Photos of Williamsburg and Brooklyn, New York

[editor]

Some more pics have been posted from my NY travels. It's been over a year since I was around this part of Brooklyn, and I imagine that there's going to be upmarket new developments everywhere.

http://www.urban75.org/blog/a-winters-walk-around-williamsburg-and-brooklyn-new-york/

 

[davesgcr]

Inevitable I suppose - nice shots ! (any more on the subway please ?)

 

[Urban-Guerrilla]

BillyBurg, nice

 

[Rainingstairs]

Prospect Park, Brookyln. prettttty sick graffiti

 

[editor]

I'm hoping to pay another visit to NY soon, but my friends over there say that Williamsburg has been yuppified out of all existence these days.

 

[petee]

long island city is going that way too

 

[editor]

long island city is going that way too

It's been horrible watching Brixton follow a very similar pattern of gentrification as Williamsburg, with Peckham looking like the next Greenpoint.

Has there been much change at Red Hook? I'm thinking that it must be far enough out of town to keep away the yuppies for at least another couple of years.

 

[petee]

Has there been much change at Red Hook?

more slowly but yes
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/busine...tial/bet_it_all_on_red_LM4LM0gd7cnnPQM5k9XS2L
much of it is still zoned industrial, a concrete plant opened there 2 years ago. imho it won't go all billsburg very soon.
bloomberg has big plans for the waterfront tho':
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/upgrade_due_on_the_waterfront_pTSrNq0jIJDstfsJ20YPqJ

 

[editor]

Sure sounds like something's afoot at Red Hook:

he Port Authority’s ouster of the company that had operated the piers since 1994 will boost a city scheme to transform the waterfront immortalized by Marlon Brando into a tourist destination, sources told The Post.

Hotels and condos may be back on deck since the PA, citing “financial difficulties,” finalized a Sept. 26 lease buyout of American Stevedoring International.

Phoenix Beverage Co., a beer distributor with no experience running docks, has just a one-year lease -- proof that something is fishy, sources said.

“Ships need to book years in advance. This has to do with real-estate interests,” said Sandy Pope, head of Teamsters Local 805.

Are those fuckers at Ikea still charging $5 for the ferry?

 

[editor]

Some recent photos.

More: http://www.urban75.org/blog/williamsburg-brooklyn-gentrification-street-scenes-and-dustbin-lids/

 

[D]

Red Hook will never go the way of Wburg unless some radical subway restructuring happens.

 

[editor]

Red Hook will never go the way of Wburg unless some radical subway restructuring happens.

Saved by its terrible public transport!

I like Red Hook.

 

[editor]

Some more photos taken by bridge:

http://www.urban75.org/blog/below-williamsburg-bridge-brooklyn-new-york-22-photos/

 

[editor]

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