48th St Between 10th Ave and 9th Ave

Smack-dab in the middle of nowhere, this neighborhood is mostly all apartments and low-rise buildings. In the distance you can see  the towers of midtown peeking through. Ingrained with a real sense of community of belonging, there's a myriad of corner parks and community gardens dotting the landscape on this block.

Federally subsidized under the Section 8 program, the Terrific Tenements, which sit in the middle of the block, are clearly in the marketing business. Looking like a plain set of regular 4-story buildings, I couldn't quite make out anything that was particularly terrific about them.