New York Metropolitan Area:Downtowns and main hubs outside of Manhattan

nygirl1 · #1 Posted **Jan 22, 2011, 9:13 PM**

There are a ton of central nodes that encompass the island of Manhattan. Far too many to swamp one thread so in an effort to make this an easier thread to enter and look through I'll highlight the largest in each major area.

Downtown Brooklyn:

Downtown Newark

Downtown White Plains

Exchange Place

Long Island City

Downtown Flushing

Downtown Yonkers

Downtown New Rochelle

Newport

Downtown Mount Vernon

Journal Square

Austin Street, the hub of Kew Gardens and Forrest Hills

Stapleton/St. George

Old Downtown, Jersey City

Park Avenue the heart of Long Beach

Great Neck Plaza

Uptown, Rockville Center

Dac150 · #2 Posted **Jan 22, 2011, 9:24 PM**

Nice collection; I would also add Stamford, Norwalk and Greenwich CT on that list as well.

nygirl1 · #3 Posted **Jan 22, 2011, 9:33 PM**

I never went there.

STLgasm · #4 Posted **Jan 22, 2011, 9:52 PM**

nygirl, you are awesome.

ColDayMan · #5 Posted **Jan 23, 2011, 2:44 AM**

Great stuff!

Jularc · #6 Posted **Jan 23, 2011, 5:57 PM**

nygirl1, you are just incredible going all over the place!

I haven't been to many of these places. The NYC area is just too big.

stepper77 · #7 Posted **Jan 24, 2011, 2:58 AM**

What a great tour! I love seeing different parts of the NYC metro. Thanks!

ChiTownCity · #8 Posted **Jan 24, 2011, 6:08 PM**

Amazing!!! now imagine what the area would look like if each of these districts got one 800 footer (or an actual supertall). The new york area would beat the majority of chinese cities (if not all)....

dktshb · #9 Posted **Jan 25, 2011, 2:33 AM**

Very impressive set there. I am going to have to check out the other too. Most comprehensive NY I have seen and there is so many more to look at.

volguus zildrohar · #10 Posted **Jan 25, 2011, 2:48 AM**

Look at New York getting all Tokyo on us.

Cirrus · #11 Posted **Jan 25, 2011, 5:00 AM**

Nice. Places like these don't get enough play on the forum.

I'll do a thread like this for DC one of these days. I'd love to see similar threads for LA and SF.

Thundertubs · #12 Posted **Jan 25, 2011, 5:32 AM**

Not only is NYC by far the biggest and most urban city in the US, but the greater NY area is also the largest collection of small urban cities in the US. The scale and quality of urbanity outside the central city is vast and mind-boggling. Thanks for showing off some of it.

OhioGuy · #13 Posted **Jan 25, 2011, 1:06 PM**

Great photo tour!

jodelli · #14 Posted **Jan 26, 2011, 8:38 AM**

White Plains... I had no idea. Thanks for the pics.

liat91 · #15 Posted **Jan 26, 2011, 3:27 PM**

Awesome pics nygirl. You definitely hit some of the more impressive urban areas first. A few more would include;

Elizabeth
Summit
Westfield
Red Bank
Morristown
Princeton
Trenton
Stamford
Bridgeport
Poughkeepsie
Newburgh
Middletown
New Haven
Danbury
Waterbury
Hempstead
Jamaica
Peekskill
Paterson
Passaic
Fort Lee
Hackensack
New Brunswick
Plainfield

The Tri-State(Quad-State actually) area (imo aka Metropolis) is so massive it's ridiculous.

ethereal_reality · #16 Posted **Jan 26, 2011, 4:50 PM**

Amazing tour. I had no idea what many of these places looked like.
You have broadened my horizons with this one thread.

Paradox21 · #17 Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 7:31 AM**

I've been a secret admirer of yours on SSC for a minute...glad you decided to grace us wit your glory on the other side of the block. I'm loving this series! Enlightening & inspiring at the same time. Don't Stop!

gatt · #18 Posted **Jun 9, 2015, 9:14 PM**

very cool tour.

tdawg · #19 Posted **Jun 9, 2015, 11:54 PM**

Awesome tour! Check back in on Long Island City in a few years after the 915 footer in Queens Plaza is up.

Eightball · #20 Posted **Jun 10, 2015, 2:42 AM**

Cool thread