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Thinking of moving to Eastern Queens or Eastern Brooklyn. What are the demographics like in that area? Ethnicity, religion, age, crime level, is parking terrible?
Edited: Thinking of Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, East Flatbush (10022) also between Flatlands and Sheepshead Bay (11235).
Last edited by Maimai518; 04-08-2023 at 09:15 AM..
Thinking of moving to Eastern Queens or Eastern Brooklyn. What the demographics like in that area? Ethnicity, religion, age, crime level, is parking terrible?
Too broad of a question. There is NE Queens, which is mainly White (Italians, Irish, Greeks, Jews, etc.) with some Asians (mainly Korean and Chinese) and some Hispanics and SE Queens which is mainly Black (lots of West Indian Blacks), with some other minority groups mixed in. Mainly low density with a suburban feel and generally low crime, though NE Queens is safer. NE Queens will also be more expensive for a host of reasons. I speak as a resident.
Eastern Brooklyn... Too broad... What neighborhoods?
Too broad of a question. There is NE Queens, which is mainly White (Italians, Irish, Greeks, Jews, etc.) with some Asians (mainly Korean and Chinese) and some Hispanics and SE Queens which is mainly Black (lots of West Indian Blacks), with some other minority groups mixed in. Mainly low density with a suburban feel and generally low crime, though NE Queens is safer. NE Queens will also be more expensive for a host of reasons. I speak as a resident.
Eastern Brooklyn... Too broad... What neighborhoods?
I edited to add the neighborhoods I’m looking in. I would feel more comfortable closer to POC. But not dense. Not looking for nightlife, daytime walk-ability is important though.
Thinking of moving to Eastern Queens or Eastern Brooklyn. What are the demographics like in that area? Ethnicity, religion, age, crime level, is parking terrible?
Thinking of Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, East Flatbush (10022) also between Flatlands and Sheepshead Bay (11235).
Now you edited your question...
Forest Hills I spend a lot of time in. Mixed overall, but heavy Jewish presence, with the areas north of Queens Blvd having a sizable Uzbek presence. My barber lives in Forest Hills and is from Uzbekistan.
Kew Gardens is again mixed, but mainly White, but Jewish especially (Bukharian Jews in particular), so plenty of eateries in both Forest Hills and Kew Gardens if you are Jewish.
East Flatbush has a heavy Black West Indian population and Flatlands as well. Flatlands may still have some remnants of Whites left over, particularly as you move towards Old Mill Basin. Sheepshead Bay is a mix, but mainly White (mainly Eastern European - Russians, Ukrainians, etc., with Italians, Irish, Jews, etc. mixed in), sizable Chinese population and some Hispanics and Blacks depending on where in Sheepshead Bay.
Crime is generally not an issue in most of the areas you mentioned, but there have been lots of car theft and theft of wheels etc lately, especially in Kew Gardens and to some extent Forest Hills. Sheepshead Bay has always had a car theft problem and East Flatbush can have its violent crime.
Parking can vary and I would say that will depend on what kind of housing you are looking for.
Forest Hills I spend a lot of time in. Mixed overall, but heavy Jewish presence, with the areas north of Queens Blvd having a sizable Uzbek presence. My barber lives in Forest Hills and is from Uzbekistan.
Kew Gardens is again mixed, but mainly White, but Jewish especially (Bukharian Jews in particular), so plenty of eateries in both Forest Hills and Kew Gardens if you are Jewish.
East Flatbush has a heavy Black West Indian population and Flatlands as well. Flatlands may still have some remnants of Whites left over, particularly as you move towards Old Mill Basin. Sheepshead Bay is a mix, but mainly White (mainly Eastern European - Russians, Ukrainians, etc., with Italians, Irish, Jews, etc. mixed in), sizable Chinese population and some Hispanics and Blacks depending on where in Sheepshead Bay.
Crime is generally not an issue in most of the areas you mentioned, but there have been lots of car theft and theft of wheels etc lately, especially in Kew Gardens and to some extent Forest Hills. Sheepshead Bay has always had a car theft problem and East Flatbush can have its violent crime.
Parking can vary and I would say that will depend on what kind of housing you are looking for.
Thinking of moving to Eastern Queens or Eastern Brooklyn. What are the demographics like in that area? Ethnicity, religion, age, crime level, is parking terrible?
Edited: Thinking of Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, East Flatbush (10022) also between Flatlands and Sheepshead Bay (11235).
Crime is plenty an issue in ALL the areas you have listed. Especially E. Flatbush and Flatlands. Sheepshead Bay is a little better.
