Comments on: Victorian Flatbush http://mylifeinbrooklyn.com/2006/10/23/victorian-flatbush/ A Perspective Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:43:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: SSGB http://mylifeinbrooklyn.com/2006/10/23/victorian-flatbush/#comment-16 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 03:55:52 +0000 http://mylifeinbrooklyn.com/2006/10/23/victorian-flatbush/#comment-16 I have lived on Marlborough Road for over 12 years. The neighborhood sounds pretty much like what you describe your neighborhood to be. In addition "Victorian Flatbush" is extremely diverse ethnically, culturally and socially. It is home to mosques, buddhist temples, churches and synogues. If you walked through Marlborough Road on 10/31, you would have thought that you were transported to "Halloween Town." Starting with the parade along Albemarle Road and then the hoardes of trick or treaters, a good time was had by all. I had friends bring their children to my home to enjoy the evening. The porches are a great way to meet your neighbors and also passers by. When I don't feel like being socialable but I want to sit outside, I just go sit in my back yard instead. My husband and I purchased this house at a time when his mom was ill. We originally wanted to move our children who were then in elementary school out of the city to Rockland or Orange counties. My mother in law did not want to leave Brooklyn so we had to stay local to help care for her until her passing. We looked at three homes in Victorain Flatbush and chose the second. When I visit friends and family upstate, I thank my mother in law for her stubborness in not wanting to leave Brooklyn and I rejoice in our decision to stay. I have lived on Marlborough Road for over 12 years. The neighborhood sounds pretty much like what you describe your neighborhood to be. In addition “Victorian Flatbush” is extremely diverse ethnically, culturally and socially. It is home to mosques, buddhist temples, churches and synogues. If you walked through Marlborough Road on 10/31, you would have thought that you were transported to “Halloween Town.” Starting with the parade along Albemarle Road and then the hoardes of trick or treaters, a good time was had by all. I had friends bring their children to my home to enjoy the evening.

The porches are a great way to meet your neighbors and also passers by. When I don’t feel like being socialable but I want to sit outside, I just go sit in my back yard instead. My husband and I purchased this house at a time when his mom was ill. We originally wanted to move our children who were then in elementary school out of the city to Rockland or Orange counties. My mother in law did not want to leave Brooklyn so we had to stay local to help care for her until her passing. We looked at three homes in Victorain Flatbush and chose the second. When I visit friends and family upstate, I thank my mother in law for her stubborness in not wanting to leave Brooklyn and I rejoice in our decision to stay.

]]> by: pasc http://mylifeinbrooklyn.com/2006/10/23/victorian-flatbush/#comment-12 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:51:57 +0000 http://mylifeinbrooklyn.com/2006/10/23/victorian-flatbush/#comment-12 I lived on Buckingham Road for most of my life and I have to say that there is a sense of community there - there always has been - but it's been a lot more prevalent recently than it was when I was growing up. There were definitely children's activities when I was small, especially during the Flatbush Frolic and other neighborhood events but I notice it more these days because I *think* more families have moved in. You just have to be a little more proactive in searching for people with children, or young couples, or whatever type of friends you're trying to seek. I lived on Buckingham Road for most of my life and I have to say that there is a sense of community there - there always has been - but it’s been a lot more prevalent recently than it was when I was growing up. There were definitely children’s activities when I was small, especially during the Flatbush Frolic and other neighborhood events but I notice it more these days because I *think* more families have moved in. You just have to be a little more proactive in searching for people with children, or young couples, or whatever type of friends you’re trying to seek.

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