Spotlight on a Brooklyn Neighborhood: Carroll Gardens

Carroll Gardens is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. Named for Charles Carroll — a Revolutionary War veteran — Carroll Gardens centers around Carroll Park, an lovely public space featuring many playgrounds and pathways. Carroll Gardens features many brownstone homes. Rather uniquely for New York City, many such homes are set back from the street [...]

Spotlight on a New York City Neighborhood: Greenwich Village

Often called simply "the Village," Greenwich Village is a neighborhood on the lower west side of Manhattan. From the late 19th to mid 20th century, Greenwich Village was best known as bohemian enclave, attracting artists and writers like the Beat Generation and the Abstract Expressionists. The neighborhood takes its name from the Dutch word "Groenwijck," [...]

Spotlight on a Brooklyn Neighborhood: Red Hook

Settled by Dutch colonists in 1636, Brooklyn's Red Hook was originally named "Roode Hoek." "Hoek" means point and the "Roode" refers to the site's red clay soil. Even today, some of Red Hook's 11,000 residents still refer to their neighborhood as "the point." Red Hook's location in South Brooklyn gives it a direct view of [...]

Spotlight on a Manhattan Neighborhood: the East Village

The East Village is a New York City neighborhood that lies east of Greenwich Village and adjacent to the Lower East Side. Once considered part of the Lower East Side, the East Village developed its own identity in the 1950s and 1960s as it played host to artists, students, musicians, writers, and Beatniks. The American [...]

Spotlight on Scarsdale, NY

A village in Westchester County, NY, Scarsdale is split into several small neighborhoods, which include Arthur Manor, Greenacres, and Quaker Ridge, among others. The village is about 6.6 miles in size, and has a population of almost 18,000 people. The village is served by the Scarsdale Union Free School District, which includes several neighborhood elementary [...]

Spotlight on Tuckahoe, NY

Located in Westchester County, New York, Tuckahoe is a village in the town of Eastchester. Accessible by Metro North, Tuckahoe is convenient to both the Tuckahoe and Crestwood stations, and is a little over a half hour away from New York City’s Grand Central Station by train. Tuckahoe has experienced a reasonable amount of growth [...]

Spotlight on a White Plains, NY

A city in Westchester County, White Plains, NY is located four miles east of the Hudson River. Although the population of White Plains is almost 58,000 people, during the week the daytime population is around 250,000 due to working commuters. White Plains offers a downtown area filled with plenty of dining and shopping—including many big [...]

Spotlight on Riverdale

Riverdale is a residential neighborhood in the Bronx, in the northwestern part of New York City. Bordered by Yonkers, Van Cortlandt Park, and the Kingsbridge area of the Bronx, as well as the Hudson and Harlem Rivers, Riverdale is easily accessibly by Metro-North as well as the New York City Subway’s 1 line. Notable sites [...]

Spotlight on Bronxville, NY

An affluent village located in Eastchester, New York, Bronxville has a small-town suburban feel, while also being located just a quick 15 miles north of Manhattan. Bronxville sits along the Bronx River in southern Westchester County, and is home to The Bronxville Public School, one of the top public schools in the country, as well [...]

Spotlight on Tribeca

Tribeca is a neighborhood in lower Manhattan that stretches from Vesey St. to Canal St., and from Broadway to the Hudson River. One of the more expensive areas of New York City, Tribeca is comprised of many industrial buildings that have been converted into residential buildings and lofts. Tribeca is an extremely safe neighborhood with [...]

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