8. "w/ absolutely no knowledge or research, Queens seems like the best value" In response to Reply # 0
not as trendy/expensive as Brooklyn not as grimy as The Bronx (peace, king) Manhattan just seems hella expensive Staten Island kinda sounds like the Bronx.
19. "If I just *had* to leave Flushing" In response to Reply # 0
It would really depend on whether I was single or on my Peggy Bundy (married with children)
single me would do: LIC Astoria Sunnyside South Bronx by Pelham Parkway Inwood Bushwick (but only my old block)
Peggy Bundy me: Forest Hills (again) Jamaica Estates Malba (if we ballin like that) Jackson Heights (Historic District only, you will NOT catch me living by Roosevelt Ave)
Malba has all those pretty wannabe mansions that you see right when you come off the Whitestone Bridge, like wedged between College Point and Whitestone
27. "Oh! I know exactly where that is then. Huh. Queens, man." In response to Reply # 23
You guys will put street numbers on fucking anything, and make a neighborhood out of seven houses.
It's like 'Dutch Kills' -- it's there, it iexists, but no one can give me exact geography. Basically, it's Long Island City where it grades into Queensbridge and Ravenswood.
Also?
How the fuck you have projects that sound like they were named after Dungeons and Dragons games?
that blank area above Flushing, under College Point would be part of College Point (anything on College Point Blvd north of Northern Blvd is College Point) Malba would take that corner pocket and some of Whitestone
this article was making the rounds last week about this huge new Food Bazaar in LIC had me kinda stuck like "when da fuq did that happen?" Ask lfresh I took one look at the address (Northern Blvd) then called shenanigans because there is no section of Northern that runs through LIC, it's much too far north. I really need non-Queens people to stop writing about Queens cuz this is how some of that bullshit starts. People going off of either their friend's shitty sense of direction or Google Maps instead of neighborhood familiarity.
the thing with Queens is that there is a lot of overlapping done and it goes back to village/town days i.e. Malba, Whitestone, College Point, Queensborough Hill, Auburndale were all villages that were part of the town of Flushing. I saw this a lot with the post office bouncing around Queens growing up. When I lived in Forest Hills, our mail would sometimes be addressed as "Flushing, NY", other times it would be "Jamaica, NY" (that NEVER made sense to me but whatever). My mom goes through this now living in Kew Gardens Hills, her mail either says Flushing or Jamaica.
In Dutch Kills' case I would say about 3/4s of that hood overlaps with Hunters Point so it's almost interchangeable at this point. It doesn't help that Queens is beginning to suffer that horrible hipster ailment of renaming neighborhoods or shortening names. I'm starting to see a TON of references to "FoHi" (Forest Hills) and it makes me murderously angry, esp since I came up there too. I hope one of the old-school Bulgars or Russians hammerfists whoever started that shit's head open.
I too get the flushing designation ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
For my area it was just years of peopl not knowing what a bushwick or ridgewood was
And folks outside ny still don't know ridgewood
They know bushwick now though Yay? Fine I live in flushing ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
You have literally seen the confusing receipts yourself!!!!
I've never shown you the mail that says flushing :/ ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
58. "I SWEAR FA GAWD THE POSTAL SERVICE ARE RETARDS" In response to Reply # 56
They really need a central post office for southern central Queens. It's basically broken down between LIC, Flushing and Jamaica. I wouldn't even know how to classify your address under than since you're definitely NOT near ANY of those hoods.
Bush wood Ridgewick Some dumb concoction They had to graffiti a damn map onto a side of the building so folks would stop being ignorant ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
26. "Ballin?" In response to Reply # 0 Tue Dec-09-14 03:03 PM by lfresh
Cosby brownstone west village Penthouse CPS (59th) or COE (Madison) Brownstone CPW Penthouse financial district Brownstone boerum hill Mansion bushwick ave Firehouse off gates Theatre on myrtle Theatre off bushwick Bank (williamsburg I think) off bushwick ave ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
31. "lower manhttan single. red hook boo-ed up." In response to Reply # 0
i'd get a place on the water.
manhattan is fantastic if you can swing it and you don't have to worry about taxis and cabs or coming home late at night if you're female or long exhausting commutes.
33. "it really tickles me how much Forest Hills has come up" In response to Reply # 32
when I was going to school, nobody seemed to know where it was located and depending on which side you lived on, it was mostly Jewish now all the people I know who have moved there within the past 3 years have all been PoC. It's a very convenient area for Queens plus it's pretty, quiet, a nice little dining district, I ain't mad at all.
no one who values freedom of movement is gonna live there I had the (mis)fortune of being stuck there once during the morning rush when an F train broke down. If the F ain't running it's either that tram or like one bus that's gonna get you off that island. FUCK and THAT.
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43. "Put battery park city in there too" In response to Reply # 38
Much as I go to that theatre Wtf He must like whole foods, Barnes and noble and terrorist attacks a hella lot ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
48. "I assumed we were talking about ballin" In response to Reply # 43
>Much as I go to that theatre >Wtf >He must like whole foods, Barnes and noble and terrorist >attacks a hella lot >~~~~ >When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so >that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. >~~~~ >You cannot hate people for their own good.
Next you gon complain about the snobby people at Upper East Side.
No millionaire in the history of NY has said yeah I aim to live in battery park city Ever
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70. "Naw you trippin, Battery Park City is official, trust me. " In response to Reply # 60
>No millionaire in the history of NY has said yeah I aim to >live in battery park city >Ever > >~~~~ >When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so >that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. >~~~~ >You cannot hate people for their own good.
Maybe because you like brownstones more than condos. But you can't knock BPC like its silly, millionaires definitely aim to live there.
Nope You're highly questionable ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
74. "Born and Raised, I aint no transplant." In response to Reply # 72
>Nope >You're highly questionable >~~~~ >When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so >that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. >~~~~ >You cannot hate people for their own good.
Mongo won't even cosign your feelings on Battery Park City. Real niggas know.
75. "You still highly questionable" In response to Reply # 74
Mongo can't help you
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61. "*looks out the window*" In response to Reply # 53
Oh shit mom is ballin ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
73. "mad rich folk there" In response to Reply # 69
And I get it The homes are nice no doubt
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sixteenstone Member since Sep 22nd 2002 27996 posts
Tue Dec-09-14 10:16 PM
80. "Clinton Hill seems so boring to me" In response to Reply # 65
it's got a bad stretch of trains the way it's laid out. I used to live a block over from CH, off Franklin ave. it's truly residential besides the college over there. Bedstuy and Ft. Greene just seem much more interesting.
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