Hipsters Stake Claim to New Williamsburg Park

1.

Only busy at weekends and not very clean. The East River State Park and hipsters are made for each other.

2.

These people are corny... nice art installations made with junk...

3.

What an ugly park!

4.

#1 Greatest curbed observation EVER.

5.

Hipster archiologists strike again. Perhaps, they are recreating what life was like in Billyburg in 2004.

6.

HA HA HA. hipster jokes. you guys! OMG so funny.

7.

So sad. While most of us were enjoying ourselves in the hamptons this weekend, far from the city, surrounded by friends and family, these hickster transplants were left behind to wander the abandoned brooklyn waterfront.

8.

i liked the park. i thought that the concrete and the wildflowers fit the landscape better than a lush, maintenance-heavy lawn. plus the concrete gave you plenty of places to sit on or lean against. i thought the "unfinished" look of the park was perfectly fine.

sorry ad, not all of us can afford the hamptons, nor would want to spend any time there.

9.

Will this stone and wood structure be eligible for landmarking?

10.

pretty or not, any green on this grey city is good-

11.

i agree with nola and i'll add that it's a nice wide open space - something we need more of in this city. i love trees but this park has a unique "open" feeling to it. like being on a runway or a beach or something except with grass and some flowers. it has a nice vibe. the field of flowers adds a nice touch.

12.

Can't wait til it's renamed Cancer Park. Breathe in the sweet, sweet toxins.

13.

She's no hipster, she's too fat. Looks like a Park Slope dike...

14.

As an abandoned riverfront lot that people sneak into, it's pretty cool, but to label it a "park" seems stretching the definition.

15.

Hamptons? Does anyone seriously admit to going there! Jeeze what a loser.

16.

I'm sure on some "hipster" blog somewhere people are laughing at all the yuppie lemings who head out to the Hamptons, thinking they're getting away from it all. I don't know which side is worse frankly...

17.

#7 got a nice tan asshole?

18.

I wouldn't let my dog take a shit in that park!

19.

Why does every hipster think s/he is an artist? I had to laugh when I saw those dorkish "sculptures". Comment #1 by myopic says it all.

20.

To tell you the truth I much prefer the Vineyard or the Brooklyn waterfront to the Hamptons... Who wants to be surrounded by a bunch of loser poseurs?

21.

I see the bike with that baby seat in the back. one should put these folks to court for taking their kids to that toxic wasteland. they must be fools. west queens, greenpoint/williamsburg highest asthma and cancer rates in the city and most likely the country. have fun in that "park"!

22.

21, esther

please site your sources for this "information."

you may also want to send this information to the new york department of health, as their information contradicts what you say.

thanks!

23.

is that a tattoo on her leg?

24.

wow so much sarcasm!

25.

Billyburg hipsters have ruined everything yet again!

26.

You used to be able to light a fire on the Indiana shore of Lake Michigan if you scraped away about a foot of sand, thanks to the perpetual leak from the storage tanks at the Standard Oil refinery in Whiting. Does the Greenpoint Oil Geyser extend this far northwest?

27.

Those kids look too healthy to be hipsters. They look like they've been working out most every day and watching what they eat.

Perhaps the '80s are coming back and "It's Hip to Be Square."

28.

greenpoint! not williamsburg. north 7th street is the dividing line between greenpoint and williamsburg therefore this park is in greenpoint. get your facts straight!

29.

hipster... what a great word! I hope Curbed keeps using it over an over!

30.

Is anyone else upset about the no dogs rule in the park?? I don't know of any other NY state park that deosn't allow dogs on leash, at least in designated areas. I think it just sucks. Even the guard who had to turn us and our little Chi away felt badly about it and encouraged us to get in touch with the Brooklyn Neighborhood Alliance to fight it. We're also putting in a complaint with the NY Parks and Recreation Department.

31.

LOL - Greenpoint is the new Williamsburg. Along with Bushwick, of course. HA!

32.

"is that a tattoo on her leg?" - Gordon

omg, you are a moron

33.

Thankfully a place where you can go without having a dog come up to you and the owner saying "oh don't worry, he doesn't bite". Not everyone likes dogs. Hipsters don't get it.