House Hunting (New York, Hempstead, Union: houses, neighbourhoods, school district)

[Looking10]

We are looking to move to Long Island our price range for houses is around $350k. Can someone suggest areas with a good school district and where the commute to city wont be that terrible. Thanks.

[Jdawg8181]

Levittown, East Meadow, Bellmore, Valley Stream, Massapequa

[Looking10]

Originally Posted by Jdawg8181

Levittown, East Meadow, Bellmore, Valley Stream, Massapequa

Thanks!

[rocafeller05]

Wouldnt homes for $350K in EM, Bellmore & Massapequa need alot of work? You could be right though...havent looked at prices in that area in a while.

Originally Posted by Jdawg8181

Levittown, East Meadow, Bellmore, Valley Stream, Massapequa

[Jdawg8181]

Originally Posted by rocafeller05

Wouldnt homes for $350K in EM, Bellmore & Massapequa need alot of work? You could be right though...havent looked at prices in that area in a while.

Yeah I mean you're not going to get a perfect beautiful house for that price...but those neighbourhoods are better, than for example, getting a perfect house in a place like Hempstead or Uniondale. Also probably could find something nice in Suffolk but OP said he/she wanted something that isn't too far from the city.

I just went looking with a friend of mine last weekend and we looked in those areas. His budget is comparable to OP's. The houses were decent.

[rocafeller05]

^^ Good to hear you can get in those towns for $350K with a decent house. I remember when its was $425 to get into a dump.

[Chrisk327]

I wouldn't say decent..... it will get you a house....

most likely in need of a lot of "updating," or a less desireable location, or pretty small in good condition.

[Walter Greenspan]

Looking10, 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".

//www.city-data.com/forum/new-y...-glossary.html and //www.city-data.com/forum/long-...-resource.html may be of some help to you in understanding the geography of "Lawn Guyland".

//www.city-data.com/forum/long-...you-think.html may help you understand the great geographic confusions caused by non-conforming ZIP Code postal zones.


You can get a fact sheet for any city, village or hamlet on Long Island 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 Nassau and Suffolk Counties.)

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

[DawnSells]

Originally Posted by Looking10

We are looking to move to Long Island our price range for houses is around $350k. Can someone suggest areas with a good school district and where the commute to city wont be that terrible. Thanks.

TRy East Rockaway, Lynbrook or Oceanside.