Crime is rampant all over NYC in every neighborhood in 2023 vs. 2019 and prior. The BLM 2020 riots put the NYPD on their heels. They aren't policing aggressively. So this means that perps nowadays are driving around with guns in cars fearless of getting pulled over. Cops especially aren't pulling over POC in cars. As a result, we are having an explosion of drive by robberies at gun point like we've never had before. Especially in "nice" areas. Here's a common example: You may live in a nice part of Forest Hills walking your dog at 9pm on your quiet street. Historically you were pretty safe. Nowadays thugs will drive into your area and scope you out and target you as you are walking your dog. They'll pull up in their car, wave their gun and tell you to hand everything over. This NEVER happened back in the day. Why? Because the perps knew it was a high risk move driving into a nice area with guns in the car knowing the cops were likely to pull them over and get arrested and have the charges stick. They aren't worried now.
So don't be fooled by some posters on here that are that are cool with casual random crime. They act as if what we're experiencing since 2020 is normal. It's not. And things are only getting worse. Mayor Adams has done nothing and will continue to do nothing.
Crime is plenty an issue in ALL the areas you have listed. Especially E. Flatbush and Flatlands. Sheepshead Bay is a little better.
Crime is rampant all over NYC in every neighborhood in 2023 vs. 2019 and prior. The BLM 2020 riots put the NYPD on their heels. They aren't policing aggressively. So this means that perps nowadays are driving around with guns in cars fearless of getting pulled over. Cops especially aren't pulling over POC in cars. As a result, we are having an explosion of drive by robberies at gun point like we've never had before. Especially in "nice" areas. Here's a common example: You may live in a nice part of Forest Hills walking your dog at 9pm on your quiet street. Historically you were pretty safe. Nowadays thugs will drive into your area and scope you out and target you as you are walking your dog. They'll pull up in their car, wave their gun and tell you to hand everything over. This NEVER happened back in the day. Why? Because the perps knew it was a high risk move driving into a nice area with guns in the car knowing the cops were likely to pull them over and get arrested and have the charges stick. They aren't worried now.
So don't be fooled by some posters on here that are that are cool with casual random crime. They act as if what we're experiencing since 2020 is normal. It's not. And things are only getting worse. Mayor Adams has done nothing and will continue to do nothing.
Crime in New York (and most major cities) has reached cartoonish levels. Apologists (idiots) will say "oh well, it's not as bad as the 1980s!" These are the same morons saying "hehe, at least inflation isn't as bad as the 1980s!" These people are literal bots who just repeat things they hear.
Here's the real fact - in the 1980s, crime in New York was black-on-black gang crime. It was not random attacks on civilians. Normal people barely ever got robbed, let alone attacked at random for no reason. People need to think with their brains - doesn't it seem like you would know if this sort of stuff was happening in the 1980s?
Crime in New York (and most major cities) has reached cartoonish levels. Apologists (idiots) will say "oh well, it's not as bad as the 1980s!" These are the same morons saying "hehe, at least inflation isn't as bad as the 1980s!" These people are literal bots who just repeat things they hear.
Here's the real fact - in the 1980s, crime in New York was black-on-black gang crime. It was not random attacks on civilians. Normal people barely ever got robbed, let alone attacked at random for no reason. People need to think with their brains - doesn't it seem like you would know if this sort of stuff was happening in the 1980s?
Crime is up, yes, but if people want to live in NYC, they have to live somewhere, so that means you try to pick the neighborhoods that you can afford and are relatively safe. There is no neighborhood in NYC with zero crime, but some with low crime.
Notice how the crime news reports in NYC have been primarily in crime hotspots out in The Bronx, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights, and out in Brooklyn and Queens neighborhoods that are no strangers to terrible crime that is usually gang related and family/gang related or poverty/stress/poor related.
It’s not so bad in Lower Manhattan. Also less bad reports from Midtown and UES UWS. Things are not too bad in certain areas where residents are under less extreme economic stress/hardship.
Homeless have been taken better care of is why. The trouble makers are not as feisty.
The down and out homeless in NYC are a troublesome problem though. In my other posts here my idea is to just transport the truly broken homeless out of this strongly urban city to a rural area, because, a lot of people are not congruent with big city competitive life.
My hope is the city reads this and admits that many of these homeless are in the wrong place all together; they belong in the rural areas with trees and fresh air and farms and greenery.
I have not heard a bullet shot for a long time and not much has been reported from my neighborhood either for an extended time. The news… says otherwise.
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