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The Queensboro Bridge connects Queens and Manhattan, two of the five boroughs in New York City.
Queens appears to be the hot spot for New York City residents this year.
That's according to online real estate and rental marketplace StreetEasy, which recently came out with their 2016 list of "New York City's Hottest Neighborhoods."
"Five of the top ten hottest neighborhoods are in Queens, with Jamaica topping the list," reports StreetEasy data scientist Alan Lightfeldt. "Strong competition in Manhattan and the Prospect Park submarket of Brooklyn may push more buyers to Queens, but there is a pull factor as well. Relatively lower prices, easy access to large job centers in Midtown Manhattan and Long Island City, and more living space for families will pull more New York buyers and renters towards Queens in 2016."
The rankings come from StreetEasy's Hot Market Index, which ranks all of New York City's neighborhoods against each other using four key metrics: changes in median asking rent, median asking sales price, population count, and StreetEasy page views per listing.
In addition to highlighting the 10 "hottest neighborhoods," we've included the three-year population change and the 2015 sales and rental prices, from StreetEasy: