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Finding the Unexpected in Flatbush: Exploring Cortelyou Road

Like the proverbial phoenix out of the ashes, the little Brooklyn Ditmas Park nabe, known as Cortelyou Road, has risen from its dicey 1970s and 1980s past, blossoming into one of the borough’s most delightful areas. Using “trendy” in only the most positive way, Cortelyou comprises a mini urban wonderland of exciting cafes, restaurants, and shops. The immaculately tended tree-lined streets pass by post-war apartment buildings, renovated brownstones, and (for total anachronistic contrast) an array of gorgeous old Victorian-era private homes—all within a stone’s throw of each other. The prestigious schools and multiple playgrounds and parks make it an ideal environment to raise children, but the burgeoning nightlife similarly beckons the influx of young professionals who have, of late, chosen to make the still-affordable residences here their home. Indeed, Cortelyou has become the bastion for refugees from Park Slope and lower Manhattan where Trump-ed up rents have made comfortable living impossible. A mere 25 minutes from the city, CR boasts highly touted upscale restaurants such as the locally inspired The Farm on Adderley alongside two health food and wellness stores, Natural Frontier Market and Flatbush Food Coop. The populace itself represents multi-ethnicity at its best—not merely black, white, Hispanic and Asian, but denizens from an array of African nations, virtually every South American country, Israel and Eastern Europe and China, Japan and Korea. A born and bred New Yorker, I have never had more of an experience of “community” than since my wife and I moved to adjoining Argyle Road nearly three years ago. For more - check out the full post: https://offmetro.com/ny/121/finding-t...