BROOKLYN tell me abt the hood around DEAN and NOSTRAND

thinking abt moving over there - im familiar w/it but looking for a little more insight - vibes amenities etc

I live near there!
On Nostrand between Eastern Parkway and Atlantic:
Key Food and Met supermarket
An OK but cheap pizza place
Ital Shak (Vegetarian West Indies cuisine)
Plenty of bodegas and a drycleaner
For what it is worth, there is also an Applebees and a bunch of other fast food at Fulton and Nostrand, and I think another grocery store.

For more "upscale" options, Franklin Ave has an awesome Indian restaurant, good chinese takeout, a "gourmet" bodega, and a "hip" bar.
There is a good tex-mex place on Classon, and both Washington and especially Vanderbilt Aves have loads of bars, restaurants and shops.

I can provide much more detail than this. What neighborhood are you moving from?

eh i just went and looked at the place and i dont think imna take it :/ - live in ft greene now but prob priced out

OK. Don't know what your price range is, but, if you are willing to have your favorite bar/restaurant, etc. be .3 or so miles away as opposed to directly below your apartment, then I would def keep looking around the area. There are a lot of good deals to be had. My roommates and I had begun to look into moving into other neighborhoods and were pretty dissapointed. We will probably aim at moving a stop closer in on the 2/3/4/5 as opposed to switching lines.

yeah theres def some good stuff over there

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disappointed because move from Crown Heights to somewhere on L train =
trade large rooms with backyard in nice brownstone for half the space and "luxury" faux bamboo floors. and pay more.