Rosedale Queens... (Laurel: to live in, area, ghetto)

[just wondering]

Originally Posted by vincentnyc

Astoria has some ghetto part and also some good part. Bayside is a good neighborhood, but just like rosedale the commute is 90+ min to the city with bus and subway. Not sure if there is a LIRR station. If yes would be a faster, but not sure by how fast. LIRR fares also cost double of subway. So be prepare to pay LIRR and then a metrocard depending where u work.
Also Bayside is a very expensive neighborhood, homes range in the millions. So u can expect to rent 1 br apt. for close to manhattan price.

With $400-$500 budget, even in the outerborough, be prepare to get a roomate. R u willing to have a roomate? If not, ur budget is unrealistic.

No i'm for sure having roommates, I have to, for now at least, until i get money saved...that's fine w/me tho....thanks 4 ur help...

[just wondering]

Originally Posted by apvbguy

bayside encompasses a wide area and while there are million dollar homes there, there are also many lower priced homes, there are many apts there and rents are nowhere near manhattan levels. There is a LIRR station in bayside but little parking near the station. In addition to bayside there is douglaston and little neck which are probably the last best areas to live within NYC. to save a few bucks there are areas between bayside and flushing that are nice and less expensive, forgive me for not know the exact names of the areas, but anything east of 188 st and north of union turnpike are fine affordable areas. The op is not going to find anything in that 400-500 price range anywhere!

thank you very helpful!....

[just wondering]

Originally Posted by Tymel

I would actually say Astoria would be more fun than Bayside. Bayside is more suburban than Astoria, but if thats your thing go for it.

Thank you...i was looking at Astoria and really hoping i find something there...thanks again for your help!

[vincentnyc]

When r u planning to move out here in nyc? And also, do u have a job line up already? Or u plan to move out here first n then start looking for job? What happen if u don't find a job within 6 months, 9 months or a year? Do u have enuff saving?

[DoomDan515]

Originally Posted by just wondering

Y what's wrong w/East Elmhurst? There was an ad on Craigslist that i responded to that was on East Elmhurst...

What's so nice about Bayside? sorry so many questions, but i have no clue at all about NY areas of what's decent and what's not...so any feedback is very very helpful to me....

It's supposely a "bad" area, even though I've been there myself a few times and didn't notice anything really bad about the place.

Bayside is easily one of the safest and nicest neighborhoods in Queens, and possibly the entire city.

[apvbguy]

Originally Posted by DoomDan515

It's supposely a "bad" area, even though I've been there myself a few times and didn't notice anything really bad about the place.

Bayside is easily one of the safest and nicest neighborhoods in Queens, and possibly the entire city.

the biggest issue in bayside is car thefts, if you live there, have a newer car you need secure offstreet parking or your car has a good chance of being stolen.
Rosedale has been in decline for years, the problems of jamaica, hollis, cambria heights have expanded eastward and now in additon to rosedale becoming a sketchy area, valley stream and the areas in nassau on the queens border are beginning to see the urban problems creeping into their areas

[Tom20349]

Where do you live seventhfloor I'm sure it's not anywhere near rosedale.
nice place yea right.

Originally Posted by SeventhFloor

rosedale is a decent neighborhood working class atmosphere. it is mostly black west indians living there. it used to be mostly white until the '80s, there's still some white people living in the back of rosedale near the long island border, and in the southern part of rosedale by craft avenue and 259th street. its really not a bad neighborhood in terms of crime, it has gotten worse over the years, but its still below average. the worst part of rosedale i would say is 243rd street, they call it "the town" because that's rosedale's main commercial strip and its only bad because a lot of kids hang out around there but thats what kids do. there are gang members (crips), but they're wannabe's, not anything hardcore.

so rosedale is a nice neighborhood, almost suburban in look and feel. the downside to rosedale is public transportation. you have to take a bus or dollar van to jamaica for the subway. of you may be luckier if you live close to the lirr, rosedale has an lirr stop. the other downside is that the southern part of rosedale is swamp land, so flooding is frequent especially in bad storms. so if u get a basement apartment in that area, you gotta be careful.

my 2 cents

[Dennis Brown]

Rosedale IS a nice neighborhood, of course the racist whites that used to live in the area would like to tell you otherwise but that's their true colors showing even after all these years. The truth is the elderly white people that remain in the neighborhood have less to fear from the 'wild black youths' than black people that used to get chased back to the other side of Brookville Park in the 70's/early 80's.

[SeventhFloor]

Originally Posted by Tom20349

Where do you live seventhfloor I'm sure it's not anywhere near rosedale.
nice place yea right.

i live 10 minutes away in far rockaway.

what is so bad about rosedale, may i ask?

[Don Rug]

Originally Posted by just wondering

I am relocating to New York, how is Rosedale Queens area? I saw an ad on Craigslist, but I'm not familiar with the area and would appreciate some feedback....anyone?

I would not move to rosedale, Queens, If you have kids, the schools, dont have a good reputation, its, congested and an old area, I grew up there in the 70's