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What is boring about Queens? Even deep into Queens, Flushing, Forest Hills and Jackson Heights all offer wonderful city life.
What does Brooklyn offer? the bk bridge park is nice. but that's it
I think you mentioned in the past that you've never really gone out to any nightlife and you have no interest in it, so that totally makes sense that some of that draw doesn't apply to you. There are also larger museums and performing arts venues in Brooklyn and you may have no interest in that either. Honestly, different neighborhoods serve different purposes and your preferences differ from others. It's totally reasonable that some would prefer one place more than another.
Now perhaps a more honest and interesting approach would be for you to list what you actually prize and like best and perhaps that's a good way to see if there's a neighborhood in Brooklyn you'd enjoy visiting. After all, if it turns out that there is something that you enjoy in Brooklyn, then you really haven't lost anything because you've gained an actual thing you enjoy.
What is boring about Queens? Even deep into Queens, Flushing, Forest Hills and Jackson Heights all offer wonderful city life.
What does Brooklyn offer? the bk bridge park is nice. but that's it
Those areas don't offer much in the way of performances from musicians, theatre, etc. All that is bigger in Northwestern Brooklyn. Northwestern Brooklyn has cinemas that show independent film. You don't have those in Flushing or Jackson Heights. You have major film festivals and theatre festivals in Northwestern Brooklyn, and a lot less of that in Central Queens.
So while it's inaccurate to portray Queens as a small town in Iowa, Brooklyn has more entertainment and cultural options. Actually Jackson Heights does not even have a full service gym with a swimming pool!
With that said, I was born in Jackson Heights and it has great restaurants. And it's a comparatively short train ride from the cool parts of Brooklyn. Just take the E, M, R, or 7 trains to Court Square and transfer to the G. You can take the G to Williamsburg, Clinton Hill, Downtown Brooklyn, Carroll Gardens, and Park Slope. That covers most of the cool neighborhoods in Brooklyn but you can transfer to the A or the F for Brooklyn Heights or Dumbo.
There's really no reason to argue one versus the other. Queens has safe neighborhoods are better prices.
Those areas don't offer much in the way of performances from musicians, theatre, etc. All that is bigger in Northwestern Brooklyn. Northwestern Brooklyn has cinemas that show independent film. You don't have those in Flushing or Jackson Heights. You have major film festivals and theatre festivals in Northwestern Brooklyn, and a lot less of that in Central Queens.
So while it's inaccurate to portray Queens as a small town in Iowa, Brooklyn has more entertainment and cultural options. Actually Jackson Heights does not even have a full service gym with a swimming pool!
Queens has a couple places that show independent films, though what's really exciting is the Bollywood theater there.
Just wish they had converted that old rundown theater in Flushing to a movie palace for East Asian movies. That would have been amazing.
Those areas don't offer much in the way of performances from musicians, theatre, etc. All that is bigger in Northwestern Brooklyn. Northwestern Brooklyn has cinemas that show independent film. You don't have those in Flushing or Jackson Heights. You have major film festivals and theatre festivals in Northwestern Brooklyn, and a lot less of that in Central Queens.
So while it's inaccurate to portray Queens as a small town in Iowa, Brooklyn has more entertainment and cultural options. Actually Jackson Heights does not even have a full service gym with a swimming pool!
There are more concerts in Citifield and Forest Hills Stadium than anywhere in Brooklyn.
You have Kaufman Studios in Astoria.
More vast number of different cultures in Queens then in Brooklyn.
I finally thought of a very noteworthy difference that I don't think anyone has mentioned yet. While I do maintain that most of Queens with subway access are urban (and often very, very urban), it seems like most Queens neighborhoods have a lot of off street parking. Less neighborhoods of apartment buildings and driveway free rowhomes like Brooklyn, Manhattan, and The Bronx have.
But then again, a large chunk of Brooklyn is the same way. Canarsie, Flatlands, Mill Basin, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach, East Flatbush, East New York, Brownsville, etc. have a lot of off street parking. However I still think that a much larger chunk of Brooklyn has that less autocentric, street parking only kind of vibe.
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