Dyker Heights' Asian-American Influx
Bloomberg has a story about how the latest census numbers shows that a census tract in Dyker Heights saw one of the city’s biggest increases in ethic diversity over the past decade, contributing to New York’s standing as the most ethically diverse city in the country. The trend citywide—which was particularly pronounced in some areas,…
Bloomberg has a story about how the latest census numbers shows that a census tract in Dyker Heights saw one of the city’s biggest increases in ethic diversity over the past decade, contributing to New York’s standing as the most ethically diverse city in the country. The trend citywide—which was particularly pronounced in some areas, like the Dyker Heights census tract profiled in the story—involves a marked (31.8 percent percent) increase in the number of Asian residents in 2010 as compared to a decade ago. The article cites one broker who specializes in the Dyker Heights, long an Italian-American stronghold, who says that Asians have accounted for about half the home sales in the neighborhood since 2007. Another broker, meanwhile, says the majority of Asians who have moved to the neighborhood are professionals and not first-generation immigrants, and that they’re attracted to the area’s schools and housing stock.
Brooklyn Enclave Helps NY Top LA as U.S. Diversity Capital [Bloomberg]
dylanfan, “diverse” for some people really just means an ethiopean restaurant, a mexican restaurant, a french bistro, a vietnamese sandwich shop, and an italian restaurant all within walking distance. it has nothing to do with people who actually live in the neighborhood.. duh!
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oh heck with them, dibs. wait til we Jews arrive. Our doors are made of lox and fromage à la crème.
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good for you making a principled stand. If you hate kids it must be tough living in a neighborhood for families.
LOL! i dont hate kids!!! creepy mean people hate kids. i just kinda wish that parents had to shoulder ALL of the tax burden for them, that’s all.
*rob*
Wait ’till the Hispanics arrive.
What the heck is “diverse” about a neighborhood with 1042 whites, 83 Asians, 5 Black people and 3 who define themselves as “multiracial”?
good for you making a principled stand. If you hate kids it must be tough living in a neighborhood for families.
Maybe I’ll have some fagioli instead.
Biff, have some congee.
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Is that why you rent in the PS 321 district – to make some stand against supply and demand?
as a matter of fact, yes.
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