Would you consider all/most of Manhattan NYC's 'Downtown'? Does any city rival it in size?

[geoking66]

Originally Posted by FlushingRepresenter

Yes.

No. How can Flushing, which isn't central at all, be a central business district? Only Midtown and Downtown Manhattan unequivocally count, while Downtown Brooklyn is getting there. No doubt Flushing is a regional center, but that's about it.

[DarkWolf]

Originally Posted by nykiddo718718

Lol.

I don't really understand your question.

Manhattan has two CBDs. Brooklyn has one. Downtown Jersey City and Newark would be two more just outside city limits.

Other neighborhoods in Manhattan are not CBDs. They are largely residential. Walkability is found throughout NYC and surrounding municipalities.

There are comparable cities on an international scale. Hong Kong, Sao Paulo, London, to name a few.

Is Flushing, Queens considered a CBD? How long before the Hub neighborhood of the Bronx becomes one? 20 years?

You forgot New Brunswick , Stamford and White Plains...

[geoking66]

Originally Posted by Nexis4Jersey

You forgot New Brunswick , Stamford and White Plains...

Again, those are not CBDs. A quick search for a CBD definition on Wikipedia gives the following: "the commercial and often geographic heart of a city." While there are more detailed components than that, it's clear that suburban hubs are not CBDs. I'd call those cities - particularly White Plains - edge cities. That might be more appropriate considering their function.

[DarkWolf]

Originally Posted by geoking66

Again, those are not CBDs. A quick search for a CBD definition on Wikipedia gives the following: "the commercial and often geographic heart of a city." While there are more detailed components than that, it's clear that suburban hubs are not CBDs. I'd call those cities - particularly White Plains - edge cities. That might be more appropriate considering their function.

White Plains is the Heart of Westchester has over 140,000 jobs , New Brunswick is the Heart of Central Jersey....

[geoking66]

Originally Posted by Nexis4Jersey

White Plains is the Heart of Westchester has over 140,000 jobs , New Brunswick is the Heart of Central Jersey....

But the CBD is the center of the metropolitan area. Those are nodes within suburbs, not the metro area as a whole.