Today I was walking around from 76th to 82nd streets on 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights. While I was walking, I noticed that these seven blocks are blended by different shops from different ethnic groups, such as, European bread and cheese stores, couple of Hispanic restaurants and salons, one Indian restaurant, florist shops, and some groceries. It is like chain-blocks where you can easily obtain all daily and necessary substances. I felt this part of the neighborhood is quite convenient for the neighbors. Next time I will take some picture and add them with the post.
Writing New York: Posts from the Boroughs and Beyond – 2012
Department of Journalism, Baruch College, City University of New York
The way you describe it, it definitely feels like everything and anything is in a few blocks, which is amazing. My question is are there any major chains in the area or are all the shops small businesses? Also, you say that there is a wide diversity of shops in the area is the demographic of the area as diverse or do you think the shops will eventually skew to cater to one specific kind of population?
I would love to see pictures next time around!