Surrounding Central Park, the Upper West and Upper East sides are predominantly residential, although both contain ample dining and shopping.
The Upper East Side also contains posh enclaves unaffordable for most, outstanding museums, and the designer boutiques of Madison Avenue.
The Upper West Side is dotted with large apartment buildings and is a favorite for working professionals and families. Farther north above Central Park, neighborhoods start to decline, although Harlem is undergoing a rebirth. The boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx are a patchwork of residential and commercial areas and parks. They have large industrial areas with a predominant blue-collar feel containing manufacturing and freight distribution centers for the area. All are close to the city and offer relatively more living space, and all are experiencing verying degrees of economic and residential revival.
Ethnic diversity is strong in all boroughs, while Queens is reputedly the most ethnically diverse area in the country. Brooklyn is large and diverse enough to function as a standalone city, with large and some upscale residential areas with a modern downtown and substantial commercial and retail offerings areas. Brooklyn shares the western end of Long Island with Queens, with excellent transportation service into the city by rail and subway and numerous beaches, parks and residential neighborhoods south and east towards the large JFK airport.
Brooklyn is socioeconomically very diverse, with a mix of upscale, middle class and poorer areas, while Queens is more clearly identifiable as middle class. The Bronx area, on the mainland to the north of Manhattan, is the grittiest of the three areas, although its strategic location between the city and to better areas north is starting to bring some interest. Staten Island, a mainly-residential borough to the south, is connected to Manhattan by ferries and the Verrazano Narrows bridge.
Finally, the New York metro area includes northern suburbs stretching up into Westchester County between the east bank of the Hudson River and the Connecticut border. Westchester is generally upscale and expensive, with spread-out towns and a country setting.
White Plains is the largest city and a modern corporate center with large facilities for IBM and a number of companies relocating north from Manhattan.
Smaller but very upscale areas lie east along the Long Island Sound Rye being an example and north along the Hudson as the smaller towns of Tarrytown, Ossining and Croton-on-Hudson. Rockland County is more middle class with some working-class areas. West Nyack is a large family-oriented middle class area. Other suburbs give workers access to New York by freeway or by rail lines across the Hudson or to northern New Jersey. The New York area offers a rich assortment of amenities, with world-class dining, shopping, and performing arts including theater, symphony, opera, and live music.
Museums and architectural attractions, large and small, draw global audiences. An extensive public transit system with subways and buses serves the urban core and links the boroughs. A suburban rail and ferry network services surrounding communities in Connecticut, Long Island, and New Jersey.
Three major airports—La Guardia, Kennedy, and nearby Newark—provide air service domestically and abroad. Surrounding the city are numerous recreation areas: Long Island beaches, the Poconos, the Hudson Valley, and the Jersey Shore, to name only a few.
The downsides are significant. The city is crowded and stressful, and some neighborhoods are run down. Violent crime rates are high, although not as bad as the stereotype. Cost of living is high in all categories and is rising.
Home prices there can be five to six times higher for comparable properties in surrounding boroughs. New York is a great place — if you like the lifestyle and can make ends meet. The New York City area exceeds square miles and is located mostly on islands. Elevations range from less than 50 feet over most of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens to several hundred feet in northern Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island.
The area is close to storm tracks, and most weather approaches from the west- producing higher summer and lower winter temperatures than would otherwise be expected in a coastal area. Summers are hot and humid with occasional long periods of discomfort. Sea breezes occasionally moderate summer heat and winter cold in Lower Manhattan. Manhattan and the inner boroughs are more likely to receive rain in winter while outlying areas get snow.
Precipitation is distributed fairly evenly throughout the year. Summer rainfall is mainly from thunderstorms, usually of brief duration.
Late summer and fall rains associated with tropical storms may occur. First freeze is mid-November, last is early April. Recent job growth is Negative. Brick jobs have decreased by 0. More Economy. More Voting Stats. Since , it has had a population decline of 1. Learn More The National Average is Home appreciation the last 10 years has been 1.
The average school expenditure in the U. There are about More Education. In , Brick Township had dropped down to the fifth safest "city" population over 75, in the United States, before it rebounded to the top in In , Brick Township ranked No. In determining his ranking, Greenberg cited Brick's consistent nod as a safe city and that its "commercial development of big-box stores, department stores, and chain restaurants has made it a shopping destination for much of northern Ocean County.
Brick Township has also been in the news for a claimed autism epidemic, in which 40 children out of over 6, surveyed were found to be autistic, though Brick's autism rate is statistically near the national average. Many of the children found to be autistic were born in Northern New Jersey and other parts of the country.
There is no evidence that the levels of autism are linked to any specific environmental factor in Brick. Parents of children diagnosed with autism have moved to the township in order to make use of the special education programs offered by the school district.
During the December North American blizzard , Brick Township received 30 inches mm of snow, the highest accumulation recorded in the state. In October , parts of Brick were devastated by Hurricane Sandy. Barrier island and other waterfront properties were particularly hard hit. Homes and such buildings as the Shore Acres Yacht Club sustained major damage; some buildings had to be demolished. According to the United States Census Bureau , the township had a total area of The communities of Herbertsville and Parkway Pines are located close to exit 91 of the Garden State Parkway , near the Monmouth County border, and are geographically distant from the rest of the township.
As of the census of , there were 75, people, 29, households, and 20, families residing in the township. The population density was 2, There were 33, housing units at an average density of 1, The racial makeup of the township was Census Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.
There were 29, households out of which The average household size was 2. In the township, the population was spread out with The median age was For every females there were For every females ages 18 and old there were About 4.
As of the United States Census there were 76, people, 29, households, and 20, families residing in the township. There were 32, housing units at an average density of 1, Hispanic or Latino of any nationality were 3. In the township the population was spread out with The median age was 39 years. For every females age 18 and over, there were
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