Williamsburg, Brooklyn Hipster

Williamsburg, hipster Mecca in New York

When you are told New York, the images that come in the lead are those of yellow taxis, skyscrapers, all the popular Manhattan frenzy, which make New York one of the coolest cities in the world. New York is more than 8 million inhabitants without counting tourists, men and women on business trips and illegal... New York is also 5 large districts, including the famous island of Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island and finally Brooklyn. Unlike Manhattan, the image of Brooklyn has not always been very popular, and yet... in recent years, with the increase in housing that reaches exorbitant prices on the island of Manhattan, many have taken the lead by moving to Brooklyn.

Brooklyn has his name Breukelen , small town in the Netherlands located not far from Utrecht. A memory that dates back to the time that the Dutch were the masters of the Big Apple, New York, which was called New Amsterdam.

Brooklyn, like Manhattan, has dozens or even hundreds of community neighborhoods, but it is in the North, along the East River, that is where the hipster district . Hipster? The term hipster appeared in the 1940s in the U.S., this Anglo-American term once referred to Jazz lovers who had a very special way to dress. Nowadays, the term "Hispter" is used for a person with a cool look, often tattooed and barbed, the hipster wants to be art-loving and trendy, always with the spirit of a shifty look. Adopting the hipster style is therefore adopting a lifestyle, a dress style.

Without a pejorative connotation, the Williamsburg district, in the continuity of the famous blue bridge of the same name, has a very large hipster "community".

A unique neighbourhood with a very tempered character, which became the star and The place to be For a few months... And for cause, on every street, a new rooftop , an art gallery, a designer shop, a brunch coffee... This neighborhood makes all the senses awoke, also synonymous with adventures, Williamsburg is also famous for putting eyes, time, money and appetite to hard trial! But a visit to this neighborhood as popular as beautiful, is an indispensable step during a trip to New York .

Its size on a human scale, unlike Manhattan, allows you to enjoy every corner of the street in a short time. Passing to Williamsburg, don't miss it Grand Ferry Park , a lovely mini-park with a privileged view of the Manhattan Bridge and Williamsburg Bridge. Do not forget to lose you in the many theme coffees like Videology , Bagelsmith Bedford , or leave room for your creativity in the bookstore Sketchbook Project , where for a derisory sum you can share your artistic projects with the whole world...

Beautiful, artistic, surprising with a zest of poetry, here's how we could describe this hipster district of Williamsburg, it will probably be part of the heartburns of many tourists who came to visit the real New York!

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