January 3, 2006
Taglines for Brooklyn
So, with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz's dream of finding a perfect slogan for Brooklyn comes the reailty that there's no one slogan that's good enough for the borough. Instead, the borough will use a variety of civilian-suggested slogans for different campaigns. According to the Daily News, "the Brooklyn Tourism Partnership will use several slogans - which range from the classy ('Brooklyn: Bridge to the World') to the wacky ('Brooklyn: The Tenth Planet') and possibly risque ('Do It In Brooklyn') - for specific advertising campaigns." Hey, aren't there only eight planets?
Anyway, here were some of Gothamist's ideas:
Brooklyn: Brunch or Else
Brooklyn: Where Subway Missed Connections Are Made
Brooklyn: Manhattan Still Makes Fun of Me
Brooklyn: We Have Cooler Celebrity Couples!
Brooklyn: Only Babies or Dogs May Apply
Brooklyn: I Saw Marty Markowitz Yesterday!
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'That smell"
How about, "Brooklyn: Welcome Back."
(That's a "Welcome Back, Kotter" reference for you youngsters.)
No no, ntvnyrkr, thats Jersey's slogan.
The Better Borough.
www.forgotten-ny.com
Brooklyn: Just a G Train Thang
Brooklyn: A proper Borough deserves a proper Beep.
Why can Brooklyn not afford a decent tourism officer, rather than spending money fuelling Markowitz' nebulous tilts at higher office? The man's an embarrassment, as even the mostly cursory look at the achievements of the other Beeps demonstrates. Damn I wish the man would leave.
On an entirely diferent note, i think you should run one of those Q&A things with NY1's Debbie Duhaime (the one that gets really excited about slow traffic on the Belt Parkway but neglects to mention service changes on NY1).
Its questioned whether or not Pluto is considered a planet. Brooklyn: The Questionable Borough
To take a cue from Marty Markowitz's own signs, "Brooklyn: How sweet it is" - which is of course the signature line of Jackie Gleason.
Or how about "Brooklyn: King of the Boroughs." Since Brooklyn is Kings County.
Brooklyn: Now Get Out.
Brooklyn - Cheaper Food, Weirder Jews.
Brooklyn: Come see Mr. Pink in Barnes & Noble.
Brooklyn: A wasteland for people who can't afford Manhattan but want to pretend that they enjoy all the cultural benefits of Manhatttan and, anyway, Chelsea is just a 5 minute subway-ride!
Brooklyn: We Don't Need Spike Lee Anyways!
Brooklyn: We Got Your Nets Right Here.
Brooklyn: Bruce Ratner go back to Cleveland.
Brooklyn: We don't need some stupid basketball team from New Jersey.
Brooklyn: Calling All Yuppies!
("Yuppies" can be replaced with "Hipsters" or any other modern stereotype desired.)
Manhattan's waffle runoff
or the ever popular
"manhattan's psycho cousin"
Not everyone can have their parents pay for his apartment, Lawrence. Loser.
Brooklyn: A Stepping Stone to Eventually Hanging Out with Great People Like Larry!
Brooklyn: Because if you went the same distance the other way you would be in New Jersey.
Brooklyn: A way to avoid Larry and hideous Chelsea!
Brooklyn already has some good time-tested nicknames. They should use one of those (for example, "The Mother Borough" or "The Planet").
hey toby - I realize you're still unpacking from Indiana or wherever the Greyhound came from; but that team belonged to NY long before jersey got them. We'll take 'em back anyday, certainly when you consider the state of the Knicks.
brooklyn - the anus of ny that drops all over staten island.
Hey Oscar Madison - When I was a little kid I remember Peugeot 505 taxis, the WNBC news open with the bolt of lightning hitting the statue of Liberty and a big 4 coming out of it, Ed Koch asking "How am I doing?", dirty streets, etc.
Getting back to basketball - the Nets were established in 1967 as part of the American Basketball Association. Their orginal name was the New Jersey Americans which played in the Teaneck Armory, then they became the New York Nets and moved to Long Island in 1973, returning to their home state in 1977.
So "Brooklyn: We don't need some stupid basketball team from New Jersey." is quite accurate.
"Brooklyn: Actually Extends Beyond Park Slope"
it does?!
how about
"brooklyn: way better than queens"
or
"brooklyn: the trendiest name for your daughter."
how about
"brooklyn: way better than queens"
or
"brooklyn: the trendiest name for your daughter."
"Move to Manhattan B!"
Brooklyn: The Borough of Kings!
All the people leaving comments about how Brooklyn is awful are using reverse psychology - trying to get fewer people to move there and more people to leave so they can afford to buy a brownstone. In the words of the inimitable Mr. Markowitz: "Blessed are those who bought early."
To be honest, I can't decide between "It's always a slow news day in Brooklyn," and "Brooklyn: Home of the Best-Spent Tax Dollars." It's a toughie, for sure.