Do you need a car in Astoria Queens or Long Island City? (Murray: apartment, to rent)
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I work in LIC and I can tell you, parking is a major hassle. You have the E, M, G and the 7 trains. Matter of fact, 2 of my co-workers live in the area; one has a car and has to garage it (it's not cheap) and the other doesn't. If she needs a car she just rents one as needed.
I have a car and I only use it like once a month if I have to make a trip out of state. Don't get one if you live in Astoria or LIC, too much hassle and $$
NO. Q and N in Astoria, 7, E, M (goes to L.I.C and Astoria/Steinway, R (Goes to Steinway too), G (doesn't go into Manhattan but still there) in L.I.C. You have many options.
My 2 cents as some who just moved to Sunnyside Queens from the UES. If you can afford to live in Manhattan, do it! Even if you live right across the river in LIC, it's A) not Manhattan and often the 7 doesn't work on weekends and B) there is nothing like being in the city.
If you are going to be working around Grand Central either an apartment in Midtown, the UES, or possibly a bit lower (Murray Hill...) would be your best bet.
Also, I would recommend a top-floor and / or corner apartment if you can... also 1920's construction tends to be more soundproof than the stuff built in the 1940s. New construction is great because it has concrete floors.
it is nice to have a car if you have small kids so they can avoid the filthy and crowded subway while going to kids activities. otherwise, you are much better off for not having a car. the cost and hassel for keeping a car in nyc outweighs the benefit by a ton.
I'm in a different borough, and never expected to keep my older sedan when I moved to NYC. But, surprisingly, a parking spot came with this property on front lawn, so I didn't ditch the car as planned. It's rare, but not impossible, in boroughs to find low-rise neighborhoods with on-property parking like this, for "free" (built into the rent cost) or to rent from the landlord for less than a commercial lot.
Mostly I use the MTA subways and buses, so don't move the car all week. When I do, I'm grateful not to pay cabs for these kinds of activities:
- heavy grocery shopping every 2-3 weeks for staples
- rounding up shelves and bulky hardware (like curtain rods) to set up the new place
- saving delivery fees when buying ready-to-assemble retail furniture, or used Craigslist items
- driving to visit out-of-town to relatives in NYMetro area or cities in the Northeast for weddings and holiday weekends
- picking up the women in our household when they come home by subway after midnight (unnecessary in most of Astoria or LIC, I'd say).
If I had to cope with alternate street parking twice weekly, as is true on our block, I'd likely sell it. However, a built-in parking spot solved the worst part, namely reparking the car late-nights. So I kept it, very different than planned.
It'd be wiser economically to sell it, though.
Last edited by BrightRabbit; 10-29-2014 at 09:34 PM..
Owning a car would be more feasible in most of Astoria compared to most of LIC but it would be not be recommended for either neighborhood, especially if you're working by Grand Central.
it is nice to have a car if you have small kids so they can avoid the filthy and crowded subway while going to kids activities. otherwise, you are much better off for not having a car. the cost and hassel for keeping a car in nyc outweighs the benefit by a ton.
I've been taking the subway since I was little, and I loved it. It's part of the reason I'm studying to be a transportation engineer right now. It's a good way to teach kids important skills like how to read a map and using it to figure out how to get home, and kids love the different sounds (the clacking of the rails, the closing of the doors, even the screeching of the flanges to a certain extent)
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