I love Jackson Heights, but the best thing would be to not tell people how amazing it is lol. Let's keep it this way.

Is Jackson Heights a secret? It has never been a secret as far as the years I lived in nyc. It’s just not super convenient. Best Indian and Mexican food though!

Don't forget the best Bengali, Nepali, Tibetan, and Colombian too!

Huh, I thought Jackson Heights was one of those open secrets since I've heard about the neighborhood from my transplant friends.

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It’s next on the gentrification list. Every amenity within a 5 minute walking distance, authentic food, express trains to Manhattan, low crime.

Some good Peruvian as well!

Already is..have you seen the prices?

Exactly if it’s a secret it’s a pretty open secret ….

And now they’re talking about “cleaning up Roosevelt Ave” by building luxury buildings and removing all the street vendors ☹️

I think “cleaning up” means brothels

82nd Street has already gentrified a fair bit in the last decade or so with a lot more chain stores moving in.

It's not crazy low on crime though...there's a lot of activity on the blocks that surround Roosevelt and just south into Elmhurst.

Along Roosevelt is definitely ripe for upzoning, there's detached SFHs a block away from several stations which, on an express train route, is a bit questionable from a land use perspective lol. A lot of Queens is like this though with a LOT of untapped potential.

Bro if they ruin street food in queens I’m seriously gonna be tight.

>not super convenient

It's <15 minutes from midtown Manhattan by the E or F.

it's as convenient as queens can get, without literally being on the river, considering the lines it's on. but to answer your question i have actually met plenty of "new yorkers" who still treat most of queens like it's leprosy, which is probably good thing now that gentrification is a legitimate threat

yeah a handful of blocks around the station and south of roosevelt could absolutely be upzoned, but around 34th-37th is fine as is. also the auto body shop commerical zone on northern blvd should def be changed to allow dense housing

Most people don't even know where this is.

These journalists are looking for random neighborhoods in NYC to hype and ruin. Leave them alone.

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The houses go for over a million dollars now, that ship has sailed. But the price increase isn't necessarily from stereotypical gentrifier types, I'm sure a lot of it is from immigrants with money too.

It's not even close to a secret

I would move to Jackson Heights in a heartbeat if it weren’t like 3+ miles to any legit parks

I couldn'd afford to live in J. Heights anymore and i so loved the area. T_T

Areas close to the LIRR are great, but those that are far away from the metro are not very valuable to Manhattan commuters.

Absolutely. The transit planning sweet spot is usually a max of about 1/2 mile away from a transit station. While Queens has a lot of subway deserts, if you took all the areas just 1/2 mile from the lines it does have, there's a fuck ton of space, plus Woodside LIRR, and even Astoria on the N has a lot of untapped space too. What I mean to say is, yeah there is a lot of neighborhoods, especially in eastern Queens, that upzoning won't be as desirable, but we're no where close to realizing the existing potential. IBX may add even more areas, and also the potential LIRR station re-activation in Elmhurst one day. Woodside itself is hugely untapped, if you look at other contemporary cities, the areas near major transfer hubs are usually very developed, and Woodside is desirable since you can take one of a number of LIRR lines into Manhattan.

Stop posting about Jackson heights everyone. Nyc is only Brooklyn and Manhattan.

I'm glad people don't know where it is, leave it alone.

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Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is 2 miles away. A longer walk, but a quick subway ride on the 7. It’s bigger than both Central Park and Prospect Park. Not nearly as nice, but beautiful nonetheless and so much untapped potential.