As a New Yorker myself, I can't find the words to express how excited I am for all these neighborhoods to become less car infested once we finally start congestion pricing!
At 13:19 Little Island is where the Carpathia dropped off rescued passengers from the Titanic. You could still see the poles coming out of the water where the docks used to be
No Upper West Side? I expected it to be no. 1 because it also has excellent access to the empire trail, riverside park and Central Park. It also has amazing architechture and some great dining options. Edit: hadn't seen the Honorouble Mentions.
@@fourth_place The Riverdale/Fieldston section of the Bronx is quite nice, for many of the same reasons some of these top 10 picks got. Add much more green areas and dining (vs. Roosevelt), I often place it towards the top neighborhoods in the city. However, one must actually go there to include it on a list. Kindly stay away.
@@fourth_place Why would a gentrier or trust fund baby want to live with immigrants and minorities in Da Bronx. Maybe you ought one day to go down the Grand Councourse in Da Bronx , Lots of interesting buildings there and see the real New York
The people under 35 that live in these areas are generally incredibly wealthy, and not representative of the diversity as a whole that makes NYC great. I often find myself liking the walkability, the architecture, the history of what the place was and to some extent still remains, but the people now…?
I lived in Cobble Hill from 1995-2006. It is not up and coming. It was up and coming maybe 30-35 years ago. My 3rd floor walkup on Court Street - the eastern boundary of the neighborhood, not Smith Street which is in Boreum Hill - now rents for $8K per month. The quality of residential architecture in Cobble Hill is several levels above that of Williamsburg. There is no comparing the two.
I love NYC so much. It is my favorite city in the world. I have always considered NYC my lighthouse for urbanism. Thank you for putting together such a great video about NYC!
You should do honorable mentions: There's Park Slope, Flatbush, Forrest Hills, Elmhurst, Gravesend, Dumbo, Downtown Brooklyn, and Astoria. Places I wouldn't recommend but lived there: Bushwick, Harlem.
@@ashhketchumm Both Harlem and Bushwick have a serious drug problem openly. Safe to travel during the day, stay away by night. Feel the same about Crown Heights, Canarsie, and Brighton Beach as well.
Great video featuring some of my favorite neighborhoods in the city. My personal favorite neighborhood is Chinatown because it has the narrowest streets in the city, a super interesting culture, some of the best eats, neon lights, pedestrianized streets such as Doyer & Pell, and it's generally one of the quietest & most pleasant areas to walk around in once you get off Canal.
Yesss to Williamsburg being #3! I will say though I’m surprised you didn’t put greenpoint or ridgewood on this list. At least one of the two. They’re some of my favorite places to be!
Hardly anyone lives in Soho. On top of all these stores are empty apartments that are just there as a store of value and nothing else. They should make broadway in soho car free.
Wow, I started typing about the UWS and Tribeca but then your honorable mentions popped up on screen. However, I would say that Brooklyn Heights would, be my first pick for urban living with a slightly more relaxed vibe. Deff too many Manhattan nabes!
Willamsburg is a nice neighborhood. I love it there. It did get somewhat gentrified but people are exaggerating because the rent got gentrified without most of the buildings getting gentrified.
I live in Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill, and can say that it will not change much. Most of it is under historic protection, the median rent for a 1 bedroom is 4K/month (making it unaffordable for most people), and the spots for businesses are Court & Smith street, which are almost all local businesses. People in the neighborhood enjoy that it’s NOT gentrified like Williamsburg, and will fight to keep it that way.
West Villiage deserves to be #1 on this list without a doubt. I do think it’s somewhat impractical in terms of groceries and laundry matts. There is no Wegmans in the neighborhood. It’s all super niche stuff. That being said it looks like a storybook. It needs modernization for many of the buildings. I say keep the facade but modernize the electrical/AC/plumbing etc for these buildings.
I strongly disagree with many of your choices but understand your reasoning. What neighborhood is the best comes down to what is important to you. Personally, having nearby museums is not a factor I would consider when choosing a location.
Chelsea Meatpacking while I love it… isn’t practical. I would’ve rated it lower than other places for living….but it’s pretty amazing. The bike lanes there are amazing. I noticed that no black/minority areas a represented on this list. The brick needs to be smoothed out just enough so people can walk on it without it being annoying to walk on.
@ Roosevelt island urban? I don’t think so missing anything in Queens, the UWS, midtown Theatre district, park slope, Brooklyn Heights, the village, Gramercy Park, Chelsea. You clearly don’t know the city
Transplants that moved in and jacked up the rents, along with their overpriced coffee and goofy accents. Native NYers don’t like these folks. Either blend in or stay in Ohio.
But why would you take Kossar's and give the upper east side credit for it, when the original location was opened in the 1930's on the LOWER EAST SIDE and it is still operating there. I can't imagine the research process that went into this video. Rude.
