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Canadians in Brooklyn

I’m always fascinated by what visitors think about New York City. Two Canadian friends of mine, who are huge fans of Manhattan, were in town visiting for the weekend. Hubby and I took them on a grand tour of the nabe here in Brooklyn, including stopping for some pizza at Grimaldi’s, sipping some spicy hot chocolate at Jacques Torres, taking a leisurely stroll along the promenade, and a quick tour of 53BP. Our Canadians were pretty pleased with their first trip ever to Brooklyn, and told us that they had a very different impression in their minds of what Brooklyn might be like. The word they used was “rough.” This was quite funny to us…

What are some myths you’ve had to dispel about Brooklyn?

This entry was posted on Saturday, November 19th, 2005 at 6:58 pm by lori and is filed under Neighborhood. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Canadians in Brooklyn”


  1. dalton says:
    November 24th, 2005 at 5:41 am

    To be fair, we do live in a lovely part of Brooklyn. I recently rode my bike from Midwood to Carroll Gardens via Bedford Ave and Bergen St, and it’s not a pretty sight at all.

    I always love bringing Manhattan people over to Brooklyn, though. It’s like a different country to them! So many people have lived in Manhattan for ten years or more and never made it across the river.


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