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Farm animals think Jamaica is a hotspot...so hot that they're running in the streets. I saw the cow running down the street as it was being chased by a police van and some of the slaughterhouse workers.
The city’s hottest neighborhood for 2016? Forget Tribeca—it’s strictly for dinosaurs. Bushwick? So last year. No, the new red-hot hood is Jamaica, Queens, the middle-class, largely immigrant community just north of JFK Airport.
At least, that’s according to StreetEasy, the popular New York City real-estate listing service. It crunched the numbers to predict which community will see the biggest surge in demand. Jamaica, it seems, has momentum.
Its population has been growing nearly three times as fast as the citywide rate in recent years, and Jamaica’s median home prices rose 39% in 2015, compared with the city’s 6%, according to StreetEasy’s extrapolation of Census and city data. StreetEasy’s own website shows the growth in views per listing in Jamaica is far outpacing the city average.
StreetEasy data scientist Alan Lightfeldt says Jamaica is gaining notice for its low prices and fast access to Manhattan—it’s 21 minutes to Penn Station on the LIRR.
“Jamaica is primed for growth,” he says.
This is a little like hearing the most eligible bachelor in town is the guy behind the rental-car counter.
At first glance, there’s not much to see in Jamaica—it’s packed with hulking bureaucratic buildings and chain stores. There’s a Kennedy Fried Chicken across the street from a Crown Fried Chicken.
This 'hood hasn't changed much since I was growing up in South Ozone Park in the '80's
Hipster neighborhood, it isn't. If you live near sutphin blvd, I guess the subway commute is OK, and it's excellent if you work for the airlines(JFK is very close). Otherwise, you're looking at a 2-fare zone(train/bus). Uber will be your friend on late nights.
What some people on the outside don't know is that some of the most beautiful areas of New York city are in Jamaica , a lot of people on the outside think that downtown Jamaica is all Jamaica , and think all Jamaica looks like the downtown which is not true at all. You have Laurelton , Cambria Heights , Jamaica Estates ( which is the wealthy section of Jamaica ) and other areas , that are some of the most beautiful areas of New York city , the LIRR train pass near areas like Laurelton , Cambria Heights and others . Rent and other things are affordable in Jamaica , Downtown Jamaica is changing and getting better , yes there need to be more investments , but it's happening , a lot of new stores are opening etc . Jamaica Queens is an area where people can invest and make money , it's affordable. And there is an upper middle class population in Jamaica and those people take advantage of the affordability and become upper middle class , if you are smart enough you can see that Jamaica Queens is an area where you can make good money
No one is denying that those suburbs are nice, and there are certainly some non-black people buying up houses in those areas. But they're still suburbs and they don't compare to places like Bayside that actually have better commercial activity.
And quite frankly the "change" going on in Jamaica is still negligible. Much of it is still dirty and the same kinds of lower-retails stores are still there in force. A few gems exists but not many and they still don't compare to what you'll find in other neighborhoods. I'm all for seeing Jamaica improve but I think it has to start with political will (if that ever emerges without moneyed interests).
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