Midtown Manhattan from Long Island City
1. STATEN ISLAND
The forgotten neighborhood will cease to be. Or that's what the city has been playing for months and what New York's Time Out proclaimed in full print two weeks ago. _“Staten Island ain’t nothing to f ck with”_**. Little jokes with Staten Island, come on. And you have a year to find out before the giant Ferris wheel they're building on its shoreline toward Manhattan turns it into an obligatory destiny . At the time we already gave you five reasons to take the free ferry that crosses to this island neighborhood, but also, Staten Island has the only house built by Frank Lloyd Wright in the city ( Crimson Beech ) and it has more and more gastronomic excuses for you to start putting it on your list of plans. Like the Standard Burger, this year's winner of the 'Battle of the Burgers' (Yes, it exists).
The ferry to Staten Island: a good plan
two. LONG ISLAND CITY
In 2015, Queens was crowned the best tourist destination in the entire United States . And, apparently, the title has worked to activate the most diverse neighborhood in all of New York. As the New York Times put it, “Tourists have landed in Queens. And they stay." Especially in some areas, such as, Long Island City , the area north of Brooklyn that had been trying for years to emerge around the ** MoMA PS1 ** and its park next to the river and, now, at last, it is succeeding.
As usual, the gastro factor is essential to place it among the city's trends and LIC, as its name can be summed up, has more than enough: from the M. Wells Dinnette from MoMA PS1 itself, to Mu, one of the ramen sensations of the year; or Henry House, the only Mexican with a Michelin star in the city . And, of course, in the summer there is the LIC Flea & Food market and the museum parties.
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3. SOUTH BRONX
**Sorry, SoBro**. Having an acronym is already key to knowing what the new 'place to be' is. Even ' place to live ’. New York newspapers have been repeating articles for weeks about how the South Bronx is finally in the crosshairs of real estate agents. And if 'they' have already arrived it means that SoBro is about to reach the pinnacle of it. Whole Foods is about to land in the area , house prices are rising, especially in Mott Haven, Port Morris and Hunts Point , “and we even have sushi”, the president of the neighborhood, Rubén Díaz Jr., joked the other day. It is the last frontier of gentrification. That's why you don't have to take your eyes off it. He has little time left to not recognize himself , with all the good and bad that it entails.
Banksy of the South Bronx
Four. CORTELYOU ROAD
It's not new, but it's taking on new life. This street in the heart of Ditmars Park , a Brooklyn neighborhood considered a historic district since 1983 for its beautiful Victorian houses, is seeing how more and more curious people come to its cafes, bars and restaurants following the opening of the renovated King's Theatre. It's been four years since Cortelyou Road it was transformed, between 16th Street and Coney Island Avenue, into a swarm of cute cafes, like the Madeline or the Qathra; from multitasking bars, like the Sycamore, flower shop by day; and from trendy restaurants like Mimi's Hummus or The Farm on Adderley; but now that the King's Theater hosts great concerts and events all year round , the street no longer only receives neighbors and it will not take long to see its offer multiply.
Cortelyou Road is becoming the epicenter of cute cafes
5. HAMILTON HEIGHTS
The Tenenbaums were here first . They knew it before anyone else: Hamilton Heights rocks . And now, finally, they are listening to them. So called because all that you see there, my children, belonged to Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the United States (and protagonist of the musical of the season on Broadway), this area near the City College of New York Yet the columbia university , is the last part of Harlem to resurface. The next one you should go to inside Manhattan, now that everything in the south is already gentrified and re-gentrified. Oh, and the precursors, The Tenenbaums lived at 144th Street and Convent Avenue. . Harlem Public, Chipped Cup Coffee or Grange are some of the places that lead the renovation.
Hamilton Heights, the Harlem you must visit
6. BAY RIDGE
when it seemed that Red Hook It was as far as the moderns were going to go to South Brooklyn, Bay Ridge appears, the southeast corner of the neighborhood , increasingly occupied by millennials who know what they do. Cheaper, bigger houses and a bustling bar and restaurant scene. Now in the land of Tony Manero and its disco fever, a classic quiet suburban neighbourhood, traditional places like Leske's Bakery or Pizza Wagon , share space with new trendy places like Robicelli's Bakery , the creative geniuses of Nutelasagna or Brooklyn Beet Company.
Bay Ridge - Perfect for EATING
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