THIS. THIS. THIS. I know some may scoff at this list as gentrifier/tourist ideal and say “go to the actual city i.e. bx/qns” but genuinely I agree. What makes a neighborhood great in my opinion is its navigability and neighborhoods that have short street lengths and tight streets are the best because you can wander and get lost in them, everything below 14th street is scaled perfectly and the only knock I’d give it is lack of green space, more car free or no parking areas would be good too. Midtown west of 5th is horrible imo 5th to 6th ave has got to be the longest block in the city rivaling some Queens and Staten Island suburban streets and it’s annoying to traverse. The length of blocks between 3rd and 5th is the perfect length thank god for lex and madison. Other places with good bones is all of the bronx west of the bx river needs investment, a shame Robert got 95% of his highways done there, Windsor terrace/Gowanus/DTBK road diets along with removing unnecessary car infrastructure like the unfinished prospect expressway would go nicely to pair with the new developments nearing completion, and finally the coney island and rockaway peninsulas, they could be amazing beach destinations just get rid of all those parking lots in exchange for parks and plazas.
Yeah i tuned out when i heard "on my last visit"
As a New Yorker myself, I can't find the words to express how excited I am for all these neighborhoods to become less car infested once we finally start congestion pricing!
Still weird to me to see chairs in Times Sq. 😮
Did you just move here?
@@mrmrso228Lived here all my life, I just don't like all the traffic.
@@jimbo1637 and you think the traffic will end with a tax? Lmao!
@@mrmrso228 I think that taxing a behavior is a good way to reduce the number of people who exhibit that behavior.
At 13:19 Little Island is where the Carpathia dropped off rescued passengers from the Titanic. You could still see the poles coming out of the water where the docks used to be
Forest Hills Gardens would like a word with you. Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, Riverdale, and many others would too 😂
I'm a bit disappointed that areas in Queens like Forest Hills didn't make the list.
No Upper West Side? I expected it to be no. 1 because it also has excellent access to the empire trail, riverside park and Central Park. It also has amazing architechture and some great dining options. Edit: hadn't seen the Honorouble Mentions.
Love my UWS ❤
Bro forgot that NYC has more than just two boroughs…
There’s not a single neighborhood in Staten Island or the bronx that can compete with this top 10 i’m sorry
@fourth_place we have 5 boroughs.
@@fourth_place The Riverdale/Fieldston section of the Bronx is quite nice, for many of the same reasons some of these top 10 picks got. Add much more green areas and dining (vs. Roosevelt), I often place it towards the top neighborhoods in the city. However, one must actually go there to include it on a list. Kindly stay away.
@@fourth_placethere are plenty great neighborhoods in the Bronx
@@fourth_place Why would a gentrier or trust fund baby want to live with immigrants and minorities in Da Bronx. Maybe you ought one day to go down the Grand Councourse in Da Bronx , Lots of interesting buildings there and see the real New York
I appreciate your bravery and posting the Seaport in the top 10, great neighborhood, someone needed to do it!
Bravery? Lmao bravery is walking into the Pink Houses or River Park Towers, not compiling a list of transplant spots.
@@mrmrso228 … It’s a joke dude…
The people under 35 that live in these areas are generally incredibly wealthy, and not representative of the diversity as a whole that makes NYC great. I often find myself liking the walkability, the architecture, the history of what the place was and to some extent still remains, but the people now…?
They’re not wealthy. They either have 10 roommates or daddy co-signs their lease.
I lived in Cobble Hill from 1995-2006. It is not up and coming. It was up and coming maybe 30-35 years ago. My 3rd floor walkup on Court Street - the eastern boundary of the neighborhood, not Smith Street which is in Boreum Hill - now rents for $8K per month. The quality of residential architecture in Cobble Hill is several levels above that of Williamsburg. There is no comparing the two.
Cobble Hill was up and coming (whatever that even means) in 1640.
I love NYC so much. It is my favorite city in the world. I have always considered NYC my lighthouse for urbanism. Thank you for putting together such a great video about NYC!
great vid! also at 3:34 i think that's central park west on the UWS not 5th avenue (pretty sure that's the dakota building on the right)
You are correct. Was gonna comment the same thing.
You should do honorable mentions: There's Park Slope, Flatbush, Forrest Hills, Elmhurst, Gravesend, Dumbo, Downtown Brooklyn, and Astoria. Places I wouldn't recommend but lived there: Bushwick, Harlem.
why not harlem and bushwick?
@@ashhketchumm Both Harlem and Bushwick have a serious drug problem openly. Safe to travel during the day, stay away by night. Feel the same about Crown Heights, Canarsie, and Brighton Beach as well.
These rankings tell me that you haven’t lived here, or in many of these neighborhoods.
