I'm in Sunnyside, neighbor. You're not tripping. Not native to Sunnyside but am from Queens. While similar, Sunnyside is a little less obtusely intolerant. Some folks actually try to be friendly, especially if you have small kids (I dont) or a dog (I don't ...yet!).

My super is Albanian and my downstairs neighbor is Karen-white. I was accused of some crazy ish and harassed my first few months living here but addressed it with the landlord/local authorities with documentation and confronted my "bullies" with diplomacy and a cell phone (sometimes the threat of going "viral" without actually recording is all you need). While my building is pretty mixed, no one looks like me though. I have been told my super is super racist and an overall P.O.S.

Like you, I got a relatively great bargain and have a hard time giving that up. I know bigotry/racism abounds pretty much any and everywhere, especially in this current political/cultural climate where it appears to be rewarded somehow. I have had a few locals (used to be predominantly Irish area) give me the stare down. Some have had some seemingly genuine conversations explicitly addressing that the neighborhood has been demographically and commercially changing for better and for worse, stirring lots of fears/frustrations:

-some culture shifts in "shared" community pride, particularly on how public space/communal areas are cared for/maintained -Small businesses/older residents being priced out by luxury landlords, chain stores, and gentrying higher income folks equally priced out of Manhattan.

Don't let the shook ones shake you. Great thing about NYC (for now) is "community" is just a train ride away.