Hipster Creep or Creepy? Greenpointers Living in Funeral Home

A Greenpoint couple living on Driggs Avenue near McCarren Park is attempting a novel approach at fighting off what they describe as "hipster creep." They're proudly publicizing their building's long history as the Dekarski Funeral Home from around 1900 until the mid-’70s.

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By Billy Parker in News on September 19, 2009 2:22 PM

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skipgates

Is this news?

MrManhattan

This isn't really a new idea. Back in the late '80's I spent a summer rehearsing a show in the basement of an ex funeral home on 9th or 10th near A. The upstairs was an art gallery called XFH" (for ex funeral home).

casey shain

correct me if i'm wrong, but i can't think of anything more hip than living in an ex funeral home.

IvoryJive

Couldn't agree more. If you want no hispters, you should renovate it with a West Palm Beach/Beverly Hills kind of vibe, put in a baby's room, institute an 11pm curfew, and say that the place is perfect for anyone who has a job that involves physical labor and loves coming home to relax to some smooth jazz. And no bicycles in building.