Great video featuring some of my favorite neighborhoods in the city. My personal favorite neighborhood is Chinatown because it has the narrowest streets in the city, a super interesting culture, some of the best eats, neon lights, pedestrianized streets such as Doyer & Pell, and it's generally one of the quietest & most pleasant areas to walk around in once you get off Canal.
Yesss to Williamsburg being #3! I will say though I’m surprised you didn’t put greenpoint or ridgewood on this list. At least one of the two. They’re some of my favorite places to be!
You’re a native?
Please consider doing a video on crime prevention by design
Yes! zooming in on this topic for example: how Paris could geographically avoid the cup ball scammer situation.
Hardly anyone lives in Soho. On top of all these stores are empty apartments that are just there as a store of value and nothing else. They should make broadway in soho car free.
Wow, I started typing about the UWS and Tribeca but then your honorable mentions popped up on screen. However, I would say that Brooklyn Heights would, be my first pick for urban living with a slightly more relaxed vibe. Deff too many Manhattan nabes!
Let’s gatekeep Brooklyn Heights 🤫
For me, UWS, West Village/Greenwich, Chelsea/MeatPacking Dist are my top three
Willamsburg is a nice neighborhood. I love it there. It did get somewhat gentrified but people are exaggerating because the rent got gentrified without most of the buildings getting gentrified.
I live in Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill, and can say that it will not change much. Most of it is under historic protection, the median rent for a 1 bedroom is 4K/month (making it unaffordable for most people), and the spots for businesses are Court & Smith street, which are almost all local businesses. People in the neighborhood enjoy that it’s NOT gentrified like Williamsburg, and will fight to keep it that way.
The "most prosperous time in this country's history" is right now in 2024.
highest GDP in history. Lowest unemployment and stock market has broken every record. Thank you Joe Biden!!
What about Greenpoint? Or are you including that in Williamsburg? An up and coming neighborhood that everyone should check out is Ridgewood Queens.
Greenpoint is in my top 15 but I narrowed it down from there
Explain how a neighborhood that’s been established for centuries “up and coming”? What is it up and coming to from what it currently is?
West Villiage deserves to be #1 on this list without a doubt. I do think it’s somewhat impractical in terms of groceries and laundry matts. There is no Wegmans in the neighborhood. It’s all super niche stuff. That being said it looks like a storybook. It needs modernization for many of the buildings. I say keep the facade but modernize the electrical/AC/plumbing etc for these buildings.
Now I get it this is NY from an LA perspective . LA sucks NY doesn't
I strongly disagree with many of your choices but understand your reasoning. What neighborhood is the best comes down to what is important to you. Personally, having nearby museums is not a factor I would consider when choosing a location.
Lol this list
Chelsea Meatpacking while I love it… isn’t practical. I would’ve rated it lower than other places for living….but it’s pretty amazing. The bike lanes there are amazing. I noticed that no black/minority areas a represented on this list. The brick needs to be smoothed out just enough so people can walk on it without it being annoying to walk on.
You like parts of the city that aren't urban?
What do you mean? All of these are urban places? Or are you talking about midtown ? And financial district?
@ Roosevelt island urban? I don’t think so missing anything in Queens, the UWS, midtown Theatre district, park slope, Brooklyn Heights, the village, Gramercy Park, Chelsea. You clearly don’t know the city
A lot of hate directed towards Williamsburg on TH-cam. As a Brit, i don't get it. What's going on there? Envy? Overgentrification? Tragically hip?
Transplants that moved in and jacked up the rents, along with their overpriced coffee and goofy accents. Native NYers don’t like these folks. Either blend in or stay in Ohio.
But why would you take Kossar's and give the upper east side credit for it, when the original location was opened in the 1930's on the LOWER EAST SIDE and it is still operating there. I can't imagine the research process that went into this video. Rude.
Tribeca
You talk like such an out-of-towner. I think most true New Yorkers are no longer into Greenwich Village, it's lost a lot of its popularity.
THIS. THIS. THIS. I know some may scoff at this list as gentrifier/tourist ideal and say “go to the actual city i.e. bx/qns” but genuinely I agree. What makes a neighborhood great in my opinion is its navigability and neighborhoods that have short street lengths and tight streets are the best because you can wander and get lost in them, everything below 14th street is scaled perfectly and the only knock I’d give it is lack of green space, more car free or no parking areas would be good too. Midtown west of 5th is horrible imo 5th to 6th ave has got to be the longest block in the city rivaling some Queens and Staten Island suburban streets and it’s annoying to traverse. The length of blocks between 3rd and 5th is the perfect length thank god for lex and madison. Other places with good bones is all of the bronx west of the bx river needs investment, a shame Robert got 95% of his highways done there, Windsor terrace/Gowanus/DTBK road diets along with removing unnecessary car infrastructure like the unfinished prospect expressway would go nicely to pair with the new developments nearing completion, and finally the coney island and rockaway peninsulas, they could be amazing beach destinations just get rid of all those parking lots in exchange for parks and plazas.
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