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My family is moving to New York for schooling reasons. We are considering Upper Westside or Brooklyn. We have been all over Upper Westside and like it for its intersting shops and reataurants, Linoln Center, Columbus Circle, etc. But do not know much about Brooklyn. Any advice would be much appreciated.- High School (public and private), condos that are under $900,000 - $1M, 3 bdrms. Safety is a concern as is access to shops, grocery stores and subway. We are from LA so this will be a lifestyleshift for us but looking forwad to living without a car.Thanks in advance.
Nice to see an Angelino prepared for the culture shock. NY and LA are two totally different breed of animals.
Upper West Side in Manhattan looks like the best bet for you (seeing as how you've been there before). Three subway lines, tons of shopping on Broadway. Broadway does tend to get a bit noisy since that where the majority of traffic (pedestrian and car) is in the UWS.
Being able to afford $1M property, if you're interested in Brooklyn, I suggest you could look into either Brooklyn Heights or Park Slope, both have very good access to transportation and regular everyday amenities. Park Slope is much further into Brooklyn than the Heights so it'll be a longer commute to Manhattan from there.
Park Slope is much further into Brooklyn than the Heights so it'll be a longer commute to Manhattan from there.
That depends where in Park Slope. If you're closer to the Q train on 7th Ave, then you can actually get to Chinatown, Union/Herald/Times Square faster than any of the lines in Brooklyn Heights, without transfers.
If being as close to Manhattan as possible isn't your highest priority, why stop at Park Slope? Ditmas Park, Midwood, Sheepshead Bay--wonderful neighborhoods all. And you probably won't even feel like you're in New York City. Brooklyn is a lot more than the neighborhoods currently being infested by yuppies.
Yeah, that was a good suggestion. I also heard good things about Midwood's high school. Read somewhere that they once topped the Intel STS for number of semifinalists in one year, beating out Stuyvesant and Bronx Science. That area has a great stock of real houses too... you're $1m can go pretty far there. And why not also consider Riverdale in the Bronx? You can get a really nice place for $1m too, with great schools around (they are private ones, though).
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