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About the financial district, it’s also much quieter because many traditional banks and firms have been moving their headquarters to Midtown in Midtown east in the past few years. Personally, I love it, it feels so old-school New York off the grid and lots of funky little winding streets
Wall Street/Downtown have been losing financial firms to the midtown since the 60s. There have been attempts in the 70s to rebuild new areas downtown to compete with Midtown but for the most part they failed (the buildings on Water Street and most notably the OG World Trade Center which was a financial flop). In 2021, the last bank left on Wall Street (Deutsche Bank) moved out leaving no banks left on Wall Street.
The real Chinatown of NYC is Flushing nowadays. Surprised Flushing isn't on this list - it has the best Asian food in the entire city and home to Flushing Meadows Park.
@@eddiew2325 No, not really. There's only 2 airports in NYC and they're both in Queens. He has Jackson Heights and Astoria on this list in the top 5, and those are both in Queens.
I grew up in "Little Italy the Bronx" I miss that neighborhood so much😢😢😢grew up in the fifty there,the people,the music in morning,the smell of food being freshly made ❤❤❤❤
I grew up there too and it was the best childhood a city kid could ask for!, but he doesn't mention anything about the Bronx! I hate that people still think that the entire Bronx is bad, we have so mnay great areas!
As a native New Yorker, the best neighborhoods to me are Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, and Park Slope. You can still find beautiful apartments near transportation for under $2500. Expats, don’t buy the hype for “trendy” neighborhoods.
@@adriannamatos865 Manhattan and the Northern part of Brooklyn have not declined as much as the rest of the city, especially the neighborhoods in South Brooklyn, parts of Queens and the Bronx that had lots of Lower Middle Class and Middle Class families.
Understanding that this is a totally subjective list, as a native New Yorker I needed to add some notable neighborhoods that compete with any on this list: Long Island City- one train stop into midtown Manhattan, and the best views of NYC, bar none. Forest Hills- an actual tudor style village within the greater city of NYC, with the storied Forest Hills Stadium at its center. Rockaway- The end of the A-Train, the Atlantic Ocean and beautiful beaches on one side; Jamaica Bay national wildlife refuge on the other. All with a view of the Manhattan skyline in the distance!
I ❤❤❤ Times Square. I live here and on a summer night you can sit on a cement boulder and watch the show. I love interacting with tourists, asking where they’re from and helping them take pictures.
This is literally just the tourist spots lol. Nowhere near all of the neighborhoods in NYC. Didn't mention a single neighborhood in the Bronx or Staten Island, only two in Queens, and the most insufferably "trendy" parts of Brooklyn.
Forest Hills deserves a shout out for how convenient it is with the LIRR right there and 1 E stop from Jackson Heights. Also, yes Jackson can get a little dirty but all you have to do is walk one block away from Roosevelt and boom it's clean and as nice as NY gets.
I just came back from NYC. I have been there for the second time and stayed in UWS, beautiful neighborhood but I have to say I fell in love with the Queens! Astoria, Flushing, Queensborow Plaza, so vibrant, made me feel like walking in a Spider-man movie! The food in Flushing was so good! I will surely come back, 3rd time is a charm!!!! 🥹 I ❤ NY Edit: Thank you so much for all your tips Jon, I visited Hoboken and it was so worth it!
@@stevenveganightowl12 Hahaha 😂!Sorry about that but Hoboken and Jersey City have been slept on by tourists for too long! But I get it, for the people going there: be good tourists, don’t ruin the charm! 😉
The last couple times I visited, my wife & I stayed in the Financial District and we loved it. It's clear that its in transition, post-Covid. But there's a lot of cool stuff and it's well connected. Last time we were there, we took ferries over to Brooklyn and Queens, which was also pretty great. I'll be curious to see what it looks like in 10 years.
I lived in Bed-Stuy, Clinton Hill and other neighborhoods in Brooklyn, but love Brooklyn Heights best of all. As for Manhattan, my favorites are Greenwich Village and the Upper West Side. They just have so much to see and do and ive never been nored in any of them.
I moved here 50 years ago . Chelsea and I have grown up together. One sad memory is the Theater District where so many of the performing arts people lived. They walked to work. It was a hell hole, home to the pavement princess crowd and their fans. Always crowded, always noisy, always vital, you always knew you were in New York, New York, America. One place that's a favorite of "nice" people is Tribeca. For me, though, whenever I go there I always miss the turn-off for Spectacular boulevard. There is no "there"there. I must not be a nice person. I miss the East 40s and 50s, and Sutton Place. The 60s were "swinging." The UWS was do different, where Mom & Pop had stores. It was gritty but not dull like today. Boo. Hiss. Lincoln Center as a neighborhood was chic. That's when the Arts were prominent, important, the fabric of New York. That all seemed to vanish when the millinneals moved to town. Culture is not their forte. Sigh.
For Jackson Heights, if you want quieter and cleaner, stick to properties between 35 and 34th Aves between 74 and 85th streets. However these tend to be the priciest homes too. As for transportation. Is not as bad as he makes it sound. The 7, E and F lines offer express service. The 7 is often rated as the most reliable train in all of NYC.
For me, it’s Upper West Side all day long. Excellent location, well connected with public transportation, Central Park is right there, and it’s very safe. Walk a few streets back from Central Park and the volume plummets.
Hi Jon. We've been following your channel for years, and after watching dozens of your videos, we finally had the chance to visit New York. Your tips were super helpful (especially the food recommendations and your Holafly code), and seeing some of these places in person was just indescribable - I especially enjoyed wandering around Turtle Bay and Sutton Place. Keep up the amazing content - we’ll definitely keep watching, but now... while thinking about coming back! Thanks for keeping us "company"!
