Places/place
Williamsburg
2016-08-23, 1 mention2016-10-18, 2 mentions2016-10-25, 1 mention2016-11-22, 1 mention2017-02-07, 1 mention2018-04-10, 1 mention2018-04-18, 1 mention2018-07-19, 1 mention2018-08-16, 1 mention2018-11-16, 2 mentions2020-07-05, 1 mention2020-10-18, 2 mentions2022-11-14, 1 mention2025-03-06, 1 mention
Tim’s take
His core position is a decline narrative: Williamsburg went from a place with "a little streak of independence" to Zara, Lululemon, and yoga studios in the space of six or seven years, and he dates the cool version to around 2005-2007 19:20 20:06. He extends that same story later, saying it used to have hipster orgies and bad smells and was cool for it, and now it's corporate money from France, no different from Soho 18:35; elsewhere he just calls it "the real New York" that has since become Manhattan 17:37.
Outside that arc it mostly functions as a punchline for money and class — a shorthand for expensive rentals 10:27, marauding packs of guys in their twenties 3:40, overly precious comedy-club sensitivity 4:56, and the kind of buyer who wants a rustic ring to wear at a bar there 27:02. He also uses it geographically as a stand-in for Hasidic Williamsburg specifically, riffing on the fur hats rather than gentrification at all 0:00 30:49.
Every Reference (17)
"not Benjamin Moore, Ohio white, which is what Bushwick and Williamsburg are. We are, you know, we're that Long Island trash white,"
"gave a shit, you know, now if you want to sleep on a couch in Williamsburg for $900 a month, they want to see six months of fucking bank"
"We don't want characters, you know Go to Bushwick, Brooklyn, Williamsburg, and a lot of that zeitgeist popular culture is these very"
"you look at everyone in Williamsburg, I mean, it's just this homogenous, and Williamsburg has really become ground zero for what's gonna happen."
Williamsburg Gentrification and the Return-the-Gangs Fantasy — Who's Gonna Fix Our Lives+50s into the segment"gotta be, Because if I was working in some, like if I'm in Williamsburg and someone's like, what are you looking at? Well, no one even"
"you're shocked because it's so jarring. If this was said in Williamsburg at a comedy show, the police would be called. But because he's"
"Manhattan. It's charming, it's nice. And so this is a lot. Williamsburg is the real New York. Well now Williamsburg's become Manhattan"
NYC Real Estate: Gentrification and the Outer Boroughs — Prove It, You Dumb Fuck!+79s into the segment"live. It doesn't even... It's not even cool. If you went to Williamsburg in 2005 or something or 2007, it felt cool. Right. And it was"
"I'm loving it. I think I might have to move to Williamsburg and take over this fucking hipster scene because you guys got"
Ryan's 30-Mile NYC Walkabout Looking for Crack and Trannies — Tin Foil Hat and Tim at Skankfest+1s into the segment"Ray over here, but if you walk around Brooklyn, Bushwick, or Williamsburg, there's just like, it's a new thing, guys. A marauding group"
Go Alone: The Philosophy of Solo Dining and Teenage Weed Circles — The Middle Of The End+92s into the segment"It's hard to figure out how with you know Three becomes like Williamsburg or some shit. I don't know about Jackson. I but I mean a story"
Infrastructure Strain and Subway Costs — Growing Up Gottschee with Dan St. Germain+219s into the segment"that's why fucking Brooklyn sucks now Being we've been here Williamsburg for years going back to you now my how could this dude turn"
Gentrification, Immigrant Businesses, and the Death of Queens' Character — Growing Up Gottschee with Dan St. Germain+21s into the segment"wants to make them rings to take back to their little bars in Williamsburg and because they're cool-looking and they think rings just"
The Lonely Ring-Maker of Western Colorado — #207 - Whitney Webb Returns | The Tim Dillon Show+225s into the segment"done. They want to be done with it. They want to walk around Williamsburg with those hats that I really enjoy, the big furry hats, and"
Fall Marketing While the World Burns — #222 - Running Out The Clock | The Tim Dillon Show+157s into the segment"troubling to me, little troublesome. We got to go in and lock down Williamsburg. Wait, wait, what? This doesn't seem to be the move."
Locking Down the Hasidim in New York — #222 - Running Out The Clock | The Tim Dillon Show+59s into the segment"bowels of the belly of the Beast as you say if you've gone to Williamsburg where they have the Hat you ever see that furry hat yeah the"
The Hasidic Community, Flip Phones, and a Rabbi Cheating with Fat Black Hookers — Ari Shaffir | The Tim Dillon Show #323+63s into the segment"at one time in Williamsburg there were hipster orgies and people smelled bad and they were kind of annoying and it was cool it was cool now it's all corporate"
State of the Union: The Brain Cancer Kid Deputized Into the Secret Service — Trump’s Speech & Casey Anthony’s Tik Tok | The Tim Dillon Show #434+6s into the segment