Astoria-Ditmars, Queens is the focus of the next video in our new monthly series, “Block by Block.” Watch for future installments from neighborhoods around the city.

Astoria, Queens — a neighborhood just a short subway ride to midtown Manhattan — is a middle-class neighborhood with a heavy Greek influence that is increasingly being seen as an affordable alternative by renters and buyers who have been priced out of Manhattan and brownstone Brooklyn.

Ditmars, in the northwestern corner of the neighborhood, is considered a quieter section, where low-rise buildings dominate and parking is relatively easy to find. There are a few four-story apartment buildings, but the area is dominated by two- and three-story multifamily houses and single-family homes.