Keep your sweaters, keep your decorative gourds, keep your pumpkin spice anything. There’s only one thing I care about in the fall: WITCHES.
That’s right, witches. I love witches. I love stylish Ryan Murphy witches that fire off snappy dialogue. I love animated Disney witches that straight-up try to murder people in a children’s movie. I love aspiring teenage witches in the suburbs that are too old to like horses, but too young to do drugs so they play Light As A Feather, Stiff As A Board at weekend slumber parties.
And why not? Witches are awesome. Not only are they reclaimed feminist icons, but they also DO MAGIC. As soon as Halloween hysteria gets in full swing, and Hocus Pocus is on heavy rotation on cable, I start calling the corners.
Walking the streets of Brooklyn, it’s tough not to see witches all around you. Every block is seemingly studded with stylish girls dressed in black with dark lipstick and wide-brimmed hats. (Or maybe that’s just the HAIM sisters.) And let’s not forget the actual coven of witches in Bushwick.
To celebrate the season of the witch, we’ve rounded up 10 of our favorite pop culture witches to represent Brooklyn neighborhoods. Take a look at which witch we picked for your hood in the list below.
Williamsburg: Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac
Bushwick: Nancy (Fairuza Balk), The Craft
Coney Island: Winifred Sanderson (Bette Midler), Hocus Pocus
Park Slope: Sally Owens (Sandra Bullock), Practical Magic
Sunset Park: Melisandre (Carice van Houten), Game of Thrones
Prospect Heights: Hermione (Emma Watson), Harry Potter
Bay Ridge: Endora, Bewitched
Gowanus: Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton), Wizard of Oz
Red Hook: Ursula (Pat Carroll), The Little Mermaid
Boerum Hill: Maleficent (Angelina Jolie), Maleficent
Carroll Gardens: Sabrina (Melissa Joan Hart), Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Greenwood Heights: The Blair Witch, The Blair Witch Project
Greenpoint: Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), The Avengers
Did we get it right? Have a witch in mind for neighborhoods we missed? Let us know in the comments!
You can ask to join Bobby’s coven on Twitter: @bobbyhank.