Ozone Park and Woodhaven (New York, Victor: real estate, renting, houses)

[Foamposite]

Originally Posted by ShirlMastic Beach

I think Woodhaven, and Queens in general, fights back against turning into Brooklyn. Back in the day the Queens precincts always concentrated a lot of it's force at the Brooklyn border.

Right. With all due respect, "turning into East New York" would probably be a bad thing for Woodhaven. Although turning into Brooklyn is not necessarily, a bad thing of course, see: Ridgewood and Bushwick in the present day.

[ShirlMastic Beach]

Originally Posted by Foamposite

Right. With all due respect, "turning into East New York" would probably be a bad thing for Woodhaven. Although turning into Brooklyn is not necessarily, a bad thing of course, see: Ridgewood and Bushwick in the present day.

Even as trendy as Bushwick has become, Ridgewood is still the nicer of the two.

[FrannyLouBlvd]

Both former glorious neighborhoods in their heyday back in the 70s. Gone to crap since then. We all know why.

[ShirlMastic Beach]

Originally Posted by FrannyLouBlvd

Both former glorious neighborhoods in their heyday back in the 70s. Gone to crap since then. We all know why.

Both are very rich in diversity.

[Honda718]

Both are pretty mediocre neighborhoods. Not terrible, just mediocre. Woodhaven is the better one of the two.

[ShirlMastic Beach]

Originally Posted by Honda718

Both are pretty mediocre neighborhoods. Not terrible, just mediocre. Woodhaven is the better one of the two.

Which means a lot during times when above average neighborhoods are too expensive for above average income earners to afford.

[pierrepont7731]

I concur with what others have said. North of Jamaica is still nice, but the south of Jamaica is VERY dirty and run down in parts.

[Mr.Retired]

Originally Posted by Bumbleboom

Always wondered why don't people in East New York come over into Woodhaven, it's just a couple of blocks away. If East New York has such a bad reputation, why doesn't that bleed into Woodhaven?

There is a gradient elevation that can not be seen on a one dimensional map.
Those couple of blocks are very very steep.
Columbia University isolated from Harlem for same reason.

[Bumbleboom]

Originally Posted by Mr.Retired

There is a gradient elevation that can not be seen on a one dimensional map.
Those couple of blocks are very very steep.
Columbia University isolated from Harlem for same reason.

Not as steep as 96th street separating Upper East Side and Spanish Harlem

[Bumbleboom]

Originally Posted by SeventhFloor

They're cut off either by the Conduit or marshland along the southern Brooklyn/Queens border.

What about Cypress Hill to Woodhaven gradient along the J/Z line?