Great video, although as many of the comments pointed out, skip Chinatown and go straight to Flushing for Chinese/Korean food. Add LIC (great hotel options for visitors), Coney Island (in the summer naturally), Forest HIlls, Flatiron/Gramercy Park, NoHo and Roosevelt Island (just to ride that tram) and Sheepshead Bay. I would NOT recommend Jackson Heights (there is better food elsewhere, and it is NOT safe for tourists). And avoid Times Square and Port Authority at all costs. Grand Central Station is also worth a visit if you are impressed by architecture and transit outside the city to Westchester and Connecticut is well managed , affordable, and fun to escape the city in less than 30 minutes to some really cute Hudson River towns (Bronxville, irvington, Tarrytown) and lower CT towns (Old Greenwich). Also, there are some lovely areas in The Bronx (Arthur Avenue, Riverdale, City Island (also in summer), Morris Park) that are worth a visit. I was born in NYC, 4th gen Native New York, lived there for 50 years but I know NOTHING about Staten Island, except there is a ferry (sorry). I would not advise visiting the Hamptons/Fire Island/Montauk during season (especially NOT on the weekend). There are nice beaches closer to the city (Long Beach, Atlantic Beach, Jones Beach, Rockaway (Jacob Riis Park is great for families, Manhattan Beach, Coney Island) that are much less congested and a LOT more fun. I miss the food.
Times Square is arguably NYC's primary tourist trap but despite visiting NYC so many times, I still enjoy going there because of its vibrancy and also because of Midtown Comics, M&Ms World and John's Pizzeria.
Every year I come back to New York in the end of october. So I'll be in town in just under 2 weeks. I have stayed in the financial district for the past 6 years. I think that it is wonderful, if you want to get away from all of the huge crowds of tourist on their first time I think it is a good place to stay. It's very easy to either take a walk across the Brooklyn bridge or take the ferry over to Brooklyn which I highly recommend and I think that it's a must. I believe that the area is just super beautiful and it's very easy to get to everything you want to whether you're a first-timer or it is a return visit.
Jon I live in Sheepshead Bay. The Neighborhood is safe. My pros in Sheepshead Bay is the fishing. The restaurants on Sheepshead Bay Road and also on Emmons Ave Rents are reasonable. Not many cons Sheepshead Bay. Dumbo ,Brooklyn Heights no matter what. I like Brooklyn Bridge Park. Any way cool video. 👍🏻
Tough job to combine most popular for both residents and tourusts. I'd think the Upper East Side would make the cut for both before some of those you included, such as Bushwick. For tourists, I don't see any omissions. For a list for potential residents, I'd leave off many of these and add Park Slope, Bay Ridge, LIC, Forrest Hills, Inwood, and Riverdale. I live on the UWS which I think is great both to live and for a hotel stay.
Okay after acually visiting Financial, the area can be a bit borring with the acceptions of a few places like Stone St. Bur what what really makes the city is the New Yorkers and the local bunisrs catering to the everyday residents
These recommendations are great,and they fit all the eateries you take us through most weeks. I feel like I know so much more about NYC since following you ❤❤❤
Hey Jon, awesome video as always. I will say that there are a few neighborhoods I would switch around in this video. I think it's worth mentioning that cost of living regardless is an issue for the city as a whole. This is only my own personal opinion, and I'm just speaking from my own experiences. First, I would note that Bushwick overall would be one of my top picks for the whole city. The way I see it, safety is more of an issue for the southern and eastern parts of the neighborhood. However, when it comes to the strips along Wyckoff Ave, Myrtle Ave and Broadway, the nightlife scene thrives and those are the areas that are right next to the subway. Yeah, the subway isn't the most reliable at night, but that kinda goes for the whole system. Plus, considering it is right next to the Queens borders with Maspeth and Ridgewood, there are a number of bus lines that lead to areas all over Brooklyn and Queens, minus the traffic due to the lack of cars at night. Plus, a ton of Latin American, halal and Carribean food options scattered throughout the neighborhood and into the surrounding areas. I found it surprising that Chinstown didn't crack the top 10. I guess livability is a major factor in the ranking. The tenements prove that much at least. Still, the food scene alone makes my mouth water whenever I hit up somewhere I haven't gone to before. You and Marco Lombardi put me on for my own $20 challenges. Plus, the overall location of half of the subway lines going through the area makes it so that I don't have to take more than 2 trains to get practicslly anywhere in the city. Then there is Astoria. Steinway St alone might contain the best strip of nightlife in Queens. Shisha lounge central and Queens hipster galore, amiright? Plus, it's a mini Jackson Heights ranging with options from all these countries 🇬🇷🇪🇬🇧🇩🇧🇷🇱🇧🇧🇦🇪🇹🇲🇽🇯🇲🇮🇹🇯🇵🇨🇴, to name a few. The food selection, number of parks, and housing compared to what you would get in Manhattan is stellar. Despite LaGuardia being nearby, I consider that a positive if I'm trying to fly out of there. Plus I'm probably biased because I went to high school there. Still, a pretty great list overall and I hope you intend on making a part 2 sometime in the future
Woodhaven is a hidden gem. Forest Park is great, and the J/Z line runs right through the neighborhood. There's also bus lines on Woodhaven Blvd and Jamaica Ave.
You put a picture of Roosevelt ISLAND Subway Station when you at around 18:00 when you meant Roosevelt AVE. Roosevelt Island is in Manhattan. Roosevelt Ave in Jackson Heights is in Queens
A good list. I understand your rationale of balancing Local Appeal with Tourist Appeal. I would have appreciated one pick from each Burrough as when I visited MYC I always loved exloring the hidden gems of the outer Burroughs. Jackson Heights and Astoria, asyou said, are the classic examples of that.
We had a lot of Italian spots in N.Y.C, but the Italians moved out . The Italians are mostly in Staten Island. We also have a little Italy in Bathgate Bronx .
@@1525boy not really there are still old family in the old neighborhood and few move to long Island but I still miss😢 181 st by st Martin of Tours the people are still there
@@MrSloika Really? I thought they would still be there especially since so many Italians and Italian-Americans from Staten Island and South Brooklyn have moved to Monmouth County over the years.
@@1525boy I mean they pretty much disappeared from North Jersey. Hudson County and Bergen County. Towns like Hoboken in Hudson County and Lodi in Bergen County were once nearly all Italian. Not anymore.
Thanks Jon! You're the reason I know my way around Manhattan when I come in for my visits! I need to focus more on Brooklyn ( Williamsburg & Park Slope) next year.
Someone needs to do videos on if you are a working stiff in NYC, what are the best neighborhood options for you? This would also need to include Jersey City, Hoboken, ...
Great video Jon! very much used to be an avid watcher of your channel... just no time now as have a toddler! Hey obviously lots of debate to say the least. I find it very hard to leave out Park Slope and also Cobble Hill/Carroll Gardens. Park Slope for my wife and I would be nearer the top. We lived in NYC for 2 years about 3 years ago (yes during covid). Lived in Harlem for 12 months then got very lucky with lower rent prices at the time and picked up a steal in Dumbo. Perhaps you've done this already... but we will need the next 20 ranked below this field!! Final thought... I have friends that would firmly have Greenpoint at the number 1!!
Even if this is just for the tourists he completely left out the upper Eastside with the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Guggenheim... And Any mention of Central Park making a neighborhood desirable. And why is Chelsea 15 below Jackson Heights? Really???
@@sandreenelliott9080 I would say wealthier from Lexington to the Central Park. But less so from 3rd Avenue to the East river with a different reputation.
There’s a lot of missing neighborhoods here. All these neighborhoods listed seem like places tourists are willing to go to or are experiencing gentrification.
I am so lucky, my husband and I have a "shoebox" in Greenwich Village. 450 square feet, so not so bad. But the best? Rent Stabilized. We know how very lucky we are. We love our hood, our block. So close to everything, super fortunate! So I agree with your No 1 pick! lol
When I was a kid my family attended a church located in Hell's Kitchen. No one outside New York believes me when I tell them that I attended church in Hell's Kitchen.
I stopped by Little Haiti last year and it was very nice. Obviously not a metropolitan feel, but very working class and rough around the edges. However, the visible amount of cute wifi smoothie cafes shows signs of creeping gentrification for sure. Personally, I really like Park Slope for day time exploring and Hell's Kitchen for nightlife.
Top video full of 1st information 👍, especially for people like us playing with the idea of buying a holiday appartement in NYC within the next two years. A big Thank You !
Pretty solid ranking, as someone who lived in Chinatown I agree with your overall pros and cons but would still rank it higher than some other neighborhoods (much safer than Harlem for a similar price, way cheaper and more well connected to most of Manhattan than UWS, way more culturally distinct and vibrant than Midtown, much less busy and noisy than East Village although at that point I think personal preference is the decider between those two neighborhoods)
Lived in Hell's Kitchen in early 2000s. Such a great neighborhood. It felt like an old T-shirt and pair of Levis. My favorite neighborhood was Lower East Side. When i visited in 2012 I was shocked to see families living in the LES. Usually you did not see children down there, just hipsters. And then when I visited in 2018, I was shocked to see tourists down there. Tourists actually staying in hotels on the Lower East Side? My name is still on my buzzer at my old apartment on 49th and 9Th Ave, still spelled wrong.
Jon, I noticed you don’t really mention Bedford-Stuyvesant much, if at all, in any of your videos. Where’s the love for Bedstuy? It’s such an iconic, historic, and beautiful neighborhood rich with culture. The brownstones in Stuyvesant Heights are some of the best in the city. I make sure to visit Bedstuy every chance I get when I’m in NY. I was a bit disappointed by the neighborhood picks and Manhattan-centric they were. To me, most of my favorite NYC neighborhoods are outside of Manhattan.
Idk who this guy is, but he is not to be taken seriously. He's obviously not from nyc. Not including the UES is disrespectful - it's literally the best area in the city.
I don't disagree, but he left out a number of other spots too. He'll probably make a part two with areas such as there, Murray Hill, Flushing, Brighton Beach, etc
No Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, Clinton Hill Fort Greene, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Bed Stuy. Other than Bushwick, he basically limited Brooklyn to parts that are within one subway stop of Manhattan.
How can you miss Upper East Side and washington heigths? also Staten Island and pretty good neighbourhoods...We need one more video for other neighbourhoods as well
Dumbo is really a non-neighborhood. Zero charm, hardly any shops or restaurants. Definitely missing the West Village-which is by far better than Brooklyn Heights-and Gramercy Park. Also, the Upper West Side is one of the best and most "NYC" feeling neighborhoods. Amazing architecture, history, and people. It's where the majority of movies have been filmed in NYC, and where the most celebrities choose to live.
Born in Brooklyn and raised on the Upper West Side in Manhattan. New York became so expensive and congested, so in 2011, I followed my dream and moved out west to Northern Arizona. I miss my friends and aspects of NY, but I would never go back. But for those who love it... enjoy l! Have a nice bagel, a slice, and a black & white cookie for me!
@@mikeb.joseph1866 1. im from NYC 2. its just true? long island and westchester isnt NYC. also the bronx has nothing in it that tourists would want to go to. they want to go to times square, rockefeller center, empire state building, etc. not the bronx
@cruxiql The point is that NYC is NOT just Midtown Manhattan & gentrified areas of BKLYN. Believe it or not, The Bx does have good neighborhoods & places to visit & eat. Can't judge a whole borough because of 2 or 3 bad areas that are constantly highlighted by news & social media. The Bronx has the Botanical Gardens, Bronx Zoo & Little Italy just to name a few. Queens is probably the most diverse place on Earth.
