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2006年10月29日
Clin-Stuy
Well, I thought I was living in the hard core Bedford-Stuyvesant or “Bed-Stuy” neighbourhood of Brooklyn. I thought that was cool. Apparently, however, I am just across the border in Clinton Hill, an historically yuppie, gentrified enclave of Brooklyn. Still, I am close enough to the border that I get to walk past some chain link fences with razor wire, some dodgy vehicles, graffiti, and broken pay phones.
Whilst the realtors try to pawn off Bed-Stuy houses as Clinton Hill by shifting the conventional border from Classon to Bedford and further, I would like to take it back a notch to Grand. Or, better yet, amalgamate the areas into Clinton-Stuyvesant or “Clin-Stuy” (Bedford Hill sounds too respectable). Represent.
Anyway you cut it, the area is pretty cool and rather attractive with the many rows of brownstone houses. Another quirk of the area, by no means exclusive to Clin-Stuy, is the plethora of corner stores. All over New York little deli-grocer-cigarette-magazine stores dominate the pedestrian landscape. Some right next to each other. Same with friendly, chatty people. One thing, perhaps, that Clin-Stuy has more of than other places are greasy Chinese food takeaways.
Posted by William at 2006年10月29日 00:46