Noting that Ridgewood is “an up-and-coming area that’s energetic and evolving,” Likvak says that its middle-of-the-borough property prices are an incentive for incoming New Yorkers. Why would NYers want to move to Ridgewood? The community is bordered by Maspeth on the north, Middle Village on the northeast, Glendale on the southeast, and the Brooklyn communities of East Williamsburg on the west and Bushwick on the southwest. Arbitration Rock, a boulder that dates to 1769, still marks the border between it and Brooklyn’s Bushwick. Ridgewood historically straddled the Queens/Brooklyn boundary. It’s not about clubs, it’s about restaurants and beer gardens.” Where is it? It’s more chill than Manhattan-it’s a cool, calm, hip place to live. Litvak adds that “it’s the Williamsburg of Queens-it’s what that Brooklyn community was like 10 years ago when it was a home to artists and before it was. “Yes, it’s a hip, trendy area that’s popular with younger people, particularly those who are artsy,” Demkowicz says. I’ve heard that Ridgewood has become a mecca for a new generation. And f or more information on the community, see Brick Underground’s "Insider's Guide to Living in Ridgewood." The question: In this week’s Buy Curious, Donna Demkowicz, owner/broker of Donna Demkowicz Real Estate Co., and Eugene Litvak, an associate broker with The Litvak Team at Compass, give us the inside story on Ridgewood. It's drawing artsy singles-priced out of Manhattan and Brooklyn-who are transforming the neighborhood into a cool scene. The Queens community of Ridgewood, where Tommy Ramone, the founder of The Ramones, lived (and died), is a diverse area that’s just coming on the radar and into its own.
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