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Me and some friends are looking to move into somewhere with an easy commute to Midtown. We are looking for a 3 BR that costs around $3000. We are recent college grads and enjoy the bar/restaurant scene. What are some neighborhoods in the outer boroughs/Jersey where young professionals go when they're priced out of Manhattan but still want to have fun?
Also, descriptions of the culture of the neighborhoods would be much appreciated. If we could afford it, we'd most likely live in Murray Hill if that sheds some insight onto what we're looking for.
You should try Astoria. There is a nice scene there and it's very exciting and full of lots of people and stores. 3 bedrooms are hard to come by, but you might actually find one and it could be less than 3K.
Sunnyside is great as well. It's not as crowded, but there are bars and restaurants as soon as you walk out of your apartment. I would recommend LIC, but it soooo expensive. Both Sunnyside and Astoria are just a few stops from Manhattan. You can leave your apartment at 830 and be to work in midtown by 9am.
Just make sure you always bargain with the realtor, don't get scammed, ask the bed bug question, make sure its rent stablized, and if you find out the management company for the building is First Service Residential. I would run and never look back. They have the worst 1 star and negative star reviews all over Yelp. I know people who have dealt with them and tenants had the worst experience of their life. Dont pay 3K and be miserable. See for yourself.
I didn't know there was a cap on rent stablization. The QLIC is rent stablized and it has 2 bedrooms charging 4K. How do you explain that being rent stablized?
That isn't completely 100% true, although for the most part it is true. There are some apartments $2700 and above that are stabilized, but they are NEW construction.
The building may in fact be rent stabilized, even though the rent exceeds $2,700.
In newly constructed or completely rebuilt buildings, many developers take advantage of the City's 421a and J-51 tax exemption programs. In return for the tax exemption, the developer/owner of the building must maintain the units under rent stabilization for the period of the tax exemption, which usually runs 10 to 20 years. More information is available in the 421a/J-51 FAQ section. In the case of new construction, the fact that the rent is over $2,700 does not affect the apartment's stabilization status.
An apartment may also remain rent stabilized even if the rent rises above $2,700 while a tenant remains in occupancy. However, when that occurs, the owner has a right to petition the NY State Division of Housing and Community Renewal to deregulate the apartment. More information on this can be found in the Decontrol/Destabilization FAQ section.
In Brooklyn look around grand army plaza (2,3 subways) or Flatbush Ave (b,q subways) in Prospect Heights. You'd be near Prospect Park (beautiful with events that attract young people like races, farmers market), the Brooklyn Museum, Botanical Gardens. Bars and restaurants are on Flatbush, Vanderbilt, 5th and 7th Ave near there.
Another popular place for young people is around Franklin Ave in the half mile north of Eastern Parkway-- bars and restaurants, a mixture of immigrant, student, AA and Hasidic that thrives on the interactions of diverse cultures. That's the northwest corner of Crown Heights. People come out from Msnhattan there for bar/restaurants/coffeeshop/sitdown bakeries, easily reached by the 3, 4 or use the A,C which stops on Franklin from the north.
Look at both the converted brownstones and the big box older apartment buildings.
^ bay ridge is an hour and 5 mins ride to midtown
U must be joking when you factor 2 hours a day just to commute to work
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