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I will be visiting Manhattan this weekend and I'm hoping to visit Williamsburg as well as I've heard it's an artist town. Can anyone tell me which train to take and where to get off so that I can get the best appreciation of Williamsburg. Thanks a lot!
Take the L train from Union Square in the Brooklyn/Cararsie direction and get off at Bedford Ave. - it's one stop after 1st Ave in Manhattan and is the first stop in Brooklyn. You will be getting out at Bedford Ave and N. 7th St.
I would suggest walking south on Bedford if you just want to have a look around. I'm sure you could find a gallery guide online before you go, if you're interested in galleries.
And I would say at this point it's more a hipster-town rather than an artist-town.
This painter lives in Williamsburg and he does paintings on clear fiber glass canvases using water. You should try to check him out if you can. Here's a clip:
This painter lives in Williamsburg and he does paintings on clear fiber glass canvases using water. You should try to check him out if you can. Here's a clip:
LOL this is so stupid it's almost amazing!
yes, you'll find ten thousand hipsters and self proclaimed artists in Williamsburg like that guy
and if you can't dance, just say you're dancing while standing still, cause it's a new hip thing to do
Hi, I'm reading that Williamsburg is a good area to live (I'm moving to NYC in 4 weeks-ish). Can anyone advise me on the best spots within Williamsburg to look at? Thanks a lot.
Williamsburg is NOT the new East Village of the 60's/70's. Lot's of trendy people (hipsters) and business'. Rents are going up because of the influx of Manhattanites. Williamsburg is primarily a bunch of overpriced dumpy railroad flats that most of it's previous residents couldn't wait to leave. No one who grew up in railroad rooms wanted to stay there if they had a choice. Most people moving there now just want to text their friends/family back home in Ohio and brag about life in the big bad city. It's a very transient neighborhood, because eventually you grow tired of living like an immigrant off the boat which is why those homes were built in the first place, as temporary housing to handle the surge of immigration at the turn of the century 100 years ago. However, it is a better place to live than it was 15 years ago when Kent Ave. was a stroll for prostitutes and junkies.
Hi, I'm reading that Williamsburg is a good area to live (I'm moving to NYC in 4 weeks-ish). Can anyone advise me on the best spots within Williamsburg to look at? Thanks a lot.
I read your other posts in another thread and I think for someone coming to NYC from overseas with you budget and your plans to bike to work that if you are going to look at Williamsburg you are best off looking anywhere within walking distance (10 minutes) of the first three stops of the L train in Brooklyn (Bedford, Lorimer and Graham).
These areas are a bit overwhelmingly trendy, though there are still some property owners and renters who have been there for years and do not fit that description.
With regards to the housing stock, there are alot of cheaply made frame houses, unlike some of the stately areas of Brooklyn like Brooklyn Heights and Park Slope. However, in the past 8 years or so there's been a housing boom and many many "luxury" condos have been built. You might check out these articles about Williamsburg in the NY Times Condos Flood In and Old Europe and New Brooklyn in Williamsburg
If you are into hipness and a young crowd, then the area might be right for you. If you are not, then try a different part of Brooklyn.
btw, I have a few friends who have lived near there since the late '80s who are constantly on their bikes and often ride into Manhattan via the Williamsburg bridge.
Most people moving there now just want to text their friends/family back home in Ohio and brag about life in the big bad city.
Hipsters strike again. Rents go up as Mom and Pop remit funds from trust funds. Longtime residents pack bags and move on in search of frontiers yet not discovered by newcomers.
One can now understand the sentiments of the original natives when they looked at that European vessel on the horizon and cried out, "Not another one again!"
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