@@mikeb.joseph1866 ok, and im not arguing with that. what im saying is, if you're a tourist coming for a week, you're going to want to do the MAIN things that everyone else does. not go to random places that no other tourists really go to. thats why, for example, midtown manhattan is jampakced with touritsts and none of them ever go to the bronx
I feel like there's a lotttt of neighborhoods that couldve been added here (especially in Queens, Brooklyn, and northern Manhatta).... i wanna see some more about those too
interesting list. never lived in ny but visited for a month. feel like bushwick could be a bit higher up on the list. your number one spot is kind of deserving really. maybe too posh for some people but it ticks so many boxes
In this video Jon explains the best and the worst parts of living in NYC, but the majority of the places he talks about, by large is Manhattan, but the majority of people can't afford to live there,and 2nd he mentioned a couple of places in BROOKLYN, which I don't care for, and 3rd he mentioned only two places, ASTORIA, which I don't care for because it has very limited subway service and JACKSON HEIGHTS, near all subway lines at 74th street at BROADWAY AND ROOSEVELT AVENUE, but I have lived in ELMHURST for over 35 years, very quiet, clean, and a large diversity of people but the majority of my working experience has been in MANHATTAN, and I don't like noise, drugs, crowds, people in general but I like to be near shops, and restaurants, but I am very picky where I go, and I don't care for late night people either, and I don't like a lot of noise, but my father once told me that IF YOU LIVE IN MANHATTAN, YOU WILL PAY MANHATTAN PRICES,and where I am from in Honolulu Hawaii, in the valley it's extremely very quiet and the people are very respectful of each other, but that's the price you pay to live in a city, but when you consider that there's 8.5 million people in NYC and 17.0 state wide,it's very understandable, as I consider NYC a MECCA of the entire world, all countries are represented here, like going to the UN,and QUEENS is very diverse in cultures and people but very interesting video.
"I ranked NYC's neighborhoods" - proceeds to rank *Manhattan's* neighborhoods, and ignore all but 3 of Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, and State Island's 184 neighborhoods lol
I live in Clinton Hill, BK but if money were no object I'd live in either Battery Park City, Riverdale in the Bronx, Brooklyn Heights, Prospect Heights or on Harlem's Strivers' Row!
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You should try Chris's redhots their in NJ and their open 7 days a week you should try it there there mostly a hot dog spot with different tops you can add on your hot dog
About the financial district, it’s also much quieter because many traditional banks and firms have been moving their headquarters to Midtown in Midtown east in the past few years.
Personally, I love it, it feels so old-school New York off the grid and lots of funky little winding streets
Wall Street/Downtown have been losing financial firms to the midtown since the 60s. There have been attempts in the 70s to rebuild new areas downtown to compete with Midtown but for the most part they failed (the buildings on Water Street and most notably the OG World Trade Center which was a financial flop).
In 2021, the last bank left on Wall Street (Deutsche Bank) moved out leaving no banks left on Wall Street.
The real Chinatown of NYC is Flushing nowadays. Surprised Flushing isn't on this list - it has the best Asian food in the entire city and home to Flushing Meadows Park.
people mostly think of manhattan or brooklyn as NYC
@@eddiew2325 No, not really. There's only 2 airports in NYC and they're both in Queens. He has Jackson Heights and Astoria on this list in the top 5, and those are both in Queens.
Same could be said for Arthur Ave in the Bronx
absolutely no! its just along the Main St, and it is too crowded, lot of shady ppl in the area
It's kind of remote.
At first I thought this was some secret magnum opus he’d been working on and that he would review literally every neighborhood in the five boroughs
Same
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@@HereBeBarr I’d imagine the views will be dropping off when you get to Staten Island though
@@simonlegosson7082 I never see any positive comments about SI anywhere!
Thought the same
I grew up in "Little Italy the Bronx" I miss that neighborhood so much😢😢😢grew up in the fifty there,the people,the music in morning,the smell of food being freshly made ❤❤❤❤
I grew up there too and it was the best childhood a city kid could ask for!, but he doesn't mention anything about the Bronx! I hate that people still think that the entire Bronx is bad, we have so mnay great areas!
As a native New Yorker, the best neighborhoods to me are Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, and Park Slope. You can still find beautiful apartments near transportation for under $2500. Expats, don’t buy the hype for “trendy” neighborhoods.
Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights have declined DRAMATICALLY over the years.
@ News flash. All of NYC has declined over the years
@@adriannamatos865 Manhattan and the Northern part of Brooklyn have not declined as much as the rest of the city, especially the neighborhoods in South Brooklyn, parts of Queens and the Bronx that had lots of Lower Middle Class and Middle Class families.
Understanding that this is a totally subjective list, as a native New Yorker I needed to add some notable neighborhoods that compete with any on this list:
Long Island City- one train stop into midtown Manhattan, and the best views of NYC, bar none.
Forest Hills- an actual tudor style village within the greater city of NYC, with the storied Forest Hills Stadium at its center.
Rockaway- The end of the A-Train, the Atlantic Ocean and beautiful beaches on one side; Jamaica Bay national wildlife refuge on the other. All with a view of the Manhattan skyline in the distance!
And we have a Ferry too! 😃
I live in Brooklyn heights and thank you. I feel you gave a great representation of the place I had the privilege of growing up in. Love,love.
I ❤❤❤ Times Square. I live here and on a summer night you can sit on a cement boulder and watch the show. I love interacting with tourists, asking where they’re from and helping them take pictures.
