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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Cycling in Jackson Heights
« on: April 24, 2008, 01:04:53 PM »
You can call 311 and ask the City to mail you a copy of the official NYC Bike map.
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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Cycling in Jackson Heights
« on: April 23, 2008, 02:04:15 PM »
Does anyone have any information on Transportation Alternative's Tour de Queens? I saw mention of it in the newsletter, but there isn't any info on the TA web site yet. It is on the NYC Parks calendar though.
http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_things_to_do/upcoming_events/events.php?id=66641
http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_things_to_do/upcoming_events/events.php?id=66641
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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Is Queens the New Brooklyn?
« on: April 23, 2008, 01:52:37 PM »
I'm a transplant from Brooklyn and I think it is true that the gentrification wave is shifting to Queens. In that sense
it is the new Brooklyn. The Bronx is too inconvenient to attract the same interest. Most of people I meet while walking my dog or chillin in the coffee shop with my daughter are also transplants from Manhattan and Brooklyn.
The fact of the matter is that middle-class families and are priced out of the desirable parts of Brooklyn. The remaining up-and-coming 'hoods are SCARY! Take a walk through the areas south of Prospect Park in the evening and you will see what I mean. Lets not even discuss the schools. JH, Sunnyside, Woodside and other areas close to Manhattan offer a safe alternative with good infrastructure and you can get twice the apartment for the same price.
it is the new Brooklyn. The Bronx is too inconvenient to attract the same interest. Most of people I meet while walking my dog or chillin in the coffee shop with my daughter are also transplants from Manhattan and Brooklyn.
The fact of the matter is that middle-class families and are priced out of the desirable parts of Brooklyn. The remaining up-and-coming 'hoods are SCARY! Take a walk through the areas south of Prospect Park in the evening and you will see what I mean. Lets not even discuss the schools. JH, Sunnyside, Woodside and other areas close to Manhattan offer a safe alternative with good infrastructure and you can get twice the apartment for the same price.