My NYC Black Folk......Gentrification

Francis White

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Bushwick...

The rents are still relatively cheap here ($650-$1200 for single rooms/1 bedrooms) but I don't know how long that's going to last. If Williamsburg is referred to now as the new SOHO, then Bushwick/Bed-Stuy is the new Williamsburg.

Where I live now is right near the Knickerbocker M line which just got fixed up. Near the DeKalb L stop too.

Some cool places to eat and drink (check out Bossa Nova on Myrtle).
- $1950 / 2br - YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW (Bushwick/East Williamsburg)


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Does anyone own a multi family house and rent out one of the apartments? What area? How much a month? Is it worth it?
 

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So in essence you agree:laugh:

the 2/3/4/5 is easily accessible in CH. the C is basura. The A is still them old trains, it is fast but skips way too many stops express.

The 2,3,4,5 offer direct access to all major areas on the east/west side of manhattan, the 2/5 goes up the main artery of the bronx. also the 2, 3, 4, 5 has an easy transfer to just about every single train line. All the stops are easy to remember and reference . and no trains come as often as the number trains.

You cant say the same for the A or whatever other train line:manny:

Oh don't get me wrong. It's great having the option of easily getting to either the East or West side of Manhattan and connections to almost every other train. It's just that you didn't mention the 3/4, which both run further down Eastern Parkway. That and the 2 sucks for a bunch of reasons (it's 5 in the morning near the end of the line. Why is the damn train standing room only :wtf:?)

But yeah, tl;dr - I agree


stop dissing the C train
little known fact is the C is actually one of the faster lines in the system...when they're not clogging us with the A,B,and E trains
when they do:to:

You're a train operator? Conductor? I salute you if you are. Being a train operator was my first dream job when I was little.

But anyway, how can it be one of the fastest when it's scheduled to run every 10 minutes, even during rush hours (according to the schedules I've seen posted anyway)? And God, whenever I see an E train come in across the platform when I'm on an uptown C at Canal... :beli: :snoop: :sadbron:
 

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A/C line is pretty fast and reliable from what I remember but A/C also seemed to have the highest ratio of chicken bone styrofoam platter music out of the cell phone w/no headphones nikkas. Along with the 8 in the morning evangelists. 2/3/4/5 is so much better. Especially when you factor in the Crown Heights shuttle :noah:

Its over though. Once 1 bedrooms start hitting 2000 its over for the neighborhood. ENY is the final frontier.
 

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A/C line is pretty fast and reliable from what I remember but A/C also seemed to have the highest ratio of chicken bone styrofoam platter music out of the cell phone w/no headphones nikkas. Along with the 8 in the morning evangelists. 2/3/4/5 is so much better. Especially when you factor in the Crown Heights shuttle :noah:

Its over though. Once 1 bedrooms start hitting 2000 its over for the neighborhood. ENY is the final frontier.
Dog there is no way the 2/3/4/5 is better than the damn A train :beli:

That 4 train in the morning going to school was fukking NUTS. We just started splitting cabs after a while...fukk THAT
 

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Bushwick...

The rents are still relatively cheap here ($650-$1200 for single rooms/1 bedrooms) but I don't know how long that's going to last. If Williamsburg is referred to now as the new SOHO, then Bushwick/Bed-Stuy is the new Williamsburg.

Where I live now is right near the Knickerbocker M line which just got fixed up. Near the DeKalb L stop too.

Some cool places to eat and drink (check out Bossa Nova on Myrtle).

Lived in Bushwick for 1 1/2 years, had a lot of fun out there :myman:

I lived off the Jefferson L and it was pretty crackin. Definitely hipster central though. The hipster/hispanic mix is pure entertainment at times.

I'm surprised by how expensive it's getting, prices are steady creepin.
 

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Lived in Bushwick for 1 1/2 years, had a lot of fun out there :myman:

I lived off the Jefferson L and it was pretty crackin. Definitely hipster central though. The hipster/hispanic mix is pure entertainment at times.

I'm surprised by how expensive it's getting, prices are steady creepin.

Lived off that stop too, on St Nicholas and Starr. Last time up there saw some comedy between the old head Latinos and the hipsters. :deadmanny:
 

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Dog there is no way the 2/3/4/5 is better than the damn A train :beli:

That 4 train in the morning going to school was fukking NUTS. We just started splitting cabs after a while...fukk THAT
I was on the 4/5 line when I lived in CH and in the UES

It was pretty bad on the UES cause it's the only line there. But all things considered its one of the better lines. The weekends :ahh:
 
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Dog there is no way the 2/3/4/5 is better than the damn A train :beli:

That 4 train in the morning going to school was fukking NUTS. We just started splitting cabs after a while...fukk THAT


yall must be yuppies getting on at like union sq 8am or something. Cause I get on in the bronx uptown or in brklyn round nevins or franklin and i ALWAYS get a seat:myman:

The A train got all the bums man I hate that dusty train. Let there be an announcement on that crickety raspy speaker you aint hearing nothing.
 
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