Thanks. Perfect for those who like to explore the real NYC and its neighbourhoods, not just the usual tourist spots.
This is literally just the tourist spots lol. Nowhere near all of the neighborhoods in NYC. Didn't mention a single neighborhood in the Bronx or Staten Island, only two in Queens, and the most insufferably "trendy" parts of Brooklyn.
Forest Hills deserves a shout out for how convenient it is with the LIRR right there and 1 E stop from Jackson Heights. Also, yes Jackson can get a little dirty but all you have to do is walk one block away from Roosevelt and boom it's clean and as nice as NY gets.
Good recap. Moved to NYC in the late 90s. Delighted you didn't mention certain neighborhoods. Keeps costs low.
Haha. This is more for touristy & local combo.
@@HereBeBarr Cheers, this is not what I am looking for then.
I just came back from NYC. I have been there for the second time and stayed in UWS, beautiful neighborhood but I have to say I fell in love with the Queens! Astoria, Flushing, Queensborow Plaza, so vibrant, made me feel like walking in a Spider-man movie! The food in Flushing was so good! I will surely come back, 3rd time is a charm!!!! 🥹 I ❤ NY
Edit: Thank you so much for all your tips Jon, I visited Hoboken and it was so worth it!
I'm a New Yorker, please don't include Hoboken, that's my secret hideaway! Haha..
@@stevenveganightowl12 Hahaha 😂!Sorry about that but Hoboken and Jersey City have been slept on by tourists for too long! But I get it, for the people going there: be good tourists, don’t ruin the charm! 😉
The last couple times I visited, my wife & I stayed in the Financial District and we loved it. It's clear that its in transition, post-Covid. But there's a lot of cool stuff and it's well connected. Last time we were there, we took ferries over to Brooklyn and Queens, which was also pretty great. I'll be curious to see what it looks like in 10 years.
I lived in Bed-Stuy, Clinton Hill and other neighborhoods in Brooklyn, but love Brooklyn Heights best of all. As for Manhattan, my favorites are Greenwich Village and the Upper West Side. They just have so much to see and do and ive never been nored in any of them.
I moved here 50 years ago . Chelsea and I have grown up together. One sad memory is the Theater District where so many of the performing arts people lived. They walked to work. It was a hell hole, home to the pavement princess crowd and their fans. Always crowded, always noisy, always vital, you always knew you were in New York, New York, America. One place that's a favorite of "nice" people is Tribeca. For me, though, whenever I go there I always miss the turn-off for Spectacular boulevard. There is no "there"there. I must not be a nice person. I miss the East 40s and 50s, and Sutton Place. The 60s were "swinging." The UWS was do different, where Mom & Pop had stores. It was gritty but not dull like today. Boo. Hiss. Lincoln Center as a neighborhood was chic. That's when the Arts were prominent, important, the fabric of New York. That all seemed to vanish when the millinneals moved to town. Culture is not their forte. Sigh.
For Jackson Heights, if you want quieter and cleaner, stick to properties between 35 and 34th Aves between 74 and 85th streets. However these tend to be the priciest homes too. As for transportation. Is not as bad as he makes it sound. The 7, E and F lines offer express service. The 7 is often rated as the most reliable train in all of NYC.
For me, it’s Upper West Side all day long. Excellent location, well connected with public transportation, Central Park is right there, and it’s very safe. Walk a few streets back from Central Park and the volume plummets.
Feel so lucky to have lived on upperwest side/Manhattan valley most of my life...😊
Hi Jon. We've been following your channel for years, and after watching dozens of your videos, we finally had the chance to visit New York. Your tips were super helpful (especially the food recommendations and your Holafly code), and seeing some of these places in person was just indescribable - I especially enjoyed wandering around Turtle Bay and Sutton Place. Keep up the amazing content - we’ll definitely keep watching, but now... while thinking about coming back! Thanks for keeping us "company"!
I would also like to add some neighborhood that are off the beaten path... Flushing, Queens, Arthur Ave, The Bronx and Bay Ridge, Brooklyn!
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Brooklyn heights with those view and brooklyn bridge park takes the cake for me
I love the promenade and admiring the views of Lower Manhattan and looking north and seeing the Empire State Building.
Great video, although as many of the comments pointed out, skip Chinatown and go straight to Flushing for Chinese/Korean food. Add LIC (great hotel options for visitors), Coney Island (in the summer naturally), Forest HIlls, Flatiron/Gramercy Park, NoHo and Roosevelt Island (just to ride that tram) and Sheepshead Bay. I would NOT recommend Jackson Heights (there is better food elsewhere, and it is NOT safe for tourists). And avoid Times Square and Port Authority at all costs. Grand Central Station is also worth a visit if you are impressed by architecture and transit outside the city to Westchester and Connecticut is well managed , affordable, and fun to escape the city in less than 30 minutes to some really cute Hudson River towns (Bronxville, irvington, Tarrytown) and lower CT towns (Old Greenwich). Also, there are some lovely areas in The Bronx (Arthur Avenue, Riverdale, City Island (also in summer), Morris Park) that are worth a visit. I was born in NYC, 4th gen Native New York, lived there for 50 years but I know NOTHING about Staten Island, except there is a ferry (sorry). I would not advise visiting the Hamptons/Fire Island/Montauk during season (especially NOT on the weekend). There are nice beaches closer to the city (Long Beach, Atlantic Beach, Jones Beach, Rockaway (Jacob Riis Park is great for families, Manhattan Beach, Coney Island) that are much less congested and a LOT more fun. I miss the food.
Times Square is arguably NYC's primary tourist trap but despite visiting NYC so many times, I still enjoy going there because of its vibrancy and also because of Midtown Comics, M&Ms World and John's Pizzeria.
