Is Lakewood the new Brooklyn?

amother

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 9:21 pm

I know there are always new developments being built, but is Brooklyn really emptying out?
Keep hearing people say that “everyone’s leaving Brooklyn” lol I guess I’m just curious. I know lakewood doesn’t compare size wise just wondering if the hubbub really is just relocating to NJ

amother

Birch

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 9:36 pm

Brookly includes many different areas- BP, Willi, Crown Heights, Flatbush etc

Flatbush has absolutely been emptying out for a while. Just look at the schools. Many shut down parallel classes, and many classes have less than 20 kids in a class. And many schools advertise aggressively to try to increase their enrollment

amother

Diamond

Fri, Jun 28 2024, 4:27 pm

It's interesting but I have fount that the younger generation is migrating to be with other young people not necessarily to lakewood. People are also shifting religiously. This, and age and owning a home is what's driving people to different locations.

Younger people now are buying their own home. They are not necessarily moving to the neighborhood that their parent lived in. I do see a shift out of NYC. I have all types of friends. From Williamsburg to Staten Island, five towns. Flatbush and Boro park. They are moving to Monsey and surrounding areas passic Teaneck. All parts of nj like jersey city, linden. Lakewood surrounding areas-I think they will eventually become their own place. Especially the ones living very far out in jackson. Staten Island has chassidish moving in and the married children of yeshiva of Staten Island moving out. Florida is slowly growing too. B"h the Jewish population has expanded. Intresting lately I have hear of less making aliyah I think it not as affordable option.

amother

Seagreen

Fri, Jun 28 2024, 4:39 pm

amother Diamond wrote:

don't know about young but I have 4 cousins (there's 18 of us all together kneina hara and that's not including two who have been there for years so at this point it's almost half of us are there! ) and two aunts (and their husbands) who have made aliya in the past few years alone. ranging from single late 20s to great grandmother already and everything in between. There's at least 2 possibly three couple/families making aliya from my not so large neighborhood so to me at least it definitely seems like people are making aliya