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. 
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.. Not sure if it changed but it was fine when I was growing up, we still have a house out there.
..i just cant do it myself...id rather just leave the tri state
