Why are co-ops so cheap in North Queens

Because Brooklyn is considered hip and the "it" place to be.

I was thinking that exact same thing. Is that the same reason Jackson Heights is a featured neighborhood also? THe place is a dump and kind of a long subway ride.

I mean really Flatlands and like Bed Stuy now for a ton of money? Has everyone gone freakin nuts? What happened to living in a nice safe place ? I can understand as an investment and if were close but it's not! I guess I'm getting older. But even when I was younger I always thought Brooklyn was a dump and made jokes about how no one really wanted to live there, they just had to. Incidentally Park Slope reminds me of Exit 37 of the LIE--whatever Long Island town that is.

Hard to believe what's going on in BedStuy , but it's better than the suckers who bought into East Harlem over the last 10 years without knowing about the multiple meth clinics , highest crime stats in NYC and endless housing projects

>without knowing about the multiple meth clinics , highest crime stats in NYC and endless housing projects

Without knowing? The crime stats were hidden? Housing projects hidden?

Jackson Heights is still "developing" but paying developed price. I rather to up to Kew Gardens and Forest Hills. I think is cheaper at those two places now, which is a strange thing considering the neighborhood and schools.

Jackson Heights is expensive for not nice place at all. It seems like some people are still stuck in a permanent high school, except now it's million dollar mortgages at stake, instead of that dumb sweatshirt with a logo on it. It's really just spill over from manhattan / Brooklyn. Try 700k for a small s*itbox in Tribecca.

Next hot neighborhoods are East New York and Brownsville, tagging on the that hip and trendy Bushwick.

Bed Stuy has some amazing properties, like Park Slope it has a ton of brownstones. Whats the housing stock like in north Queens?

North Queens price point is all about the limited access to public transit. You have to take express bus (Whitestone) or you can take the regular bus to the 7 train (North Flushing, North Bayside). LIRR access is good in some parts of North Queens, but railroad really runs at the bottom end of that area. People there just drive, like on the rest of Long Island.

i guess but i would think a lot of brooklyn drives. I'm just having a hard time wrapping my head around putting down a minimum of $50,000 for even the cheapest co-op in an area like woodside or jackson heights where you can expect your neighbors to steal the shopping cart from the grocery store and urinate in the street in broad daylight (actual occurances while i was in the area to look at apartments) and you are committing to such a place with your biggest investment so you can avoid driving a car.

not to mention the projects there and the overhead subway

There is a huge area of Jackson Heights that has really lovely pre-war buildings. At decent prices.

When you live in Brooklyn, Manhattan is not the center of the world, we have everything here. Plus, Park Slope is expensive because its beautiful.

The Bronx has pre war buildings that are really great prices too. Jackson Heights is not nice has not been for decades. Park Slope reminds me of long island moreso than North Queens does. At least the parts where brownstones are not visible / the park is not in sight.