Brooklyn Tweets of the Week: Commuting chaos and a fungus among us

A roundup of (some of) our favorite locally sourced tweets for the week ending October 22

If there’s a theme to this week’s hand curated bespoke Brooklyn tweets it’s this: Getting around the borough is its own sub-genre of Twitter. From long distance (er, cross-Brooklyn) relationships to biking around to just plain riding the G train, there was no shortage of travel Twitterfreude.

And, apparently mushrooms! We’re also admiring some beautiful sprouting maitake, to be precise. We’re just not about to eat it, you know?

If you see something, say something: Be sure to tag us if you see anything that should be noted next week. Have a great weekend!

My first year in NYC, I raced my friend from Park Slope to Williamsburg. I took the 2/3 to the L, and he took the G.

I won. https://t.co/VG8aiRHdEz

— Aditya Mukerjee, the Otterrific 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 (@chimeracoder) October 20, 2021

me in a queens-brooklyn relationship, commenting on a tiktok about cross-country ldrs: so true bestie i FEEL this 💔

— trixie hobbitses (@SaraQDavid) October 15, 2021

inventing a video game where you bike from bed stuy to williamsburg for a dermatology appointment but there’s all these cars in the bike lane

— Remi (Taylor’s Version) (@cottoneyedjew) October 8, 2021

Has the unfortunate Tetris thing ended in Bushwick yet? pic.twitter.com/5mH0NyBZSp

— The Brownstone Detectives (@BrownstoneDetec) October 15, 2021

Gorgeous maitake at the base of this oak tree in Maria Hernandez park in Bushwick.

Would be tempted to take this home and cook it up if it wasn’t at perfect dog pee height lol pic.twitter.com/788JSQyam2

— Zhayde Bun (@Zhaydebutbigger) October 16, 2021

I called my wine store to ask if I could put a bottle of non-alcoholic wine on hold to ick up later and the person on the phone was like “I don’t want to be rude but trust me you don’t need to, you are the only person in brooklyn coming in here to buy non-alcoholic wine” 💀

— Sk(elly)ton Belle, notably not a woman 💀🔮 (@literElly) October 16, 2021

Williamsburg North-South thoroughfare vibes, ranked:

Wythe > Berry > Kent > Havemeyer > Driggs > Bedford > Roebeling https://t.co/TEFpF3OFXa

— Nike PS5 (@PS_AF1) October 20, 2021

i joined a barbra streisand study group in brooklyn where a group of people are going through her oeuvre and meeting quarterly to discuss and it’s the greatest thing that’s happened to me lately

— rachel syme (@rachsyme) October 17, 2021

In the year 2021 you can still see a man in a puka shell necklace on the border of Williamsburg & Greenpoint

— Monzie Nackard (@monzzienack) October 20, 2021

“Don’t trust the landlord”
Seen in Brooklyn, NY pic.twitter.com/KqXn13J3mQ

— Radical Graffiti (@GraffitiRadical) October 14, 2021

Ive been told I sound kind of like someone from Brooklyn, would that make me the real life Chooch? pic.twitter.com/W1ZAQVLKFO

— The Spooky Looney Fanatic 🎃👻 (@FugsFunny98) October 19, 2021

“williamsburg isn’t ready for me” I say as if williamsburg has never seen a 26 year old nyu grad in white vans and warby parkers ordering a PBR

— we came as times new roman (@pleasebenice420) October 19, 2021

This is greenpoint???? https://t.co/8AVZWQcmm7

— rajesh sandcat (@rajeshsankat) October 16, 2021

There’s this guy in Park Slope I love called Prints Charming who fusses over your piece, charges you a pretty penny for what must be just a few dollars in materials cost and you are always like thank you

— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) October 16, 2021

I lost my grandmother earlier this week, and have been looking through all the scrapbooks she left me. Here’s a picture of the Park Slope brownstone my father lived in during the 80s, and the same building in present day. It’s incredible how little these houses change pic.twitter.com/YjNjngs1DP

— Louise Matsakis (@lmatsakis) October 15, 2021