New City (Haverstraw, Nanuet, Pearl River: low crime, house prices, transfer)

[comparetto5]

Hi, I saw the post regarding New City. Can anyone else give me any feedback on this area in rockland County NY. Is the communte into Wall St really less than 30 min by train? It seems like house prices are very afforadable meaning less than 650k will get you a nice house. What are taxes like?

Is it family friendly, low crime, lots of kids etc. We had really begun to focus on NJ but should I take another look at this area? It seems too good to be true. Less than 30 min to Wall st, a house w/land all for 600K?

Someone please give me the straight scoop?
MAC

[tiredofNY]

I live in Nanuet
That is a town close to new city. From what I heard of it. the schools are nice and people too, I'm not sure about the commute. My husband used to take the bus to the city in 45 minutes/ Schools are great. Nanuet is really good too. and the schools are great
vicky

[SuburbanDweller]

Originally Posted by comparetto5

Hi, I saw the post regarding New City. Can anyone else give me any feedback on this area in rockland County NY. Is the communte into Wall St really less than 30 min by train? It seems like house prices are very afforadable meaning less than 650k will get you a nice house. What are taxes like?

Is it family friendly, low crime, lots of kids etc. We had really begun to focus on NJ but should I take another look at this area? It seems too good to be true. Less than 30 min to Wall st, a house w/land all for 600K?

Someone please give me the straight scoop?
MAC

Hi there.
I live in New City. It's a very family-minded area. A huge NYC commuter town.

I hate to break the news, but the commute to Wall Street is NOT 30 minutes. It'd probably be more like an hour by train (either going across to Tarrytown to catch Metro North to Grand Central and taking either another subway or bus down to Wall Street or you could go to Nanuet/Pearl River and catch the train, transfer at the PATH) Buses to Port Authority are about the same time (and you'd have to catch another train to Wall Street).

At $650,000 you are looking at a nice, average home in New City not with a ton of property. Not in a new development. Probably a ranch. Our taxes are over $10,000 a year, not including school taxes.

Clarkstown Schools are always among the best in the state and the crime rate quite low. Clarkstown (New City is within the town of Clarkstown) was rated the 2nd safest town in the nation last year.

I hope that helps a bit.

[tarrat]

New City to Wall St - one and a half hours on public transport. Anyone telling you less is lying to you. Can do it in less of course if you drive. Maybe an hour to downtown, pre parking. Or maybe you can make it to "the city" in shorter frames. But no , you are not going to make it down to Wall St in less than 90 minutes as a rule on NC buses or trans out of SV/Nan. (you may, slightly, beat that number every now and then , but trust me , you will plan on 90 minutes+).
Whomever told you 30 minutes has never , ever , been to New City & certainly never commuted to the financial district.

[grassroots]

Originally Posted by tarrat

New City to Wall St - one and a half hours on public transport. Anyone telling you less is lying to you. Can do it in less of course if you drive. Maybe an hour to downtown, pre parking. Or maybe you can make it to "the city" in shorter frames. But no , you are not going to make it down to Wall St in less than 90 minutes as a rule on NC buses or trans out of SV/Nan. (you may, slightly, beat that number every now and then , but trust me , you will plan on 90 minutes+).
Whomever told you 30 minutes has never , ever , been to New City & certainly never commuted to the financial district.

been there, done that, agree 100%. Wall St. is a 1.5 hour commute from Rockland

[cpiseco]

1.5 hour commute sounds about right. I used to drive down from Haverstraw to Weehawken, NJ to take the NY Waterway ferry over to the WTC and then walk to Wall Street. That's a little hard on the wallet, however.
Another alternative is to drive into Nanuet or Pearl River and take the NJ Railroad down to Hoboken, to the PATH train over to the WTC (little over an hour, cheaper) and walk over...or take a cab during the colder months.