Job offer in Brooklyn - where to live? (New York, Ridge: apartment, rent) - New York City - (NY) - City-Data Forum

Trish94 · 08-10-2012, 05:02 PM

Hi everyone,

I have a job offer in Brooklyn. I am coming from Boston and wanted to know what it is like living in New York versus Boston. And advice on where to live if I accept the offer. A little bit about me:
single female in my late 30's. I would like to live someplace that is relatively safe and quiet. Prefer to live alone and not pay more than about $1200 a month in rent (excluding utilities/heat). Thanks!

Henna · 08-10-2012, 05:13 PM

What neighborhood or vicinity is your job? Brooklyn is huge. Will you be commuting by subway or car?

checkmatechamp13 · 08-10-2012, 05:15 PM

Where in Brooklyn is the job? Brooklyn's a large borough, so it makes a big difference if you're working in Bay Ridge or Cypress Hills.

OdysseusNY · 08-10-2012, 05:53 PM

how large of a place do you want? a $1200 budget means very different things in different neighborhoods

Coney · 08-10-2012, 07:27 PM

That's going to be rather tight. Most apartment rents include heat and water and often gas so maybe you could afford a little more?

nightcrawler · 08-10-2012, 07:52 PM

you must tell us where you will be working, in what vicinity. Brooklyn is very diverse and is HUGE.

this is vital to us, so we can better help you.

I work in Brooklyn also, and live in Brooklyn....15 minutes from each.....so we need to know.

Henna · 08-10-2012, 07:56 PM

There should still be a number of good Brooklyn neighborhoods where you can get a $1200 studio apartment. Off the top of my head, I would suggest Bay Ridge, Ditmas Park and Kensington. Others that I've heard are good (but I've never visited) are Bensonhurst, Gravesend and Sheepshead Bay.

The issue is still where the job is and what the mode of commute is. If we don't know this, then the suggestions may not fit at all.

OdysseusNY · 08-11-2012, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Henna

There should still be a number of good Brooklyn neighborhoods where you can get a $1200 studio apartment. Off the top of my head, I would suggest Bay Ridge, Ditmas Park and Kensington. Others that I've heard are good (but I've never visited) are Bensonhurst, Gravesend and Sheepshead Bay.

The issue is still where the job is and what the mode of commute is. If we don't know this, then the suggestions may not fit at all.

agreed. a close friend actually has a huge one bedroom in bay ridge for 1160

sunken living room, in wall air conditioning, etc. bottom level of a two family house. 1200 is no sweat

in park slope it will only get you a closet though

Miss J 74 · 08-11-2012, 02:18 PM

Under $1200 for a 1 BR is not impossible at all if you know where to look. The only time I paid $1200 was when I lived in Astoria, Queens.

The main thing as others said is location of your job will dictate where you will live. You can live and work in Brooklyn and still have a horrible commute. There was a period I was living in Mill Basin and working in Williamsburg. My commute involved 3 buses and a train and took over an hour. It wouldn't have been much better by car, either.

As for the comparison from Boston to NYC, I know people who have been in both and say Boston is better, and it's also a lot cleaner. Also our bad areas make Boston's bad areas look like a joke, at least from what I saw. How it compares might depends on where in Boston you are now.

Also bear in mind if you're working in North Brooklyn, some parts of Queens may become a consideration and may fare cheaper than Brooklyn. So area is very important.

Also keep in mind NYC takes 28-30% of your paycheck in taxes. So depending on the offer, that $1200 may end up being almost half your take home pay.

OdysseusNY · 08-11-2012, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Miss J 74

As for the comparison from Boston to NYC, I know people who have been in both and say Boston is better, and it's also a lot cleaner. Also our bad areas make Boston's bad areas look like a joke, at least from what I saw. How it compares might depends on where in Boston you are now.

having lived in both boston (briefly) and ny (a long time) i don't agree with this

boston seemed to have a much worse (or at least more visible) homelessness problem, and i found the NYC subway more useful (24/7, more extensive)

not that boston was "worse" but that there's no huge difference (although boston is cheaper). especially since one can simply avoid the bad areas in either place