Neighborhood

An intense blend of different cultures, the significant essences of each social class, there are many things to appreciate about this neighborhood. Living near a highway and a mall brings the inner city busy-ness closer to me. Traffic is not foreign over here, an empty street is. There is always someone walking down each block because its safe for the most part. There aren't any houses nearby, the rows begin many blocks away. On my particular block, there are doctor's offices, a gated playground, an open area with a bench, and many, many cars. The area is flooded with people who are comfortable and polite. There are trees showing off their healthy green leaves in this transformation of springtime. They're held back by concrete and bricks lining the block. There's a comfortable noise level that eases up as the day winds down.
The air is mostly clean and clear until you walk into my building, a foreign smell of cooked food is picked up. The people in the neighborhood are mostly busy, working folk, the ages range, exemplifying the variation of each age group presence. This area is great because it's safe , divers and community minded/oriented. There seems to be a low crime rate over here according to the lack of news reported incidents. There are a few open areas such as a couple of parks, empty lots, and school fields. Train stations are within walking distance from my co-op building. Overall it seems to be a great area to live in for its easy accessibility to transportation means, schools, shopping areas, and recreational locations. There are two libraries close by that I've visited on occasion. It takes 30 minutes to travel to my old neighborhood, Jamaica, and the same amount of time to reach Manhattan.This travel time is a staple in my active life which I can rely on. There are numerous food stores a few blocks away. There is a local supermarket in which everyone knows each other. From this view, the trees don't dance the way I usually see from my own window. There is some litter on other blocks and sometimes the garbage is from other blocks. The only thing I don't like about it, is that it's so far from everyone I know in Brooklyn and Rosedale.