Downtown Flushing: new urban center in the suburbia

If you want to eat good Chinese food in NYC, I’ll recommend you Flushing instead of the Chinatown in Manhattan. Downtown Flushing is a new urban center in North-central Queens, and it is far away from most of the issues mentioned in the readings. Most people move to Flushing because the housing in Manhattan is too expensive and parking there is not user-friendly. 

In Flushing, everything is convenient like most of the Asian cities. Tons of shops, restaurants, bakeries and Asian specialty stores serve locals and attract tourists. There are also lots of bank branches on the main avenues. You can easily find a place in 10 blocks and stay 24/7, and it’s cheaper. When I search things to do of Flushing on TripAdvisor, I get sports fields, zoo, museums, temple, synagogue, shopping mall, parks and so on. It is a historical area with the new settlement and the variety of urban life.

Flushing is not isolated to Manhattan. The public transit to Manhattan— No.7 subway line is in the center of the neighborhood. As a new urban center, of course, there is a morning rush hour. Commuters are heading to the No.7 train. It is not something happening in the suburbia, which makes Flushing look like a new city.

“Flushing is the epicenter.” Said by a real estate agent. New apartments and condos along the main st. are sold very well. People still want to live in the middle of downtown flushing regardless of noise and congestion.

Compared to the old Chinatown in Manhattan, Flushing gets closer to modern Asian cities in the 21 century due to new generation immigrants. Substantial population brings vigor to this area. The convenience of shops and public transit create attractive urban life. Is that good for all the suburbia? I’m not sure, but Flushing works.