[NYC GOP Chick]

Where, precisely? And how long ago was that? Because most of the talk about Williamsburg being so "trendy" has been blown out of proportion and tends to ignore the parts that are still slummish.

[Hildy]

For the first year I lived on Greenpoint Ave (where I think most of the buzz is about). The next four years I lived off Lorimer - I don't remember the name of the street. It was almost 15 years ago!!! But I did like living there, it was very Italian! I rented the top of a house that was owned by the girlfriend of a very big Mafia guy. While I was living there, he was arrested while he and my landlady were on their way to South America. It was front page news and the Feds questioned my roommate and I and the house was being watched for months. It was bizarre.

[bluerose]

��5{��������d two rapes in Williamsburg. I see the hype in my paper all the time. New restaurants, good apartments. The "hot"place to live. I'm sure some areas of Williamsburg are nice but people have to be careful. That's true in any neighborhood though.

[lavrenti]

I've been to Bedford near Clymer. You're right, still a slum. Also that area around Domsey's is still awful. Always under the impression it is a Satmar/Dominican battleground.

The gentrified part of Williamsburg is that area surrounding the first stop on the L--all the way up to Greenpoint.