On the Hunt

I'd heard a lot about Brooklyn, but I'd never been there. So on Saturday I ventured off the island (Carrie would be so ashamed of me). Some of the designers at work kindly ringed parts of Brooklyn that they'd recommend, so I tried those.

It was recommended that I stick to the river. Williamsburg gets a lot of praise, but there are a lot of decent areas in Brooklyn. But going too deep takes you into more dangerous waters (apparently)

I went to Williamsburg at first, which is like a trendy Shoreditch style experience. You can tell it's cool, but it's so gentrified that it seems a little fake. Also, wandering a street or two from the main drag (Bedford Avenue) takes you into pretty rough industrialised parts.

I then headed to Fort Green and Park Slope, which are really good areas. Friendly, safe and neighbourhoodly (is that a word, no? didn't think so). A map of my travels is below. The lines are where I walked, between those points I took the subway.

At the top of Atlantic Avenue is an amazing indoor flea market in the hudson building. It's impressive inside and out.

A selection of photos of my travels are on my Flickr site (jimberland), there is a link to this on the left column of this blog. Here are a couple to give you the idea

Cafe Bliss in Williamsburg

The amazing hudson building

Which turns into an astonishingly beautiful flea market on the inside