Long Island City is one of Queens’ coolest pockets these days, and it’s definitely on the move. L.I.C. is notable for its ongoing gentrification, its…
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Williamsburg – or Hipsterville, U.S.A. – is New York’s ‘it’ neighborhood of the current and the past decade. Therefore it is often referred to as…
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Gowanus has been an active center of industrial and shipping activity since as early as the 1860s. During that time, a small saltwater creek was…
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Hell’s Kitchen is an area in Midtown Manhattan. It is also known as Midtown West or Clinton and it includes the area from 8th Avenue…
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The Meatpacking District is a small industrial area between the West Village and Chelsea. The area takes its name from the many meat factories that…
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Dumbo is a neighborhood located between the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn. The name is an acronym for “Down Under the Manhattan…
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Consisting mostly of warehouses and factory buildings, the western part of Red Hook is one of the latest Brooklyn neighborhoods to be hyped by the…
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