Harlem is the most famous African American neighborhood in the United States. Harlem has played a very important role for black history, black culture and the…
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Astoria is one of the cosiest and most beautiful neighborhoods in Queens. The neighborhood is home to the biggest Greek community outside of Greece. Greek…
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Bushwick is a neighborhood in Brooklyn with a very large Latin American population. Many residents of Bushwick are immigrants from Puerto Rico and the Dominican…
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Melrose is a neighborhood in the South Bronx. The area around the intersection of 3rd Avenue and 149th Street is called The Hub. The Hub…
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Sunset Part is a very beautiful neighborhood in Brooklyn named after a park, which lies in the center of the neighborhood. This park affords visitors…
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Named for England’s beach resort in 1868, Brighton Beach shows little connection with England considering its amount of signs in Cyrillic these days. Brighton Beach is…
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Crown Heights is a neighborhood in Brooklyn known for its black, especially Caribbean, and its Hasidic Jewish population and culture. The coexistence of these two…
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Fordham is probably one of the coolest ‘hoods in the Bronx. The main thoroughfare is Fordham Road, a broad street, on both sides filled with…
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Located in the southwestern part of Brooklyn, Borough Park is one of the largest Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods outside of Israel. This Orthodox Jewish enclave has…
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Also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio, East Harlem is one of the biggest Latino communities in New York City. The streets of East…
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Williamsburg’s Southside has a very, very different character from its northern counterpart. A busy Hasidic Jewish community has settled in the neighborhood between Bedford Avenue…
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Soho stands for “South of Houston Street” and it is one of New York’s most glamorous shopping destinations. Many high-grade fashion labels have stores in…
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Union Square is located at the southern tip of the Flatiron District, at the intersection of Broadway and 14th Street. Union Square is a historic…
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Flushing is a neighborhood with a large Chinese, Korean and Taiwanese population. Located at the end of the 7-subway line, the neighborhood has a flourishing…
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Jamaica recently achieved world-wide fame as the place where rapper 50 Cent and LL Cool J grew up. Even though the area is not well-known…
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Flatbush and neighboring East Flatbush are two neighborhoods very similar in nature in the central portion of Brooklyn. Both neighborhoods are known known for their…
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Downtown Brooklyn is the third largest central business district in New York City, following Midtown Manhattan and Lower Manhattan. The Brooklyn Bridge directly connects the…
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The Greenwich Village, or simply the Village, is one of the nicest neighborhoods in Manhattan. Once it was a rural hamlet, entirely separate from New…
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