Brooklyn
Park Slope
Photo: Mikeruggy · CC BY-SA 4.0
Why people live here
Brownstone calm, leafy blocks, the Park literally there, and trains that put you in Manhattan in twenty minutes. Has become the platonic ideal of "where one moves when one has kids in NYC," for better and for worse.
Who thrives here
Future-family planners and couples looking for emotional sustainability over time.
A user who fits
Mid-30s couple, one kid in pre-K. Walk to the park, walk to the food coop. Subaru in the driveway for weekend hikes. Wants brownstone block and good schools more than Manhattan access. Reads NYT. Trades trendy for emotional sustainability.
The tradeoffs
- · Quiet to the point of insular on weekends
- · Real estate priced like Manhattan. You're paying for the calm.
- · Limited late-night life
Anchors
- Transit
- F/G · R · B/Q (Prospect Park) · 2/3 (Grand Army)
- Parks
- Prospect Park
- Groceries
- Union Market · Park Slope Food Coop · Key Food