Category: NYC neighborhoods
Written by Mariya Tsalkovich Stepping off the B/Q train platform onto the sidewalk of Brighton Beach Avenue, one is transplanted into a myriad of history. The rich smell of salty ocean water mingling with the scent of freshly baked pirozhki permeates the air and speaks to the Eastern European immigrant influence of this small seaside town, Brighton Beach. Until the latter half of the 19th century, the Brighton Beach area consisted of little more than farms on sandy hills....
Written by Rachel The Upper West Side, or UWS as it is often abbreviated, is a large neighborhood or series of smaller adjacent neighborhoods in northern Manhattan, extending from 59th Street northward to 110th Street, with Central Park to the east and the Hudson River to the west. Some, notably real estate agents, also include Morningside Heights – an area stretching from 110th Street to 125th Street – in their definition of the Upper West Side. Last Saturday, I...
Written by Rebecca Kaebnick Walking down Main Street in Flushing, Queens, feels very much like walking down the street of an entirely different city than the Big Apple — something actually very characteristic of New York. The signs are primarily in Chinese, Korean, and other languages, with small English lettering at the bottom. Small, bustling shops and larger grocery stores such as Hong Kong Supermarket and H Mart line the sidewalks displaying heaps of fruit outside, and specialty Asian...
Written by Megan Pickarski Walking down Broadway, you can’t help but notice the relative calmness that floats in the air. It’s late in the morning and the hard working people of the Heights are stretching their arms and preparing for the day. Boxes of fruits and vegetables line the streets as employees and business owners begin to set up for the day. While gentrification has (very) slowly begun to creep in, Washington Heights has still managed to hold on to...
