I need some input - especially about black neighborhoods in Long Island & Queens - and although knowing how much fukkery fills the Coli, I still value this community for crowd sourcing. ![obama :obama: :obama:](https://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/obama.png)
I need good NYC neighborhood, preferably predominantly Black or at least have the black population well represented in the schools and not too far away from Downtown Brooklyn/Downtown Manhattan. I could never see myself a NJ resident, by the way.
Background:
My family has been growing - a beautiful feeling - however, I'm currently making serious accommodations and sacrifices to comfort because the Brooklyn home we are living in is feeling very smothered. Not enough room or living space.
The Facts:
I've been fortunate to be in line to inherit the Brooklyn Co-op that I'm currently living in that my parents bought in the 80s. I was raised in it my whole life so I'm a product of pre-gentrified Fort Greene. The thing is, in a few years when my youngest - who is 8 months today - ages a couple years, she's going to need her own room, whereas my two boys will have their own room.
If I was just comfortable selling my current property, this would only be an issue about finding a new spot, but, because of how lucrative Fort Greene property is, any moment I actually sell, I'll be kicking myself the next year because it increases in value about 50-100k per year.
Considering studio apts go for about 2,000+ for rent in Fort Greene, I want to keep the property and attempt to HOPEFULLY work within the rules to rent out the rooms essentially paying off the mortgage for the new home I eventually move into. I'm also trying to keep this property as a nest egg - legacy piece - for my children.
The biggest concern, though, NEIGHBORHOOD. I'm terrifyingly scared of moving into a middle class or higher neighborhood where my black children end up hanging with the influence that turns them into "honestly, dad, ALLLIVESMATTER, though" black children.![to :to: :to:](https://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tocry.png)
![whoa :whoa: :whoa:](https://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/whoa.png)
I'm really disheartened by the lack of well to do Black enclaves in NYC. If anybody is a home owner, or has real experience in a certain area that can hit all of the concerns I have, please contribute.![salute :salute: :salute:](https://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/aqDwC.png)
![obama :obama: :obama:](https://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/obama.png)
I need good NYC neighborhood, preferably predominantly Black or at least have the black population well represented in the schools and not too far away from Downtown Brooklyn/Downtown Manhattan. I could never see myself a NJ resident, by the way.
Background:
My family has been growing - a beautiful feeling - however, I'm currently making serious accommodations and sacrifices to comfort because the Brooklyn home we are living in is feeling very smothered. Not enough room or living space.
The Facts:
I've been fortunate to be in line to inherit the Brooklyn Co-op that I'm currently living in that my parents bought in the 80s. I was raised in it my whole life so I'm a product of pre-gentrified Fort Greene. The thing is, in a few years when my youngest - who is 8 months today - ages a couple years, she's going to need her own room, whereas my two boys will have their own room.
If I was just comfortable selling my current property, this would only be an issue about finding a new spot, but, because of how lucrative Fort Greene property is, any moment I actually sell, I'll be kicking myself the next year because it increases in value about 50-100k per year.
Considering studio apts go for about 2,000+ for rent in Fort Greene, I want to keep the property and attempt to HOPEFULLY work within the rules to rent out the rooms essentially paying off the mortgage for the new home I eventually move into. I'm also trying to keep this property as a nest egg - legacy piece - for my children.
The biggest concern, though, NEIGHBORHOOD. I'm terrifyingly scared of moving into a middle class or higher neighborhood where my black children end up hanging with the influence that turns them into "honestly, dad, ALLLIVESMATTER, though" black children.
![to :to: :to:](https://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tocry.png)
![whoa :whoa: :whoa:](https://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/whoa.png)
I'm really disheartened by the lack of well to do Black enclaves in NYC. If anybody is a home owner, or has real experience in a certain area that can hit all of the concerns I have, please contribute.
![salute :salute: :salute:](https://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/aqDwC.png)