It 's important to understand where George Bush won a majority of the votes : in Staten Island except for its racially mixed northern neighborhoods ; in Bay Ridge , Dyker Heights , Borough Park , Ocean Parkway , Midwood , Mill Basin , Bergen Beach and the Hasidic enclaves of Crown Heights and Williamsburg in Brooklyn ; Howard Beach , Kew Gardens , Forest Hills and Whitestone in Queens ; and the swath of the Bronx from Throgs Neck to Pelham Gardens , as well as Woodlawn .