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I'd suggest a roommate situation in Brooklyn to get you started. It sounds like you might afford your own room, opposed to a share situation. Anywhere near Prospect Park is good neighborhoods, and Bushwick is another up and coming for some time now. If you are worried about dangerous and insane people don't move to New York City.
I'd suggest a roommate situation in Brooklyn to get you started. It sounds like you might afford your own room, opposed to a share situation. Anywhere near Prospect Park is good neighborhoods, and Bushwick is another up and coming for some time now. If you are worried about dangerous and insane people don't move to New York City.
How Bushwick and Prospect park are in the same sentence of your statement is beyond me... and it shows the little you know of NYC... Why don't you compare UWS to Harlem? both have experienced gentrification and revitalization in the last 20 years...
well i am still looking and going to stay in a hostel i think for 4 nights while i figure out where i am going to live
i was looking at this furnished apartment share called bedford place for 1000 a month but did some research on the Myrtle/Bedford area (Bed Stuy) and think i am going to steer clear (//www.facebook.com/pages/Bedfor...15198168506909)
i am going to try to find something decent in washington heights near broadway 150st + and broadway
i was considering astoria, but was reading on these forums that people preferred washington heights because of the parks and "greenery"
also i dont really want to switch trains on the way to work everyday...
there are plenty of studios in washington heights/inwood for 1000 now its just about finding a good block...
What do you guys think of Washington Heights vs. Astoria? what are your opinions?...What are the trade offs in lifestyle...The commutes are roughly the same 40-50 minutes...
my main source of finding good apartment deals has been hotpads.com and craigslist
NY Times doesnt really list a lot of studios for 1000 bucks because there isnt many i guess or maybe the agent isnt going to waste time to post it
Astoria's a far better choice... Wash Heights has had an increase in violent crime this year and while a few transplants have made the neighborhood home in recent years and feel relatively safe, they still complain about the QOL over there...
If it's that far down in Manhattan then your commute is definitely going to be a lot closer from Brooklyn than Harlem. There are a lot of safe, lower-priced neighborhoods in Brooklyn. harlem and Washington Heights are bad news in many parts. I agree with the other posters, Ditmas Park, Bensonhurst, Sunset Park are all safe neighborhoods with good prices. Also check out St. George in Staten Island, near the ferry terminal. The ferry is free, takes about 25 minutes, and lets off right near where you'd be working.
Also check out St. George in Staten Island, near the ferry terminal. The ferry is free, takes about 25 minutes, and lets off right near where you'd be working.
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i heard staten island is horrible to get around without a car - yea the ride to manhattan is 20 minutes by ferry probably 30-40 minutes including walking and getting to my desk at work
however to go anywhere or go to different boroughs would be bad (if you miss the ferry in after hours)
i am not saying that bay ridge is that much better considering you have to switch between the N express and R - and considering the N express turns local after 11PM i am a little bit stumped - but i wont be out every night past 11PM anyways probably on the weekends
i hear bay ridge off 3rd avenue is nice and there is a lot of diversity by the 2010 consensus 16% italians 16% greeks 10% arabs...
i am half mexican half jordanian and kind of like the mix honestly...I heard sunset park has more asian population now this agent in bay ridge who is palestinian told me that sunset park seems like 70% asian 30% hispanic...
i am priced into some areas in sunnyside but at this point there is a lot available (studios) in bay ridge at 1000 bucks and my agent told me some 1 bedrooms if i get lucky...
so i am looking at a bad commute after hours(11PM) possibly like 1.5 hrs to get home which really sucks
1 hour to work to get at my desk maybe shorter on good days
in trade for a horrible commute i get a decent apartment, safety, and close access to a subway - since i work right off state street i will be in lower manhattan and can just hit things up after work (is what i am thinking...)
if bay ridge had a ferry stop this would be a no-brainer i think...i am going to actually go look around in washington heights to see what is up i had several agents tell me that they have never heard of people having too much problems there...if i could get at 145th and broadway/covenant the commute would be better after hours and about the same during work days
the benefit from living in the heights is i could take the A train to work and it wouldn't be a horrible commute afterhours like it is in bay ridge...
crime map pdf in 2007 - here is a good comparison with the crime
i heard staten island is horrible to get around without a car - yea the ride to manhattan is 20 minutes by ferry probably 30-40 minutes including walking and getting to my desk at work
however to go anywhere or go to different boroughs would be bad (if you miss the ferry in after hours)
i am not saying that bay ridge is that much better considering you have to switch between the N express and R - and considering the N express turns local after 11PM i am a little bit stumped - but i wont be out every night past 11PM anyways probably on the weekends
i hear bay ridge off 3rd avenue is nice and there is a lot of diversity by the 2010 consensus 16% italians 16% greeks 10% arabs...
i am half mexican half jordanian and kind of like the mix honestly...I heard sunset park has more asian population now this agent in bay ridge who is palestinian told me that sunset park seems like 70% asian 30% hispanic...
i am priced into some areas in sunnyside but at this point there is a lot available (studios) in bay ridge at 1000 bucks and my agent told me some 1 bedrooms if i get lucky...
so i am looking at a bad commute after hours(11PM) possibly like 1.5 hrs to get home which really sucks
1 hour to work to get at my desk maybe shorter on good days
in trade for a horrible commute i get a decent apartment, safety, and close access to a subway - since i work right off state street i will be in lower manhattan and can just hit things up after work (is what i am thinking...)
if bay ridge had a ferry stop this would be a no-brainer i think...i am going to actually go look around in washington heights to see what is up i had several agents tell me that they have never heard of people having too much problems there...if i could get at 145th and broadway/covenant the commute would be better after hours and about the same during work days
the benefit from living in the heights is i could take the A train to work and it wouldn't be a horrible commute afterhours like it is in bay ridge...
crime map pdf in 2007 - here is a good comparison with the crime
everybody on this forum says bay ridge is safer but if you look at the crimes in 2007 on this map it would appear statistically near the same???
The thing about St. George is that it is the hub of the SI transit system, so you can get from there to virtually any neighborhood on SI. The problem is that some routes don't run too frequently.
As for Bay Ridge, the trains don't connect too well, but it's better than St. George in the sense that, if you miss the (R), it shouldn't be more than 10-15 minutes for another one (at night, the (R) runs as a shuttle, and I think it's timed with the (N), so it shouldn't be a problem)
Sunset Park is the opposite of what you described: 70% Hispanic and 30% Asian (with a few Whites mixed in there as well). The areas to the east are where the Asians are. The area east of say, 7th Avenue is where there's more Asians.
Commute-wise, it's better because it's right on the (N), so you don't have to transfer.
Agents will tell you any place is nice if they think you might take the apartment.
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