Thursday, August 16, 2007

AM-NY visits Hollis

AM-NY reports on City Living in Hollis

Today, Hollis and nearby St. Albans have retained a distinctly suburban feel, thanks to a concentration of one-family houses set on 100-by-100-foot and 80-by-80-foot lots.

"I have a lot of different ethnicities now moving into Hollis; I see a South Asian community, a Hispanic community, an African community moving in," said Councilman Leroy Comrie, whose 27th District covers both neighborhoods. "As it gets identified, you realize you can get more bang for your buck than [in] Bayside or Flushing."


Here's their slideshow.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Watch out sleepy time Hollis....

Those 80'X80' and 100'X 100' lots sound "juicy"
and may soon become subdivided
by greedy speculators
and the tear downs might begin!

Anonymous said...

Gee - I wonder if those "bargin" prices VS Bayside has anything to do with these stats

Hollis is covered by both the 103rd and 113th precincts.
14 murders
38 rapes
465 robberies this year,

Schools
P.S. 118, 4th grade English Language Arts 67% at or above level 3
P.S. 134, 4th grade English Language Arts 59% at or above level 3

Bayside - 111th precinct
0 murders
3 rapes
51 robberies to date this year

Schools:
PS31 4th grade English Language Arts 84% at or above level 3
PS41 4th grade English Language Arts 92% at or above level 3
PS203 4th grade English Language Arts 88% at or above level 3

Anonymous said...

"I have a lot of different ethnicities now moving into Hollis; I see a South Asian community, a Hispanic community, an African community moving in..."

Yeah, and that community will be COMPLETELY DECIMATED by the brewing sub-prime mortgage disaster. Look for lots of boarded-up homes there (and much of southern Queens) in 2008.