Tweets of the week: ‘Veselka is for hipsters.’ Also, a final farewell to the R32

By Brooklyn Magazine Staff

Every week we at Brooklyn Magazine read the entire internet in order to curate (some of) our favorite tweets from the previous seven days. These are locally sourced, hand-crafted, organically grown, free range nuggets of wisdom and jest for the week ending March 4.

This week, the governor paid a visit to Bed-Stuy, and “Nicole Malliotakis” huddled in Park Slope.

Folks offered thoughtful recommendations for how to support our local Ukrainian neighbors. There’s a call for better bus service in Flatbush and praise for direct action in Crown Heights. Plus an elite Sunset Park wedding … and few thoughts about the current naming trend among Bushwick gay bars. And more!

Have a great weekend—here are 11 things to check out, from the supportive to the sexy—and be sure to flag any noteworthy tweets in the days ahead.

Nothing says gentrification like the Gov in a wine bar in Bed Stuy. pic.twitter.com/Lk53GI4zeV

— The Cocky One (@CockyMF) March 2, 2022

Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis meeting with her new constituents in Park Slope. #ny11 pic.twitter.com/tJXDJHzxQG

— Tim Fullerton (@TimFullerton) March 1, 2022

I was born, raised, and I live in NYC. I was raised in Brooklyn. This is what my first neighborhood, Bushwick, looked like when I was a child. People always think I’m lying when I tell them this, but it’s true. https://t.co/p7YuDgfQsd pic.twitter.com/vHmeNB13zX

— Son of Baldwin (Robert Jones, Jr.) (@SonofBaldwin) March 2, 2022

She’s right! We do not have reliable bus service in Flatbush. Kudos to @RitaJosephNYC for prioritizing the overwhelming majority of her constituents who commute by mass transit. https://t.co/VVmQlUlDiY

— paco (dave) abraham (@subtle116) March 3, 2022

If you want to go to a Ukrainian restaurant in a Ukrainian neighborhood where most actual Ukrainian-American immigrants live and purchase from, visit the plethora of businesses in Southern Brooklyn including Brighton Beach, Sheepshead Bay, and others. Veselka is for hipsters. https://t.co/2EmqMDobjE

— Eugene Resnick 🇺🇦 (@EugeneResnick) March 1, 2022

The East Village is not somewhere that many Ukranian/Soviet immigrants have been able to afford for a very long time.

Take your $$ to Brighton Beach, to Sheepshead Bay, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Rego Park, Midland Beach in Staten Island.

— MASHA l Маша 🇺🇦 (@MASHAgindler) February 28, 2022

“The movement has done the impossible,” @CHTenantUnion said Monday. “Now, a long fight to return the deed.” Direct Action Gets the Goods.@BrooklynDefense
Court Order Lets Longtime Crown Heights Family Stay In Their Home https://t.co/JurQVFTuGp

— Michael Hollingsworth (@mike4brooklyn) February 28, 2022

Rule #1 is never trust any bald white man in his late 30s-early 40s who is a “creative” and wears cargo pants with graphic tees and baseball caps. This seems so specific but there’s 1234508 of them and that’s only in Greenpoint

— diego (@gelatob0y) March 1, 2022

sunset park weddings are elite ❤️💗 https://t.co/s6b2HtybMa

— Whitney Hu 胡安行 (@whitney_hu) February 28, 2022

these are the people driving rent up in Brooklyn 🥲 https://t.co/o45L4S2Xag

— el loco del barrio jaja (@aynomistamales) February 27, 2022

there are black girls up and down bushwick ave + broadway with better walks than this https://t.co/5DSSPNfkV2

— cashewrising (@cashewrising) March 2, 2022

Down in Sunset Park and spotted an old friend waiting for its last ride to its final resting place. An @NYCTSubway R32 sitting in the small yard waiting to cross the street and be loaded on to a barge to be floated away forever. pic.twitter.com/3ll3JVXDXz

— Jason Rabinowitz (@AirlineFlyer) February 27, 2022

and you may ask yourself, “Why did Jackie draw this?”
(it’s because i freaking love the greenpoint wastewater treatment plant)@Greenpointers pic.twitter.com/3MvHZMbO49

— jackie’s talking head (@Jax_Vega) March 2, 2022

Astoria is pretty far from Bushwick but damn pic.twitter.com/1cCEC2MQxv

— Allison O’Conor (@allisonoconor) March 3, 2022

unfortunately I listened to one too many podcasts made by Brooklyn gays and now I am in crown heights with a microphone.

— Montucky Woodsnacks (@tuckwoodstock) March 2, 2022

the sigh i just emitted thinking about Rash, the gay club that opened a few months ago in Bushwick https://t.co/AFFZrcyghS

— ✌️ fuck all war fr ✌️ (@sweatyhabibti) March 3, 2022

To the person on Bushwick Ave blasting R. Kelly at 6:30 in the morning, you aint shit and everybody knows it

— Tomás Shelby (@matt_abstract_) March 1, 2022