New York City: home of iconic skyscrapers, great pizza, breathtaking arts, and one of the country’s most polluted water channels, also known as the Gowanus Canal. Located in south Brooklyn, the Gowanus has long been used as a dumping ground for the city, as it...
New York City is now bigger than ever. No, really. In the past few months, reports have been released which show that America’s largest city has now surpassed a population of more than 8.5 million. Despite the infamy surrounding rising rents and digs from competing...
Many years ago, those moving in New York City did so during one time of year–May 1. It was known as Moving Day, and only ended during World War II, sometime in the mid 20th Century. Today, the 8 million plus New Yorkers are free to move whenever they please;...
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...
