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Corona is overcrowded , primarily Hispanic, not all illegal immigrants, but some old timers of Dominican and Italian descent. Corona is split up in sections, Italians south of the LIRR tracks, Spanish north of those tracks, and Afro Carribean and black , north of 34 th avenue.
Junction Blvd train stop, the express stop , is the heart of Corona, and gets you to times square under 30 minutes on the #7 line express.
It can be safe, if you take normal precautions, like not wandering around after midnight, and not putting yourself in problems. If you park your car on the streets, it might be messed with. you wont really find as many wolfpacks of teens looking for a fight, like in other boros. It is not that cheap to live in Corona, and there are way too many apartment buildings. $1700 for a small 1 br apartment, in a newish building, is not my idea of cheap.
The location is good, as Flushing Meadows Park is nearby, and the #7 line offers transfers for the E or F line at 74 th street/Roosevelt station. Laguardia Airport is near by, if you take frequesnt flights. The schools may be over crowded, but new schools have been built. And as others have mentioned, very good access to good eats!
Corona's alright, just kinda dismal. With your other options along the 7 line, it's probably the lowest pic unless cost is a major issue, and even if it is, I'd personally prefer Elmhurst or Rego Park along Queens Blvd. Great food though.
I don't know what "give it credit for" means. Compared to nearby Queens neighborhoods, it's not as nice. It's more dirty and crowded, and yes, catcalling/harassment is an issue there.
Corona always seemed okay to me. It’s got an interesting spread of different Latin American peoples.
It’s fun watching people play bocce in one of the smaller parks there.
I used to head out there with some friends to eat chifa or peruvian chicken pretty often, though my go to in the neighborhood is now Tortilleria Nixtamal.
They still have a heavy presence in the neighborhood, but most of them actually live in either Middle Village or Whitestone.
So they hang out there but don't actually live there?
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Originally Posted by OyCrumbler
Corona always seemed okay to me. It’s got an interesting spread of different Latin American peoples.
It’s fun watching people play bocce in one of the smaller parks there.
I used to head out there with some friends to eat chifa or peruvian chicken pretty often, though my go to in the neighborhood is now Tortilleria Nixtamal.
I think there's a bocce court very close to the Lemon Ice King
So they hang out there but don't actually live there?
I think there's a bocce court very close to the Lemon Ice King
For the most part, yes. And nobody messes with the bocce court.
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