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Leftwood, Alderney as seen on Franklin St.

Leftwood is a thirteen-block neighborhood in Alderney. It is located in North Alderney, bordered by Flathead Rd in the North (Westdyke), the West River in the East (North Holland in Algonquin, Liberty City), and Panhandle Rd in the south (Alderney City).

Character

Leftwood is a working-class residential neighborhood with a large multi-cultural population made up of a mix of Hispanics, Portuguese, and Italians, judging from Italian and Portuguese flags seen throughout the neighborhood and the bilingual banner and signs seen on the Leftwood Community Hall and other retail stores. Leftwood also has a large shopping economy, containing many retails stores and a strip mall with a four-story parking garage along Sacramento Ave that spans between Leftwood and Westdyke. Residential wise, Leftwood contains many small homes and tenement apartment buildings ranging from three to five stories.

Influences

Leftwood appears to contain elements of towns from Bergen County & Hudson County in general. It's namesake is believed to be derived from Englewood, New Jersey.

Transportation

Streets

The list of streets that runs through Leftwood are:

Beaverhead Ave
Flathead Rd
Bridger St
Manzano Rd
Sacramento Ave
Franklin St
Long John Ave
Bowline
Catskill Ave
Panhandle Rd
Rand Ave
Applewhite St

Highways

Plumbers Skyway

In Leftwood, the Plumbers Skyway can be entered or exited in two ways. The first is shortly after driving off the Hickey Bridge into Alderney, and thru the street lights at the Rand Ave Intersection. The second entrance can be accessed from a three way intersection on Manzano Road. Exiting here can only be made here if your driving in the right lane, from the Hickey Bridge direction.

Bridges

Hickey Bridge

The Hickey Bridge can be accessed from Leftwood from the Rand Ave Intersection which sits along the borders of Alderney City & Leftwood.

Points Of Interest

Trivia

Despite its name, Westdyke Memorial Hospital is actually located within Leftwood.

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-[[File:Leftwood.png|thumb|250px|right|Leftwood]]
+[[File:Leftwood (From Franklin St.).png|thumb|250px|Leftwood, Alderney as seen on Franklin St.]]
-'''Leftwood''' is a multi-cultural small area in Northern [[Alderney]] in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]. Leftwood is based on Bergen County, New Jersey. It acts as a transition district between the suburbia of [[Westdyke]] to the north, and the more concentrated, urban centre: [[Alderney City]] to the south. For that reason, Leftwood has mixed land uses. Towards the south of the district, there are more services and denser land use, whilst further north, Leftwood becomes a quieter and more residential locale. Despite its name, [[Westdyke Memorial Hospital]] is actually located in western Leftwood. Leftwood police station is also located in eastern Leftwood. The town has some regular sized houses along Flathead Rd, and it's Westdyke border. But towards it's center on Franklin Street, three to five story apartment and retail buildings stand next to eachother. The city from Applewhite Street along the West River, at the very eastern end of the city, that only intersects Franklin, in which traveling north takes you off the asphalt onto the West River shore. Traveling on Manzano Road takes you across a number of retail shops, like Gozushi in the west, and down the road many nail salons and clothing shops (inaccessable to enter) can be seen, where Ironically many say 'Westdyke' on it, like 'Westdyke Nails'.
+'''Leftwood''' is a thirteen-block neighborhood in [[Alderney]]. It is located in North Alderney, bordered by Flathead Rd in the North ([[Westdyke]]), the [[West River]] in the East ([[North Holland]] in [[Algonquin]], [[Liberty City in GTA IV|Liberty City]]), and Panhandle Rd in the south ([[Alderney City]]).
-The city is populated by primarily a mix of mostly Portuguese and some Italians. The town hall on Franklin, which overlooks Catskill has a bilingual banner marking that it's the community center in English and Portuguese, and even has a Portuguese flag. A set of apartment buildings across the street from the town hall have Portuguese retail on their ground floors, with Portuguese flags, and another identical building is on the southern end of Sacramento Avenue, while down the street from town hall on Franklin, another banner hangs over the street that says 'Get Stuffed!' with an Italian flag.
-==Public Services in Leftwood==
+==Character==
-* Leftwood Police Dept. (Franklin St. &amp; Bridger St.)
+Leftwood is a working-class residential neighborhood with a large multi-cultural population  made up of a mix of Hispanics, Portuguese, and Italians, judging from Italian and Portuguese flags seen throughout the neighborhood and the bilingual banner and signs seen on the [[Leftwood Community Hall]] and other retail stores. Leftwood also has a large shopping economy, containing many retails stores and a strip mall with a four-story parking garage along Sacramento Ave that spans between Leftwood and Westdyke. Residential wise, Leftwood contains many small homes and tenement apartment buildings ranging from three to five stories.
-* Westdyke Memorial Hospital (Long John Ave.)
+==Influences==
+Leftwood appears to contain elements of towns from [[wp:Bergen_County,_New_Jersey|Bergen County]] & [[wp:Hudson_County|Hudson County]] in general. It's namesake is believed to be derived from [[wp:Englewood,_New_Jersey|Englewood]], [[wp:New_Jersey|New Jersey]].
+==Transportation==
+===Streets===
+The list of streets that runs through Leftwood are:
+* [[Beaverhead Ave]]
+* Flathead Rd
+* Bridger St
+* Manzano Rd
+* Sacramento Ave
+* Franklin St
+* [[Long John Ave]]
+* Bowline
+* [[Catskill Ave]]
+* Panhandle Rd
+* Rand Ave
+* Applewhite St
+===Highways===
+* [[Plumbers Skyway]]
+In Leftwood, the Plumbers Skyway can be entered or exited in two ways. The first is shortly after driving off the [[Hickey Bridge]] into Alderney, and thru the street lights at the Rand Ave Intersection. The second entrance can be accessed from a three way intersection on Manzano Road. Exiting here can only be made here if your driving in the right lane, from the Hickey Bridge direction.
+===Bridges===
+* [[Hickey Bridge]]
+The Hickey Bridge can be accessed from Leftwood from the Rand Ave Intersection which sits along the borders of Alderney City & Leftwood.
+==Points Of Interest==
+* [[Leftwood Police Department]]
+* [[Leftwood Community Hall]]
+* [[Pizza This]]
+* [[Pay 'N' Spray]]
+==Trivia==
+* Despite its name, [[Westdyke Memorial Hospital]] is actually located within Leftwood.
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