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...
Due largely to the forty one billion dollar affordable housing plan proposed by New York City Mayor de Blasio, East New York is supposed to be one of the most affordable neighborhoods to rent or buy. It is scheduled as the first of fifteen proposed sites to be...