Every year I come back to New York in the end of october. So I'll be in town in just under 2 weeks. I have stayed in the financial district for the past 6 years. I think that it is wonderful, if you want to get away from all of the huge crowds of tourist on their first time I think it is a good place to stay. It's very easy to either take a walk across the Brooklyn bridge or take the ferry over to Brooklyn which I highly recommend and I think that it's a must. I believe that the area is just super beautiful and it's very easy to get to everything you want to whether you're a first-timer or it is a return visit.
Jon
I live in Sheepshead Bay. The Neighborhood is safe. My pros in Sheepshead Bay is the fishing. The restaurants on Sheepshead Bay Road and also on Emmons Ave Rents are reasonable. Not many cons Sheepshead Bay.
Dumbo ,Brooklyn Heights no matter what. I like Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Any way cool video. 👍🏻
Tough job to combine most popular for both residents and tourusts. I'd think the Upper East Side would make the cut for both before some of those you included, such as Bushwick. For tourists, I don't see any omissions. For a list for potential residents, I'd leave off many of these and add Park Slope, Bay Ridge, LIC, Forrest Hills, Inwood, and Riverdale. I live on the UWS which I think is great both to live and for a hotel stay.
Upper East Side def could have made it if i didn't fragment midtown so much (times square + hells kitchen).
Cons- its Quiet, I see this as a win!
also!
lol I think the same. It means you can sleep peacefully.
Okay after acually visiting Financial, the area can be a bit borring with the acceptions of a few places like Stone St. Bur what what really makes the city is the New Yorkers and the local bunisrs catering to the everyday residents
I have a special soft spot for the upper west side. I loved living there in the early 2000s.
These recommendations are great,and they fit all the eateries you take us through most weeks. I feel like I know so much more about NYC since following you ❤❤❤
I remember when little Italy was 30 blocks long 60 years ago.
It is not just a shell of what it used to be :(
Hey Jon, awesome video as always. I will say that there are a few neighborhoods I would switch around in this video. I think it's worth mentioning that cost of living regardless is an issue for the city as a whole. This is only my own personal opinion, and I'm just speaking from my own experiences.
First, I would note that Bushwick overall would be one of my top picks for the whole city. The way I see it, safety is more of an issue for the southern and eastern parts of the neighborhood. However, when it comes to the strips along Wyckoff Ave, Myrtle Ave and Broadway, the nightlife scene thrives and those are the areas that are right next to the subway. Yeah, the subway isn't the most reliable at night, but that kinda goes for the whole system. Plus, considering it is right next to the Queens borders with Maspeth and Ridgewood, there are a number of bus lines that lead to areas all over Brooklyn and Queens, minus the traffic due to the lack of cars at night. Plus, a ton of Latin American, halal and Carribean food options scattered throughout the neighborhood and into the surrounding areas.
I found it surprising that Chinstown didn't crack the top 10. I guess livability is a major factor in the ranking. The tenements prove that much at least. Still, the food scene alone makes my mouth water whenever I hit up somewhere I haven't gone to before. You and Marco Lombardi put me on for my own $20 challenges. Plus, the overall location of half of the subway lines going through the area makes it so that I don't have to take more than 2 trains to get practicslly anywhere in the city.
Then there is Astoria. Steinway St alone might contain the best strip of nightlife in Queens. Shisha lounge central and Queens hipster galore, amiright? Plus, it's a mini Jackson Heights ranging with options from all these countries 🇬🇷🇪🇬🇧🇩🇧🇷🇱🇧🇧🇦🇪🇹🇲🇽🇯🇲🇮🇹🇯🇵🇨🇴, to name a few. The food selection, number of parks, and housing compared to what you would get in Manhattan is stellar. Despite LaGuardia being nearby, I consider that a positive if I'm trying to fly out of there. Plus I'm probably biased because I went to high school there.
Still, a pretty great list overall and I hope you intend on making a part 2 sometime in the future
Woodhaven is a hidden gem. Forest Park is great, and the J/Z line runs right through the neighborhood. There's also bus lines on Woodhaven Blvd and Jamaica Ave.
I lived on the LES in the 80s when my one bedroom apartment cost $350 a month. Can’t imagine what it would cost now.
You put a picture of Roosevelt ISLAND Subway Station when you at around 18:00 when you meant Roosevelt AVE. Roosevelt Island is in Manhattan. Roosevelt Ave in Jackson Heights is in Queens
A good list. I understand your rationale of balancing Local Appeal with Tourist Appeal. I would have appreciated one pick from each Burrough as when I visited MYC I always loved exloring the hidden gems of the outer Burroughs. Jackson Heights and Astoria, asyou said, are the classic examples of that.
We had a lot of Italian spots in N.Y.C, but the Italians moved out . The Italians are mostly in Staten Island. We also have a little Italy in Bathgate Bronx .
The “Italians” are out of New York all together.
@@1525boy not really there are still old family in the old neighborhood and few move to long Island but I still miss😢 181 st by st Martin of Tours the people are still there
@@1525boy Yup. They mostly disappeared from North Jersey as well.
@@MrSloika Really? I thought they would still be there especially since so many Italians and Italian-Americans from Staten Island and South Brooklyn have moved to Monmouth County over the years.
@@1525boy I mean they pretty much disappeared from North Jersey. Hudson County and Bergen County. Towns like Hoboken in Hudson County and Lodi in Bergen County were once nearly all Italian. Not anymore.
As a tourist, I loved being on Lower East Side at first and even returned to that same neighborhood 2 other times. Would return for sure!
We live in Hell’s kitchen. Love it here. We also bump into Billy quite often 😁
Thanks Jon! You're the reason I know my way around Manhattan when I come in for my visits! I need to focus more on Brooklyn ( Williamsburg & Park Slope) next year.
