The Absolute Cheapest Place (New York, Harrison: apartment, for rent, crime)

[CrazyJerzyKidUNO]

I live in NJ and am contemplating on moving to Newark but im a little hesitant dont know if New Yorkers know the deal with Newark NJ. Ide rather live in the boroughs i know the City is too expensive but i hear parts of Harlem or still cheap or maybe by the Bowery but I would still live in brooklyn, queens, or The Bronx. I need to know what is the cheapest area. Rent: Studio 1,000-1,300.

[Manhattan-ite]

Crazy,

Your question is not clear for us to answer it: are you moving to Newark as you say first, or to New York City, as you imply later?

If it's New York, for 1,000-1,300 a general rule is that you could share an apartment in the classic Manhattan (Midtown, Downtown) or find cheap studios in Upper Manhattan (Inwood, Washington Heights, most of Harlem).

[baby_firefly]

Originally Posted by CrazyJerzyKidUNO

I live in NJ and am contemplating on moving to Newark but im a little hesitant dont know if New Yorkers know the deal with Newark NJ. Ide rather live in the boroughs i know the City is too expensive but i hear parts of Harlem or still cheap or maybe by the Bowery but I would still live in brooklyn, queens, or The Bronx. I need to know what is the cheapest area. Rent: Studio 1,000-1,300.

wow you being from nj you should know that newark is really bad
i dont know much about the other bouroughs except manhattan and the bronx which i have lived in all my life
for the bronx i would reccomend riverdale anywhere on the 1 train line(231 street to 242nd )or anywhere on the 10 bus line

[samyn on the green]

I rented a basement studio in Morris Park the Bronx for $650 in 2002-2003. Was one block from the 5 express train. Cheap can be done if you know where to look and have the right connections.

[mead]

Yeah look into areas like Morris Park in the Bronx. In NJ you should consider towns like Harrison, Bayonne, and Jersey City (journal square) for studios or 1br for $1,000. All of these areas have pretty good mass transit options to take you into the city.

[Rachael84]

is Inwood and Washington Heights a bad area to live in?

[NYMTman]

I wouldn't suggest moving to those neighborhoods, no.

[yodel]

Inwood is a great neighborhood (particularly west of Broadway and close to Inwood Hill Park. It's very green and hilly-not at all dangerous. We lived there for 5 years and moved to the Bronx to buy a house--a couple of blocks from Mosholu Parkway in the Bedford Park area. It looks a lot like Inwood. The Bronx has a bad reputation, but we've had no problems and crime continues to fall. Here you can rent a one bedroom for about 900/month, 2 br for about 1200.

[Riv]

Samyn,

Was that a basement studio oin Morris Park or a cellar studio? I rented a cellar 1 bedroom in Boro Park Brooklyn for $750. Air quality was terrible, windows didn't open or opened on untamed grass, mud, wet (from upstairs leaking airconditioner) concrete.

The landlord (or his wife) made the place look like a beautiful apartment (without good ventilation and actual window size/view of outside from inside/windows being locked) were hidden by thick blinds when I first saw the place.........but a pig dressed up is still a pig.

A basement isn't worth renting no matter how cheap the rent is and a converted cellar apartment is even worse.

[SobroGuy]

Bar none it is in the Bronx...and you can find a place that is still close to the city too. Check craigslist...I think I saw a renovated studio for rent for $750 just today.