Photo, Metromix.
Metromix recently visited NYC bars (two in the West Village, two in Carroll Gardens) to ask patrons and bartenders about the singles/hookup scene. The bars chosen in Carroll Gardens were Brooklyn Social and Boat (pictured above). What did the survey reveal? Not much. Single people go to bars, people who’ve met in bars get married, and some people who get married shouldn’t be doing so. Check it out for yourself here (flip through the pictures to read the story).
I find it interesting that the article calls Carroll Gardens and the West Village “two very different neighborhoods”; I think there are actually a lot of similarities between the two.
Land use: mostly residential mixed with commercial
Architecture: brownstones, low-rises, older buildings
Population: generally well-to-do professionals, skewing towards the young side, with a sizable minority of long-time residents
Commercial uses: lots of restaurants, bars, some froo-froo shopping
I mean, it’s Carroll Gardens, not East New York.
And Boat is in Cobble Hill, Hanna’s a great bartendress btw
I disagree entirely. Cobble Hill’s population of “young people” as you say consists of people in their late thirties, most of which have or are starting families. Cobble Hill is too expensive for young people to live in and judging by the high amount of baby carriages, I can’t imagine young people (what I consider 20 somethings) choosing to pay extra rent here when they could live in a much more exciting, vibrant area. Also, in Cobble Hill I certainly would not say there is a minority of long term residents. How long have you lived here?
Carroll Gardens is probably a little younger than Cobble Hill, especially given the Smith Street scene. But I agree with Josh, there are quite a number of young-ish people in the area. Maybe not in their early 20s but a decent number in their mid 20s to mid 30s. In general, I find that Brownstown Brooklyn is pretty heterogenous, whereas the West Village skews only to the very wealthy or to older residents with little in between.
The Boat SUCKS. The heroin addict bartenders are the rudest people in Brooklyn.