Gothamist: Michel Gondry Moves to East Williamsburg

hawaiikaos

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:47:07 -0500

He probably just moved there for the palindromic zip code : 11211

Amanda Harlech

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:48:40 -0500

Another talent that leaves manhattan behind for a more complex stimulating environment. The intellectual stagnation the manhattan (read money for the sake of money)is so evident for 99% of creatives, that people just migrate to the fringes.

kcin122

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:02:55 -0500

theres a sign on the BQE that says EAST WILLIAMSBURG NEXT RIGHT. i always assumed it was there.

REALITY CHECK

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:15:40 -0500

It's Bushwick. The term "East Williamsburg" has been causing snickers for years, many many years before Asterisk and co arrived. The real truth is that you'll sound like a damn fool if you say "East Williamsburg." Um on second thought...yeah....it's East Williamsburg. Go ahead and call it that....

snapper2

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:30:12 -0500

... so that's where he ends up after he's KICKED OUT of his EV digs because he can't stop his delinquent teenage son from scrawling graffiti on the building and throwing bottles out of the window at passersby.... I know it's all so cute and French and everything but I'd be careful when walking under his windows... bon appetit!

fixilator

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:40:20 -0500

Ha #10 has got it exactly right. Kind of annoying how often East Williamsburg people (studiously avoiding the h-word here) lamely try to distance themselves from "played-out" Williamsburg by claiming to be in Bushwick (hello, Asterisk, Bushwick Country Club, etc.). Bushwick is SOUTH of Flushing. Learn it already, stop frontin'! Of course, next, uber-hip Bushwick dwellers will be claiming to be from Ridgewood, 'cause they feel Bushwick is over. I've actually already seen this. Pretty funny.

brandonz

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:25:49 -0500

Jeez, people, East Williamsburg is an actual neighborhood, contrary to whatever rumors you are hearing. Everything north of Flushing Ave and east of Humboldt St is East Williamsburg. Yes, that's right, Bushwick doesn't begin until the Jefferson stop. Just embrace it, McKibben.

hungryghoast

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:05:49 -0500

handsomedevil, there is no excuse and no slack for Be Kind, Rewind.

gimme

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:44:46 -0500

someone leave a cardboard box at his doorstep, might keep him occupied, so i don't have to see his frenchie ass puttering around my fair brooklyn http://www.theonion.com/content/news/michel_gondry_entertained_for_days

esquared

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:31:43 -0500

Watch out for those machete wielding hipsters.

handsomedevil

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:06:02 -0500

Gondry is a genius. I'd say that his collection of music videos is absolute required viewing. Then you'll be willing to cut him some slack for The Science of Sleep and Be Kind, Rewind.

WorksInDUMBO

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:02:27 -0500

I call it Billyburg. Just kidding--only douchebags and Time Out New York call it that.

JRod5417

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:55:52 -0500

I like to think of East Williamsburg as West Bushwick.

whantmoore

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:54:01 -0500

Yeah its called Bushwick

neckbeard

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:49:06 -0500

those houses are all super nice. also, some of you native new yorkers may know better, but i always thought that East Williamsburg was kind of a bull-shit name for a neighborhood. No?

kswissreject

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:34:12 -0500

I thought I saw him on a bike on Graham Ave last weekend. Wasn't quite as skinny as expected, so I wrote him off. But maybe it was...