Is Astoria NYC's Best Neighborhood? Cast Your Vote In This Poll

ASTORIA, QUEENS — Astoria could soon be crowned the best neighborhood in New York City.

The title is part of a days-long bracket poll — dubbed Big Apple Madness — that Autumn Florek posted on Twitter last week as a means of definitively determining the best neighborhood in New York City.

After four rounds of play — during which it beat out Washington Heights, Sunnyside, the Lower East Side, and the East Village — Astoria is now going head-to-head with Jackson Heights in the final championship, which ends at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12.

As of Wednesday afternoon, about an hour after the final poll was posted, Jackson Heights had a narrow lead on Astoria.

The exhaustive, 68-neighborhood Big Apple Madness poll was seeded by Florek on the basis of many factors, including transit access, parks, cultural institutions, and geographic diversity.

Twitter did the rest: thousands of users jumped to answer the play-in neighborhood question, informing the first bracket, which went live for 24 hours on the evening of Jan. 3, and has continued in subsequent day-long brackets since.

Still in its final hours, the real winner of the Big Apple Madness appears to be Queens, which will be home to the best (and second-best) neighborhood in the city, depending on if Astoria or Jackson Heights wins out.

Flushing is also up for a third-place title in a game against the East Village.

Cast your vote in the Astoria vs. Jackson Heights final here, and the third-place game here; results will go live at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12.

Anyone who participated or enjoyed the Big Apple Madness can tip Florek for her work on Venmo, at @Autumn-Florek.