The City of Love has developed a well documented crush on Brooklyn over the past few years — the burg now boasts neon Brooklyn Brewery signs on bars, a lauded fashion label named for the Jay-Z song “Brooklyn We Go Hard,” at least two cafes and one bar named Brooklyn, plus a burger joint called Bedford that promises an authentic Brooklyn diner experience where you can “feel the cheddar smell.”
But those aren’t the only ways Kings County is popping up in gay Paris.
Flying the co-op
A pair of American immigrants recently opened a grocery co-operative called La Louve modeled on the famed Park Slope Food Co-op — though Parisians are less enthusiastic than Slopers about working at checkouts in their spare time, according to an Associated Press report.
Rock et roll
Afropunk Fest, Fort Greene’s annual celebration of black music and culture, expanded to Paris this year, bringing with it Bushwick synth-pop singer Twin Shadow and Williamsburger Zoe Kravitz’s band Lolawolf.
Enfant terribles
The Park Slope School of Rock — the neighborhood’s training center for the Peter Crisses of tomorrow — opened a branch in the city in 2011, where pint-sized Parisians can now learn to play songs by David Bowie, AC/DC, and the Rolling Stones.
Fare play
And Brooklyn has also invaded the city’s screens — albeit briefly. A Paris television production company last year created the series “Taxi Brooklyn” — a odd sitcom about a cop and a yellow cab driver who solve crimes together, filmed in Brooklyn, in English, but made largely for the French market. It lasted one season.
