Jackson Heights Life

i haven't utilized the bike storage (yet), so i don't know how it works or what it looks like. my co-op charges $5/month, at least that's what i've been told. i don't think there is any other fee.

i've rented in the upper west side, the west village, park slope, bronxville, back to park slope and finally greenpoint. when i decided to buy, i couldn't afford those neighborhoods, which led me to the borough of queens. i looked at places in sunnyside, woodside, ditmas park (brooklyn). one day, i came out to jackson heights for an open house at a co-op in a pre-war building with a garden and absolutely fell in love with the apartment and the neighborhood. i ultimately bought in another co-op (with garden) and closer to the 74th street subway station. from that first visit, what i loved about the 'hood was the diversity of the food, the beauty of the co-ops, sidewalks riddled with young and old families and street carts both close and far away enough. now into my 2nd year here, the things that keep the love alive are the JH greenmarket, woodside CSA, sunday breakfasts at jahn's with my best friend, espresso 77, table wine, the korean market off broadway, the new dog run, walking to sripraphai, and the list goes on.

it's not the best by any means, but thai son sells bahn mi (vietnamese sandwich) which is a lot less than $10. and there is an earlier thread discussing el sitio's cubano sandwich, also less than $10.

Freddie Mercury is from Queens?

queen, the band (or were you being funny/punny).

jeff, is that why you chose freddie as your avatar? a play on names?

boo. i still wrote to them.

maybe the Strand would consider a queens branch, like MOMA did, to house more miles of books. perhaps i shall suggest that to them.

i read an old post from two years ago about the conversation of bringing the Y to jackson heights. my good friend (also JH resident) recently joined the LIC one and we both agree that one in JH would be a great idea. has anything actually been done to try to bring one to JH? i looked on the Y site and downloaded the PDF exploration questionnaire about a new Y location. it basically wants to see if there are enough people in the community to serve (12,000) and if the community had the resources to raise $500K for the start up. i think our community meets the minimum requirements and would greatly benefit from a local Y. is this something our elected representatives should pursue if the community was really behind it? thoughts?