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Here's our situation....
My husband has been looking all over the country for a new position in his highly specialized field. In this job hunt we try to consider the position and quality of life of the city equally. One has come up in NYC....but the housing situation has us concerned.
I am a full time student and will be in grad school the next 4 years. Our daughter is 12 yrs old, but goes to private schools and its not a problem for her to continue to...unless we move somewhere with a remarkable school system.
His position is at Weill/Cornell Univ. School of Medicine-Manhattan I think.
Anywhere to live within 30 minutes of there for under 600K? Thats not 1000 sq feet- seriously it seems everything we see is that small with 1 bathroom and I don't think we can share a bathroom with a preteen girl. Is our only option Jersey and how far is the commute? My first reaction was sure lets move there and buy a nice townhouse/brownstone- yeah right- that seems to not be an option!
Thanks in advance...
Jackson Heights, Queens has 2 bedroom/2 baths going for around $400K - 600K. Here's a 3 bedroom 2 bath for 595K, 1250 sq feet, $600 maintenance (it's a coop so this includes real estate taxes) http://mpcproperties.com/listings/property.php?action=property&property_id=94 (broken link)
Commute to midtown is about 20 minutes. Assuming Weill cornell is by the river, you will have to add commute time to get that far east from where the subways stop on Lexington Ave.
You could try Forest hills Queens as well. Just go to the real estate section of nytimes.com and type in your search parameters.
Queens is an option for you, but check the schools carefully. Other than living there, 30 minutes doesn't really seems practical or possible with the budget you're looking at. And I'm sure you realize that academic medicine pays very little. They expect you to live on the fact that he's going to be working at Cornell (I know, because I worked there).
It's not that much cheaper than Manhattan, unless you manage to get into a rent-stabilized apartment (after spending years on waiting list). A 2-bed 2-bath at Octagon is currently available for $3200. Last time I checked, 2-bedroom condos for sale were ~800K.
For a start, getting a child into private schools in NYC is something that's usually done 8-12 months in advance. There are IRBs to take, interviews, applications, etc. And there aren't private schools on Roosevelt Island.
oh, didn't know about the applications. But if that weren't an issue, why couldn't the child go to private school in Manhattan if he/she lived on Roosevelt Island?
I know a teenage relative who goes to Hunter (which is not a private school but sort of acts like one) says he knows classmates who have a 3-hour RT commute to school. I imagine these are the ones who live on Staten Island.
Are you saying that to go to private school the family must live in Manhattan?
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