The Living In section of the New York Times covers Carroll Gardens, examining real estate, shopping, schools, and history.
Such is life in this fine old pocket of brownstone Brooklyn, where families still stay for generations, stores sell their own brands of pasta and old men play dominoes inside a social club, a statue of the patron saint of Mola di Bari, Italy, standing watch in the courtyard outside. Roots run deep, and friendships run long.
“Carroll Gardens is very much still a Sesame Street kind of community,” said Maria Pagano, president of the neighborhood association, which has been focusing opposition on construction projects it describes as out of scale. “That means people get out there and do things; they’re involved,” she said.
Newcomers are nothing new to Carroll Gardens; young families abound — as the swarm of children playing baseball and hanging on the play structure in Carroll Park reveals. These days it might be easier to pick up a Wi-Fi signal than a rice ball or some zeppole, but what’s nice is that the zeppole are still here: the neighborhood’s old guard has remained reassuringly in place.
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