[ONE MORE DAY! WHERE YOU AT BK??] 209 Reasons Brooklyn is So Very Badass
Erica | Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 12:00AM 
So, we were totally inspired by NY Mag's recent "Reasons to Love NY" piece here at FIPS HQ. We've also been jonesing to do a yearly wrap up type piece that gives mad props to our fave nyc borough, BK, and reflects all of the diff reasons its the bad-assest .
So, we came up with an idea and now we need your help (like REALLY need ur help b/c we only have one day left!!).
In honor of 2009, we're putting together a list of 209 reasons Brooklyn is totally and completely badass.
We're looking for specific reasons such as: "The volcano roll at JPan brings me more satisfaction than my vibrator," and also more general stuff like: "more hipsters per square foot than anywhere else on Earth" (ed note: except for Echo Park).
Why do you think Brooklyn is so badass? Pretty please, tell us?
We're gonna gather together everyone's entries and pub them all on January 1, 2009.
Email us at effedinparkslope at gmail dot com or leave a comment. If you have a blog/tumblr/et al and want a shoutout back, make sure to include your info (and feel free to reblog-n-spread the word!...we'd love to hear from as many BK peeple as we can).
Pslope Love, new years 
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Reader Comments (39)
Karaoke at Montero's -- I'm pretty sure "Thunder Road" was written about this place.
French Dip at Walter Foods
Chicken Tikka Masala at Amin
Bocce ball courts at a bar
Reliable 2/3 trains
Actual tree lined quiet streets
Indie movies at BAM
People who care enough about their community to blog about it
"Smiles" and "Hello's" from passerby's on the street
Grafitti that actually means something
The intense loudness one hears from the cars and bridges in DUMBO.
The fact that we have an area in Brooklyn actually called "DUMBO"
Cheese fries at Nathan's
Non crowded tennis courts in parks
Indoor tennis courts in Prospect Park
Random stoop sales throughout the year
Apt dwellers literally "giving" things away in boxes
on their stoops
Veggie MILFS
Bodega owners who chat up customers
Brooklyn Rants/Ravers on CL (because they care so much)
Friendly Time Warner technicians
Affordable Mortgage payments
That it's not Manhattan
@Shaun, word! What the fuck are you doing here? Where exactly do you live? Maybe I'll just ask you in person.
SOMEONE SAID alter kocker! what is my MOM doing on blogger?!?!?!
Tamz, don't blaspheme about The Boss. ;)
My 2 cents would include:
vegetarian chili at Dizzy's
my rent, which, frankly, rules
walking to work
holy crap, CITYSUB on Bergen
also on Bergen: the kobe-burger-at-the-bar deal at Melt
the jukebox at Commonwealth
beet ravioli at Al Di La
Marty Markowitz at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge during the transit strike, yelling "Welcome to Brooklyn!" over and over
and although it's been mentioned: the legions of strangers high-fiving along 5th Ave on election night
The best, most recent awesomeness I've seen: Really friendly bartender at Boca Lupo who makes those delicious blackberry cosmos (SO GOOD) taste even better. Also, folks, one word: BUYBACKS!
OH MY SHIT - how could i Fergit: the OATMEAL sandwich cookies from Sweet Tooth of the Tiger! and THEY DELIVER!!!!!
Rent-stabilized apartment in historic building: Cobble Hill Towers, represent!
The amazing, surreal array of colors (and meats) at Los Paisanos, the best butcher around. (Not to mention the fact that you can patronize a butcher, a fishmonger, etc., rather than some giant one-stop supermarket.)
Nice Bubble Laundry at 510 Court. Our guy, "Bubble Man" as we call him, speaks virtually no English yet always has a huge smile for us as he's dropping off our 30-pound bags after huffing it up five flights of steps.
TUNA DUMPLINGS at Kyoto Sushi on Smith. THAT IS REAL fucking SEAFOOD in them shits, people! REAL seafood!
Beacon's Closet! And not that I've patronized it, but new plus-size secondhand clothing store Re-Dress on Boerum Place.
And has anyone mentioned the food orgasm that is Sahadi's? Cheep cheese, mouthwatering mushroom pies, stuffed grape leaves, spicy hummus, etc. etc. etc.
The beet and avocado salad at Frankie's 457 on Court Street, especially when it's a summer weekday and you happen to having lunch in their sweet little back garden under the sun, drinking a delicious white wine. Hey when's summer again?
Swallow on Smith Street. If you can get past the LOL-y name (it's named after the BIRD, okay pervs), it's one of the most gorgeously designed shops I've ever stepped foot in.
Cafe Regular on 11th Street
Tennis courts under the bubble in the winter
Uncle Louie G's
3R Living
Cafe Steinhoff
Dogs off-leash on Saturday and Sunday mornings
Farmers market at Grand Army Plaza
Halloween Parade
Park Slope Parents listserv
Elevated trains (F, specifically)
Brooklyn Bridge
Community and camaraderie of parents
Prospect Park YMCA keeps getting better
The new Fairway and IKEA
Stoop-sitting and socializing
Block parties
Street fairs on 5th and 7th Avenues
Local artists and artisans (eg, Eidolon)
Balloon guy at JJ Byrne Park
Willie's Dawg's
Mo Willems (although I heard he left Bklyn)
Neergard - 24 hours