Bushwick is the bridge between the neighborhoods of Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhoods of Brooklyn, both geographically and culturally. Its shops and businesses cater to its new immigrants and hipster residents.
In the heart of central Brooklyn, Crown Heights typifies the variety of New York City. In the same small neighborhood there are splendid urban mansions and run-down apartment buildings, which house a population of African and Caribbean Americans, Hispanics, and Hasidic Jews.
East Harlem has always been home to the city's newest wave of immigrants. In its current incarnation it is also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio, and is one of the city's most richly Hispanic communities.
A picture of both gentrification and poverty, million-dollar condos and low-income housing projects — the East Village has been home to one of the city's (and the country's) most vibrant art scenes.
This urban neighborhood in northern Queens is home to the largest ethnic Chinese community in the city. In fact, in this ethnic enclave, foreign-born residents make up a majority of the population.
The last stop on the D train opens to the bustling sidewalk of Fordham Road in the northern section of the Bronx. The area has long been home to working-class people who want to live within a short train ride to Manhattan. The brownstones and tenement buildings once were settled by Italian immigrants, but the area now has a predominantly Latino presence.
Home to the Gowanus Canal and the Gownus Expressway, this industrial neighborhood in eastern Brooklyn is one of the last communities in which residents and manufacturers compete for space.
At the northernmost tip of Brooklyn lies Greenpoint, a historic waterfront community. The neighborhood's unique placement between three major waterways make it one of the borough's gateways to Queens and Manhattan. Like much of the city, it is home to residents from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds, but it carries a distinctly Polish American flavor. This is widely recognized as the best place in the city to find borscht and pierogi.
Throughout the twentieth century Harlem served as the capital of black America and the center of black culture and business during the Harlem Renaissance. Like other communities in the city, Harlem has recently faced gentrification in the form of luxury housing and national retail chains.
Jackson Heights is one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the world. About half of its residents are immigrants, mainly coming from Latin America, India and Asia.
Kings Highway, named after a road that existed before Christopher Columbus ever reached the New World, is the area immediately surrounding the avenue which once ran from Brooklyn's northeastern to southeastern ends. Today it is mostly residential, providing homes to an eclectic middle class and over 100 stores and shops.
One of the most historic neighborhoods in the country, the LES these days mixes old-world pickles with new-world boutiques and a mix of old and new money.
In central Queens, Rego Park, a predominantly Jewish neighborhood, has received an influx of Eastern European and Central Asian immigrants since its development began in the 1920s.
On the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens is a beachfront urban community that is farther from Manhattan than any other neighborhood in New York City. Nonetheless, it is as diverse as the rest: the majority of its population is African American but it includes large Orthodox Jewish and Central American populations as well.
The South Bronx, the birthplace of hip-hop, was once known nationally for its rampant crime and drug abuse. Today grassroots efforts and a citywide decrease in crime has helped the community rebound.
As a world famous landmark, Times Square is known as the point where capitalism and consumerism intersect, a symbol of the city that never sleeps. To New Yorkers, it's where Broadway and Seventh Avenue intersect.
The Upper West Side, the landmass that occupies the space between Central Park and the Hudson River, has long been known as an upscale enclave of conservative, older Manhattanites, and is home to some of the city's best-known shopping and restaurants.
Washington Heights, just off the ever-busy George Washington Bridge, is one of the few neighborhoods left in Manhattan where rents are still relatively affordable. Yet much of the available housing is aging and deteriorated.
A working class neighborhood in the northeast section of the Bronx, Williamsbridge is a thriving, vibrant community of predomintely Latino, African American and Caribbean immigrants who live in mostly one and two family homes.
Just across the bridge from Manhattan, Williamsburg is a magnet community for yuppies and hipsters alike.
A mix of residential and urban, Woodside has a large Irish population and the neighborhood is filled with vibrant pubs. It's a commuter’s paradise with the 7 train, three bus companies and a Long Island Rail Road stop to take you into Manhattan.
