Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

You would assume this but the whole deal and the laws are murky.

Originally Posted by trifecta124

I grew up in Ozone Park about 1 mile from Aqueduct....Needless to say I don't live in Ozone Park anymore. I never liked the neighborhood and it gets worse all the time. However, you cannot say that Brooklyn is fantastic either. Everywhere you go in NYC you are paying a lot of money for very little property. That's just the way it goes.

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Why can I not say "Brooklyn is fantastic"? It may be getting expensive, but it's got much more appeal than most of Queens..

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Why can I not say "Brooklyn is fantastic"? It may be getting expensive, but it's got much more appeal than most of Queens..

Originally Posted by trifecta124

Oh, I forgot.....Bushwick, East New York, Bed Stuy. Those are some of the nicest neighborhoods in New York.

Originally Posted by trifecta124

Oh, I forgot.....Bushwick, East New York, Bed Stuy. Those are some of the nicest neighborhoods in New York.

Originally Posted by trifecta124

Oh, I forgot.....Bushwick, East New York, Bed Stuy. Those are some of the nicest neighborhoods in New York.

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

You obviously haven't been to any of those neighborhoods in the last decade.

Originally Posted by pmacdaddy

Geesh Trifecta, quite protective of your coveted Borough...

Looks like a Brooklyn versus Queens showdown to me...

Maybe you should settle it with a break dancing contest...

Originally Posted by trifecta124

I was actually born in East New York, but we moved when I was about 5 yo because the neighborhood was God awful. My parents still live in Ozone Park not far from the Brooklyn border. East New York is still pretty bad.

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

It's probably the most dangerous of the three you mentioned, but it's not as bad as you're hinting at.

The bottom line is that no matter where you go in the city, there are bad neighborhoods and good ones, but I don't think many places in Queens can justify the rent prices that many places in Brooklyn are able to.

Originally Posted by philcski

I think we can all agree that the rents/prices these days anywhere in the city are a phucking joke. I just signed the contract to sell my apt for 30% higher than I bought it for 14 months ago. Eventually that kind of absurd appreciation turns around, even in NYC.

Originally Posted by SentToStud

http://homes.realtor.com/search/list...srcnt=4#Detail

what you get for a half mil near Big A.

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

Wow. Wonder what the value of the actual structure is vs. the 0.06 acres of land?