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Re: “The Life of a Plastic Fork”
maybe people would be more likely to listen to your opinions and read your article if you weren't so cynical? I'm not trying to be rude but the beginning of the article was a major turn off... I agree though, everything we do today, even considering something small like the fork, has an environmental impact. I'm an Environmental and Sustainability Studies major and I was still a little turned off by the front side of this article...
Re: “The 50 Best Blocks in Brooklyn”
Best names for streets: Force Tube Avenue and Old New Utrecht Avenue
Re: “The 50 Best Blocks in Brooklyn”
I used to live on India Street between Franklin and Manhattan and got booted out when the building was sold and the apartments were renovated to make condos.
Re: “The 50 Best Blocks in Brooklyn”
What about Gravesand End? I couldnt get the list.
Re: “The 50 Best Blocks in Brooklyn”
Wow... yeah Where's Canarsie in this list? We have a pier for kite flying and fishing. We have a beautiful park for baseball and cricket and it has brand new parts to it like a skate area. Whoever decided to make this list really didn't try to go everywhere in this borough...
Re: “The 50 Best Blocks in Brooklyn”
Please note: et al projects is also located at the 56 Bogart building.
Re: “The 50 Best Blocks in Brooklyn”
South Brooklyn is what Jo Reynolds posted. Southern Brooklyn is Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Bensonhurst, etc. Those places were not a part of Brooklyn at the time, they were in separate municipalities, hence the difference. The history is there, embrace it rather than change it.
Re: “The 50 Best Blocks in Brooklyn”
here's a full list of the neighborhoods represented in this list: Flatbush, Windsor Terrace, Bushwick, Midwood, Cobble Hill, Red Hook, DUMBO, Coney Island, Vinegar Hill, Crown Heights, Brighton Beach, Carroll Gardens, Bay Ridge, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Bensonhurst, Clinton Hill, Park Slope (north and south), Sunset Park, Bed-Stuy, Gravesend, Williamsburg, Gowanus, Fort Greene, Ditmas Park, Greenpoint, Brooklyn Heights
Re: “The 50 Best Blocks in Brooklyn”
Clearly someone on the editorial staff lives in Bushwick. I feel like 80+% of the neighborhoods in Brooklyn have been ignored here? Lame.
Re: “The 50 Best Blocks in Brooklyn”
How about cutest name? Kermit Place. Punniest name: Tennis Court.
Re: “The 50 Best Blocks in Brooklyn”
Jo Reynolds is absolutely right about Smith Street being in South Brooklyn. No Brooklynite worth his/her salt would confuse South and Southern Brooklyn--confusing, but a very Brooklyn thing; like South Midwood being north of Midwood :-)
Re: “The 50 Best Blocks in Brooklyn”
I'm glad that my neighborhood (PLG) rated two blocks here. but FWIW, the photograph of the Flatbush--Ocean block of Lincoln Road was actually taken around the corner, on Flatbush Ave., evidence perhaps of "gentrification" spreading out. The photo DOE'S capture the spirit of Lincoln Road.
Re: “The 50 Best Blocks in Brooklyn”
It's Sherman Street, not Sherman Place. Not really worth reading any further given the author's ignorance.
Re: “The 50 Best Blocks in Brooklyn”
Keyword being "used to be". Whenever someone says South Brooklyn to me, I think Bensonhurst, Sheepshead Bay, Brighton Beach, Gravesend, Coney Island, etc. It was an interesting article, didn't agree with all of them, but interesting nevertheless.
Re: “The 50 Best Blocks in Brooklyn”
I am originally from 22nd street, between 4 & 5 th Avenue! There all the neighbors are friendly, we all use to have awesome block parties w an awesome fireworks display. Half the neighborhood would come just to watch the fireworks! So as for a great street to live on, I would say 22 nd street!!!
Re: “The 50 Best Blocks in Brooklyn”
#13: It's East 23rd Street, not 23rd Street and Place, not place (obviously just typos?)
#24: The triangle's name, though most people seem not to know it, is Fowler Square.
Re: “The 50 Best Blocks in Brooklyn”
South Brooklyn is the old name for all of Brooklyn below Atlantic and west of 4th Ave: Boreum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Columbia Waterfront, Gowanus, and Red Hook. Hasn't been in vogue for 40-50 years. Smith Street is the smack in the middle of what used to always be referred to as South Brooklyn.
Re: “The 50 Best Blocks in Brooklyn”
Hey, do you realize that the title of this piece is "the 50 best blocks in Brooklyn" while the article is actually "the best, worst, and most unusual blocks in Brooklyn" that's kind of poor journalism, no?
