Heaven in New York
It’s green, exclusive and peaceful. It’s Ditmas Park, the mild side of the concrete jungle, a place offering rest and ease from the “hustle and bustle” of the city daily life, just twenty minutes away from the Union Sq subway station.
“I think of Brooklyn as a desert, and Ditmas as its oasis”, says a smiling resident while walking his Golden Retriever along the tree-lined Dorchester Rd.
The area is well-known for the breathtaking beauties of its landscape architecture, the Victorian villas surrounded by their well-trimmed lawns.
We’re not even close to the busy and white-collar workers crowded streets cliché of New York City. The carousel of townhouses in the West Village, the giant buildings of Financial District and the upscale palaces that cuddle Central Park make room to a hundred-year-old heritage nestled in the beating heart of the Brooklyn borough.
The majestic Victorian villas were built during the 19th century, to be one of the most important heritage of the United States for its uniqueness and proportion. The rising cost of living in Manhattan and the recent people’s tendency for a “back to the country yet sophisticated” lifestyle highlighted and gave new life to this fast-growing neighborhood.
Despite its location outside the city walls, Ditmas Park has been named by the Time Out NY as “one of the best neighborhood of New York for food”.
Business is booming due to the steady flood of young people, artists and families and small entrepreneurs are investing in the organic food industry, opening cute bistros such as Café Madeleine, organic grocery stores and high-end restaurants like The Castello Plan, The Farm on Adderley and Tibet Café (1510 Cortelyou Rd).
The community also features its own blog, a weekly organic street market and a wide range of different entertainments to find on the main street Cortelyou Rd. or at the near Prospect Park, such as yoga retreats, free concerts and tour at the botanical garden.
The rediscovery of this rare treasure is a good compromise for those New Yorkers who want to take part in the Manhattan urban life yet enjoying a healthier place to “live, work and play”, on the background of the vertical bustling city.
(Marina Valente)
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