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The Ditmars section of Astoria is a cultural melting pot with a spacious take on New York living.

Produced by: Andrew Blackwell

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[independentwisdom]

''You can bury me in the garden of the backyard''lol..Thats climax of this video..

[MrPsychicNoodles]

Great video, I'd love to see more neighborhoods.

[ani]

The white guy at 0:19 is obviously one of those transplants. Astoria, Queens IS New York. Manhattan is only one borough of the larger nyc!

[fotivaressis]

Lots of Greeks In Astoria, lots came here in the 70s and have made this neighborhood a great place to find lots of good greek food and culture

[ItsMineFamousHD]

Astoria will always be my home. To bad the rent is too expensive. Love waking up getting a bacon egg and cheese with a Arizona and I'm out!

[scyanks]

My family comes from Astoria and the neighborhood lost its charm, barely any native New Yorkers there anymore. Gentrification really is a shame

[coralreef]

My former neighborhood! I absolutely love the culture + food + people + everything else about here :)

[unknownuser]

Melbourne, Australia is actually the second largest Greek city in the world outside of Athens. Has been for a while too

[izzy]

It's way too expensive to live in Astoria! I feel like that $1700-$2500 dollar rent could go to a mortgage.

[x_july_o]

This makes me want to live there for no reason.

[LucasDimoveo]

Watching stuff like this makes me miss home ...

[sebastienvrod]

The Astoria queens I grew up in is gone. Gentrification and greed has killed it. Steinway Street is ghost town nowadays. So many empty storefronts very sad to see.

[ciel]

I hope New York times will do a similar video for JAMAICA QUEENS.
 It is a very interesting part of Queens, there are a lot of great neighborhoods like Laurelton, Cambria Heights, Rosedale, Saint Albans,  Queens Village, Rochdale Village etc.  And I believe the living cost in JAMAICA QUEENS  is cheaper than any other parts of Queens, one bedroom in Jamaica is $1200, $1300, what you get for one bedroom in Astoria for $1600, $1800 is 2 bedrooms here in Jamaica and you find everything that you want here .

[MattSezer]

I live two blocks away from those Amtrak tracks and I've never heard it. She must live right next to them, so I'd hardly characterize that as being a problem that most people in the neighborhood face.

[Blueskie]

I grew up in Astoria. It’s my home went to 122. Went to immaculate conception for Sunday’s I feel like it’s more than Greeks. They should show more Hispanics and other cultures . I miss 141 my old junior high school. I personally don’t think they should have a power plant next to a family orientated neighborhood, but it is what it is. I grew up with it.

[chaitea]

Funny, ciel222 before I scrolled down to the comments, I was thinking the same thing.  I hope they do a piece on Jamaica/Rochdale/Cambria Heights neighborhoods.  I grew up there.  There are some great areas in southeast Queens, and multicultural, as well.

[totsmini]

💕💕We LOVED Astoria😃 ~ Would go back again!!

[monchomendez-rivas]

Astoria was the best, too bad i can barely recognize it anymore. Lived on 41 st n 28th av, went to Bryan H.S., Astoria is #1.

[skinbar]

I grew up in Astoria❤❤❤!! my hometown forever!

[Lisa_Evers]

All the cars and reckless drivers and illegal parking/idling everywhere, are ruining Astoria.