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actually, it wasn't constructed as a luxury building. the building is like a century old and it was originally a social services oriented building. then it got condo'd. ironically, many of its tenants have led the fight against the demolition of next door building PS 64 / Charas-El Bohio. perhaps because they don't want to lose their views; perhaps because they recognize the bad process of which they are part; perhaps both.

really obscene.

good food. too expensive.

Built in 1991, also known as the Ramada Renaissance Times Square.

Towering 915 feet above Lexington Avenue, the Citigroup Center is the world headquarters for Citicorp and its interesting marble design makes it dominate the New York skyline from the East River.

One of the best public grade schools in NYC

The best bagels all day and all night long. Across the street from Zabars.

THE BEST.....smoked salmon, whitefish, chicken pot pies, rugelach, croissants, a good paradise.

Woodside Warriors FDNY

Former site of Freedomland amusement park.

In addition to artists and bohemians, the West Village was an important Italian-American community through at least the 1970s.

That is Cook Mansion! In the great NYC tradition, home of a famous hoaxster. you can read more about it at: http://www.blockmagazine.com/neighbor.php?title=lstronggfrederick_cook_and_the_cook_mans&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

Bushwick is one of NYC's oldest communities, and one of the first six towns that made up what is now Brooklyn. Founded in 1661 at the present intersection of Metropolitan Ave and Bushwick Ave, it was a sleepy Dutch farm until the 19th century. During NYC's industrial rise, it became a center for beer production, with a large German population, later joined by an Italian (sicilian) working class population. This century, Bushwick has been more infamous than famous. After going through an almost complete demographic reversal (from white European to Black and Latino) and unfortunate confluence of racism, greed, and neglect doomed the area. Like the South Bronx, it suffered a huge amount of arson, taking down over 10% of the older housing stock in the area. It was during the Blackout of 1977 that Bushwick attained its nadir, when three days of rioting and looting left Broadway with dozens of burned out shops. In the thirty years since, cooler heads and smarter planning have prevailed. Through the combined public (NYDCP, HPD, and NYCHA) and private (Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, Eastern Brooklyn Congregations, NYC Husing Partnership) the neighbrohood has been given a new life. As white young urbanites move in (driven frmo Williamsburg by rising rents) and the area gentrifies, the question is who and what will be left in a decade? for more on Bushwick, see the upcoming exhibit at the Brooklyn historical Society, Up From Flames: Mapping the Recovery of Bushwick 1977-2007. www.upfromflames.com

This is the highest point in Brooklyn.

I have been living in Queens Village since I was a kid and I have to say that overall it is a quiet neighborhood. Since it is a queens neighborhood, you can find a highly diverse mix of people. In my neighborhood you can find the Cross Island YMCA, the Jaribu System of Martial Arts and Martin Van Buren High School. A neighboring section next to Queens Village is Bellrose.

SUnny and Annie's deli on 6th and B is some bomb sammiches. Try the John Kerry. There's too many vagrants in this area of town.

At full capacity, it held the equivelant of 25 great pyramids.

Great service and good prices!

Stinks in the summer heat.