Top 10 signs it’s summer in Brooklyn
1. The sprinklers are on every day at the pocket park at the end of State Street. Even though I feel somewhat foolish I do join in the fun from time to time.
2.  Even the prettiest of flower boxes are beginning to look a bit bedraggled.
3.  Mandals (man sandals) are everywhere.
4. Kids spend the day in their bathing suits (well at least this was true where I grew up)
5. Every other person is eating ice cream or frozen yogurt.
6. The pool at the local YMCA is never NOT crowded.
7. The streets are deserted on the weekends. Where is everyone, and can I go with you next time?
8. Outdoor cafes are packed and the Margaritas are flowing.
9. The drone of helicopters has been replaced with the hum of air conditioners.
10. And the number one sign that it’s summer in Brooklyn is ____________________. You fill in the blank.
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Posted : July 26th, 2009 at 6:29 pm by Lillian Ann Slugocki under Brooklyn Heights.
Comments: 11
Comments
Comment from Teddy
Time: July 27, 2009, 12:23 pm
You see a lot more tourists on Montague Street.
Comment from alex
Time: July 27, 2009, 12:49 pm
I get asked for directions to the Promenade at least once a weekend.
Comment from Lillian Ann Slugocki
Time: July 27, 2009, 1:53 pm
Loved the last one, having to give directions to the Promenade, my God, that’s so true. LOL
Comment from AEB
Time: July 27, 2009, 1:56 pm
My weekday mornings are blessed free of the overenthusiastic whistle use of the school crossing guard at my corner of Hicks and Middagh.
Comment from Bob
Time: July 27, 2009, 2:15 pm
The trash at the Casino and other places stinks twice as much as usual.
(Special at the Casino this summer: a Port-O-San on Montague!)
Comment from nabeguy
Time: July 27, 2009, 4:48 pm
The St George dorm kids switch from pajams to shorts to go outside and smoke.
Comment from AAR
Time: July 28, 2009, 8:30 am
The strawberries and last year’s crop of apples are gone from the Green Market, replaced by corn, peaches, tomatoes, basil and more…..
Comment from Monty
Time: July 28, 2009, 1:33 pm
I have actually never been asked for directions to the promenade, but I get plenty of historic homes tourists on my block. Earlier this summer, a couple of ladies (Canadian by their accent) asked me how to get to Grimando’s Pizza.
Comment from RatNYC
Time: July 28, 2009, 2:42 pm
The bums are out asking for change
The office workers walk to the promenade at lunch time
Frizzy hair
Gazpacho instead of hot soup at Lassen & Hennings
Comment from David on Middagh
Time: July 28, 2009, 2:43 pm
Fireflies at dusk on the Promenade!
Comment from Andrew Porter
Time: July 27, 2009, 1:04 am
The most obvious sign it’s summer is that empty parking spots sometimes go unfilled for several hours at a time. But usually only on weekends.