A quiet neighborhood to live (New York, Cortland: house, school district, place to live)

[chesterr]

[SIZE=3]I'll be moving to NY in couple of months time. I'm looking for a place to live and:[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3]i) I would like a quiet neighborhood. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]ii) I'm willing to pay about 1500-1700 for a studio/1bd.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]iii) 30min-45min commute to Manhattan[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]iv) Park/trail nearby where I could go for jogging.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3] [/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Any suggestions please?[/SIZE]

[ckhthankgod]

Post this in the Westchester or Long Island forums.

[Miranda Sebastian]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

Post this in the Westchester or Long Island forums.

STATEN ISLAND has a multitude of areas that are very quiet.

[Walter Greenspan]

chesterr, I concur with ckhthankgod's suggestion, "Post this in the Westchester or Long Island forums."

Now, in case you are unfamiliar with the local geography:

What people refer to colloquially as "towns" are actually villages and hamlets, which are within actual towns; and, because villages and hamlets are referred to as "towns", then, many times, the error is compounded when actual towns are referred to as "townships".

Also, many colloquially refer to a "downtown business district" in a hamlet as a "village".

NYS Geographic Glossary may be of some help to you in understanding the geography of "Noo Yawk".


You can get a fact sheet for any city, village or hamlet in New York by going here American FactFinder and input the name of the city, village or hamlet for "city/town" (leave out the ZIP Code) and New York for "State", and then click "GO".

You'll get a lot of demographic, and some economic, statistics for the city, village or hamlet you selected, and if you click on "Reference map" (it's on the right hand side), you'll get a map.


When you do find a house that you like, you can find out in which community (city, village or CDP) that house is actually located, which is oftentimes different from the community named in that house's mailing address, by using the Census Bureau's online address search function. (CDP or Census Designated Place is the Census Bureau equivalent for a hamlet in "Noo Yawk".)

And, very importantly, among other things, the Census Bureau's online address search function also indicates in which school district an address is located.

[LoveAlbuquerque]

I don't believe that there is a quiet area near New York city that's also within 30-45 minutes commute to Manhattan.

New York city and its adjacent areas are noisy, period. Some people like that energy. Some people don't.

Long Island is nice. However, it'll be longer commute. WestChester is nice but it'll be much longer commute.

[kemcnyc]

[SIZE=3]I'll be moving to NY in couple of months time. I'm looking for a place to live and:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3] [/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]i) I would like a quiet neighborhood. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]ii) I'm willing to pay about 1500-1700 for a studio/1bd.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]iii) 30min-45min commute to Manhattan[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]iv) Park/trail nearby where I could go for jogging.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3] [/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Any suggestions please?[/SIZE]

You just described Hudson Heights (A sub section of Washington Heights).

[kemcnyc]

I should clarify:

Hudson Heights is quiet.
1 BR in that price range, no problem.
30 minutes to Midtown on the A train. BAM!
Ft Tryon Park is beautiful, but not really great for running. Riverside Park (not sure that is the right name) is GREAT for running. You can run right along the Hudson.

[kemcnyc]

I don't believe that there is a quiet area near New York city that's also within 30-45 minutes commute to Manhattan.

This is simply not true.

[bmwguydc]

Riverdale would also fit the bill, though you'd have to jog in Van Cortlandt Park, but there's a running club that meets there too.

[movingwiththewind]

Check Hudson Heights in Northern Manhattan.