Located on the New York City’s Upper Bay, overlooking Staten Island and New Jersey’s famous Statue of Liberty, is Sunset Park–a neighborhood of more than 120,000 that was incorporated just a little over 50 years ago. The mostly residential neighborhood boasts a...
Over the last few months I’ve discussed the increasing popularity of New York City’s outer-boroughs–namely, Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx–with regard to residential growth and development. From Crown Heights to Midwood, to Jamaica, Kew Gardens, and...
I posed a question on Quora asking users if Queens would begin seeing development similar to Manhattan and Brooklyn. The response I got was yes, Queens is already experiencing that development, with most citing Astoria and Long Island City as examples. Undoubtedly so,...
Over the past few years, outsiders and residents alike have dubbed Brooklyn the “new” Manhattan, in terms of development, art, and a changing demographic. Yet, Brooklyn is large (the most populous borough and only second to Queens in terms of land area), so what...
With an already completed, and beautifully designed Subway stop on the 7 train, the area along Manhattan’s 34th Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues, feels more real than ever before. Dubbed by developers as Hudson Yards, the forgotten space from which one can view...
