Cerveza Heights



Cerveza Heights is a neighborhood in central Dukes. It is bordered to the northeast by Charleston Avenue (Meadows Park); Livingston Street and Hoober Street to the northwest (East Island City); Stone Street and Valley Forge Avenue to the west (BOABO); Brunner Street to the southwest (Downtown); Algonquin-Dukes Expressway to the south (Schottler); and Carson Street and Stillwater Avenue to the southeast (Meadow Hills and Beechwood City).

Influences
Cerveza Heights is based on the New York City neighborhoods of Jackson Heights, Flushing, Corona (incidentally cerveza is the Spanish word for beer and Corona is the name of a famous Mexican beer), and Ozone Park in Queens. Like it's real life counterparts Cerveza Heights is ethnically diverse with notable Chinese, South Asian, Latino, and Italian communities. It serves as the Spanish Lords' base of operations in the Dukes and Broker area. Members of the Mafia can be seen hanging outside the Cluckin' Bell. These are presumably members of the Messina Family since they are the Mafia controlling Dukes, as they're also some Italian restaurants and flags in the area. The Triads also control a large part of Cerveza Heights, as seen in Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars and the presence of many restaurants and shops with an asian influence.

Places of interest
In GTA IV, a hospital is located in the neighborhood at the intersection of Inchon Avenue and Livingston Street, with a Cluckin' Bell fast food restuarant a block south at the intersection of Inchon Avenue and Huntington Street. A Manana is wanted for the Stevie's Car Thefts which can be found on Huntington Street in Cerveza Heights. Farther down east on Huntington Street, is the closed Burger Shot.

In Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Sum Yung Gai (which is also featured in GTA IV), serves as the first point where the player performs missions; the first safehouse where Huang Lee stays is also located in Cerveza Heights, a short walk north from Sum Yung Gai.

Transport
The Liberty City Subway has a stop at the intersection of Charleston Avenue and Huntington Street. It is served at all times by the Broker Line.

Easter eggs
Up north towards the border of East Island City there is a building with artwork all over it. If the player looks at it closely it is artwork from former Grand Theft Auto games, more specifically from Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The pictures consist of artwork of Ryder, El Burro, GTA III Cover (United Kingdom version), 8-Ball, Kenji Kasen, Misty, Police Maverick (San Andreas box art), Red Motorcycle (Vice City box art), Woman in pink two piece (Vice City box art) and Mercedes Cortez. This is similar to easter eggs in the Looking for that Special Someone trailer.