink and Gatherings
Biff, do tell where they will be
Must get out sometimes
99luftballons, don’t you already have enough notoriety?
🙂
Are you coming to the next gathering, by the way?
So with my handle included in QOTD does that mean I am only 2 degrees of separation from same?
I like the idea of an ethnic WASP.
DIBS — The original posting did have paragraph breaks. (Not that that excuses the stream of consciousness feel or any spelling or grammatcial errors.)
omg, a quote of the day…
Looks like the last Quote of the Day was April 3. It took over two months and thousands upon thousands of posts before someone finally said something of note. Regardless, I always thought Union Street was the border of Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens as well.