Someone needs to do videos on if you are a working stiff in NYC, what are the best neighborhood options for you? This would also need to include Jersey City, Hoboken, ...
Fascinating! Do a followup w UES, Flatiron, Gramercy.
I've lived in NYC for 24 years now & the first 4 were in Gramercy. I still miss it terribly, even to this day.
New Years Eve is the only day it's worth visiting Times Square, and that's just for the experience. One and done.
As a Williamsburg resident, you are correct! But we have multiple train lines here and not just the L.
There the G J M and Z.
I know I’m biased but UWS is still the best neighborhood. Perfect blend of everything.
Great video Jon! very much used to be an avid watcher of your channel... just no time now as have a toddler! Hey obviously lots of debate to say the least. I find it very hard to leave out Park Slope and also Cobble Hill/Carroll Gardens. Park Slope for my wife and I would be nearer the top. We lived in NYC for 2 years about 3 years ago (yes during covid). Lived in Harlem for 12 months then got very lucky with lower rent prices at the time and picked up a steal in Dumbo. Perhaps you've done this already... but we will need the next 20 ranked below this field!! Final thought... I have friends that would firmly have Greenpoint at the number 1!!
Safety is priority for the basic human rights! If the safety is threatened in a neighborhood, other factors are not important anymore
Price is always most important for most people. One can only afford what they can afford.
@@redroseeeeeeeeeeeee safety is also the main factor of the price of the houses in a neighborhood
Ordinary people often have to accept that they can’t go out after 7pm due to the financial situation.
Where would you rank the Upper East Side then?
Right! One of the most prominent wealthy residential community in NYC never made the list
Yah, this guy sure missed an important one here! Lol
Even if this is just for the tourists he completely left out the upper Eastside with the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Guggenheim... And Any mention of Central Park making a neighborhood desirable. And why is Chelsea 15 below Jackson Heights? Really???
@@sandreenelliott9080 I would say wealthier from Lexington to the Central Park. But less so from 3rd Avenue to the East river with a different reputation.
Great list! I actually agree with almost every ranking. HK here. Was on there UWS and UES previously.
As always Jon, thank you for making these videos. There are still so many neighborhoods that I need to explore in NYC.
There’s a lot of missing neighborhoods here. All these neighborhoods listed seem like places tourists are willing to go to or are experiencing gentrification.
I did a combo here of what tourists + locals most visit/move to.
What about Park Slope
I am so lucky, my husband and I have a "shoebox" in Greenwich Village. 450 square feet, so not so bad. But the best? Rent Stabilized. We know how very lucky we are. We love our hood, our block. So close to everything, super fortunate! So I agree with your No 1 pick! lol
And for quieter and cheaper neighborhoods, everywhere else in NYC. This covered only the obvious choices.
no wayyyyy - missing so many and this order makes negative sense
fax no printer
W video John hope to see more rankings soon
West village/greenwich village is the best I would agree. Hell’s Kitchen slightly too high imo.
There's another "Little Italy" in the Bronx. Visit that one.
Yvonneplant9434 you tell them they always missing my old neighborhood "little Italy the Bronx"
This is great. Just thinking about the food in Astoria.
When I was a kid my family attended a church located in Hell's Kitchen. No one outside New York believes me when I tell them that I attended church in Hell's Kitchen.
I stopped by Little Haiti last year and it was very nice. Obviously not a metropolitan feel, but very working class and rough around the edges. However, the visible amount of cute wifi smoothie cafes shows signs of creeping gentrification for sure. Personally, I really like Park Slope for day time exploring and Hell's Kitchen for nightlife.
Great video
Top video full of 1st information 👍, especially for people like us playing with the idea of buying a holiday appartement in NYC within the next two years. A big Thank You !
Pretty solid ranking, as someone who lived in Chinatown I agree with your overall pros and cons but would still rank it higher than some other neighborhoods (much safer than Harlem for a similar price, way cheaper and more well connected to most of Manhattan than UWS, way more culturally distinct and vibrant than Midtown, much less busy and noisy than East Village although at that point I think personal preference is the decider between those two neighborhoods)
My Top 5: 1) UWS, 2) Park Slope, 3) UES, 4) Forest Hills, 5) Riverdale
UWS is the best! Safe, diverse, tons of bars and restaurants, and Riverside Park, Central Park and the Museums
Well done Barr❤😊
Lived in Hell's Kitchen in early 2000s. Such a great neighborhood. It felt like an old T-shirt and pair of Levis. My favorite neighborhood was Lower East Side. When i visited in 2012 I was shocked to see families living in the LES. Usually you did not see children down there, just hipsters. And then when I visited in 2018, I was shocked to see tourists down there. Tourists actually staying in hotels on the Lower East Side?
My name is still on my buzzer at my old apartment on 49th and 9Th Ave, still spelled wrong.
Forest Hills, not even given a mention?
Well done
Agree. Greenwich village is a great area. Great if you work remote. Had a friend who lived on Minetta st. ❤
Jon, I noticed you don’t really mention Bedford-Stuyvesant much, if at all, in any of your videos. Where’s the love for Bedstuy? It’s such an iconic, historic, and beautiful neighborhood rich with culture. The brownstones in Stuyvesant Heights are some of the best in the city. I make sure to visit Bedstuy every chance I get when I’m in NY. I was a bit disappointed by the neighborhood picks and Manhattan-centric they were. To me, most of my favorite NYC neighborhoods are outside of Manhattan.
West 4th st. Station. 120% humidity, 110 degrees, year round.
Idk who this guy is, but he is not to be taken seriously. He's obviously not from nyc. Not including the UES is disrespectful - it's literally the best area in the city.
