Most New Yorkers are familiar with the unpredictable housing market and the neighborhood gentrification raging across the city. But as tumultuous as those changes have gotten, a small area in the Northeast Bronx has managed to weather the worst of it so far.
A house along Stillwell Ave. (Dennis W. Ho / amNewYork)
No one really uses the word “love” when they describe their feelings toward Great Kills, Staten Island. In fact, most residents speak with a blend of reservation and cautious optimism that it’s almost disarming at first. It’s not a dangerous place or a ghost town, but then again, it’s no Shangri-La, they say. It’s middle-class, medium sized, centrally located and even-keeled, through and through. What you see is what you get in Great Kills and the people that live here like it just fine.
The corner of Nelson Ave. and Amboy Rd. in Great Kills. (Phil S. Kropoth / amNewYork)
For better and for worse, Howard Beach, Queens, has long been a neighborhood on the periphery and an area defined by sharp contrasts. It’s where tradition is confronted by modernism, and old and new stand side by side on the borough’s border with Brooklyn.
This article appeared in the 26 June issue of am New York.On Staten Island, all buses, trains, taxis and yes, the ferry from Manhattan lead to St. George.
And while proximity to Manhattan is the chief reason why it’s such a big hub, St. George is experiencing a renaissance that is making the borough’s northernmost tip a destination in its own right.
Read the whole story… This article appeared in the 15 May issue of am New York.There seems to be some confusion about Floral Park. Is it in Nassau County or New York City? Is it a suburb or is it an urban center? Well, the answer to both of these questions is yes.
Floral Park, Queens, lies on the outer edge of the city with its eastern and southern boundaries tracing out the Nassau County line. Just over the border is the incorporated village of Floral Park, but even the area’s residents have trouble telling them apart.
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