Yet another feather in the cap of our JSF--the New York Times lauds him as the new determinant of Brooklyn cool owing to his recent purchase of a condo in Park Slope:

Maybe Brooklyn can finally stop feeling the need to promote itself as some kind of hip equal to Manhattan. Here is a loaded celebrity author who could afford to buy anywhere - he doesn't even have children who would need extra bedrooms and a yard - and he has chosen Brooklyn over Manhattan for his lifestyle upgrade. Bravo, Brooklyn. Paying $6.75 million to live a half-hour subway ride from Greenwich Village. That tells the world that you're not an outskirt. You're a mecca.

Everyone's idea of a mecca: Extremely Quiet and Not Really All That Close. Welcome, JSF!