Any list that does not include the Upper East Side is questionable…
I don't disagree, but he left out a number of other spots too. He'll probably make a part two with areas such as there, Murray Hill, Flushing, Brighton Beach, etc
No Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, Clinton Hill Fort Greene, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Bed Stuy. Other than Bushwick, he basically limited Brooklyn to parts that are within one subway stop of Manhattan.
As always, interesting and nicely done ✔️
How can you miss Upper East Side and washington heigths? also Staten Island and pretty good neighbourhoods...We need one more video for other neighbourhoods as well
Dumbo is really a non-neighborhood. Zero charm, hardly any shops or restaurants. Definitely missing the West Village-which is by far better than Brooklyn Heights-and Gramercy Park. Also, the Upper West Side is one of the best and most "NYC" feeling neighborhoods. Amazing architecture, history, and people. It's where the majority of movies have been filmed in NYC, and where the most celebrities choose to live.
I've lived in Jackson Heights my whole life, It really is great and has great food. Hes right abt the distance tho
How about Upper East Side? Isn’t it nice?
Born in Brooklyn and raised on the Upper West Side in Manhattan. New York became so expensive and congested, so in 2011, I followed my dream and moved out west to Northern Arizona. I miss my friends and aspects of NY, but I would never go back. But for those who love it... enjoy l! Have a nice bagel, a slice, and a black & white cookie for me!
You can never go back to an old job, an old lover or an old neighborhood.
UWS deserves more love, idk how midtown is in the top 10. Overall, great video!!
Williamsburg at 13th?? Wow. No other place cheers me up like Williamsburg just by walking around it. Maybe Greenwich village and Carroll Gardens.
No Bronx, Westchester, Staten Island, Long Island 😢
westchester and long island isnt NYC. and why would a tourist go to the bronx
@cruxiql exactly what someone NOT from NYC would say
@@mikeb.joseph1866 1. im from NYC
2. its just true? long island and westchester isnt NYC. also the bronx has nothing in it that tourists would want to go to. they want to go to times square, rockefeller center, empire state building, etc. not the bronx
@cruxiql The point is that NYC is NOT just Midtown Manhattan & gentrified areas of BKLYN. Believe it or not, The Bx does have good neighborhoods & places to visit & eat. Can't judge a whole borough because of 2 or 3 bad areas that are constantly highlighted by news & social media. The Bronx has the Botanical Gardens, Bronx Zoo & Little Italy just to name a few. Queens is probably the most diverse place on Earth.
@@mikeb.joseph1866 ok, and im not arguing with that. what im saying is, if you're a tourist coming for a week, you're going to want to do the MAIN things that everyone else does. not go to random places that no other tourists really go to. thats why, for example, midtown manhattan is jampakced with touritsts and none of them ever go to the bronx
What about forest hills?
The Rockays are.missing! We have a whole BEACH! The best in NYC! 😃
what about West Village ???
Vigils is one of the best BBQs in NYC it's in TIME SQ. 152 W. 44th St.
lmao "cost of living" shouldn't even be a con for a NY neighborhood. every neighborhood is expensive
I feel like there's a lotttt of neighborhoods that couldve been added here (especially in Queens, Brooklyn, and northern Manhatta).... i wanna see some more about those too
Pros: Location
Cons: cost of living
Shout out Astoria 🤘(pls don’t move here tho)
Yeah upper east side? My daughter lives there… only place I’d really want her to live…. Wonderful(freaking expensive)!!!
Yeah not many subway lines just the 4, 5, 6 so it's exclusive so it usually won't get invaded by undesirables.
Perfect
interesting list. never lived in ny but visited for a month. feel like bushwick could be a bit higher up on the list. your number one spot is kind of deserving really. maybe too posh for some people but it ticks so many boxes
Insane putting transportation as a pro for Astoria but a con for the east village lol
In this video Jon explains the best and the worst parts of living in NYC, but the majority of the places he talks about, by large is Manhattan, but the majority of people can't afford to live there,and 2nd he mentioned a couple of places in BROOKLYN, which I don't care for, and 3rd he mentioned only two places, ASTORIA, which I don't care for because it has very limited subway service and JACKSON HEIGHTS, near all subway lines at 74th street at BROADWAY AND ROOSEVELT AVENUE, but I have lived in ELMHURST for over 35 years, very quiet, clean, and a large diversity of people but the majority of my working experience has been in MANHATTAN, and I don't like noise, drugs, crowds, people in general but I like to be near shops, and restaurants, but I am very picky where I go, and I don't care for late night people either, and I don't like a lot of noise, but my father once told me that IF YOU LIVE IN MANHATTAN, YOU WILL PAY MANHATTAN PRICES,and where I am from in Honolulu Hawaii, in the valley it's extremely very quiet and the people are very respectful of each other, but that's the price you pay to live in a city, but when you consider that there's 8.5 million people in NYC and 17.0 state wide,it's very understandable, as I consider NYC a MECCA of the entire world, all countries are represented here, like going to the UN,and QUEENS is very diverse in cultures and people but very interesting video.
You should do it on update in Coney Island and areas around
Where's long island city, and downtown brooklyn?
Village yay!!
18:47 that's the Roosevelt Island station, not the Roosevelt Avenue Jackson Heights station
good catch!!
"I ranked NYC's neighborhoods" - proceeds to rank *Manhattan's* neighborhoods, and ignore all but 3 of Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, and State Island's 184 neighborhoods lol
I live in Clinton Hill, BK but if money were no object I'd live in either Battery Park City, Riverdale in the Bronx, Brooklyn Heights, Prospect Heights or on Harlem's Strivers' Row!
No UES?
May I ask where your neighborhood rent data came from? I'm looking to move to NYC soon...