Looking for cheap apartment (New York, Ridge: brokers, safe neighborhoods, kitchen cabinets)

[jersey_guy1]

I'm looking for a studio or one bedroom apartment in New York somewhere. I currently work in downtown Manhattan. Does anyone have any recommendations for someplace that is relatively close by subway but where I could find an apartment for around $1000 in New York? Right now Jersey City looks like pretty much the only option. I used to live in Williamsburg and Bushwick, but it seems like the one bedroom apartments there are way too expensive now.

I'm looking for someplace not super, super dangerous and I prefer someplace with decent nightlife if possible.

Thanks!

[Henna]

A friend recently got a $950 one bedroom in Sunnyside Queens, right near the 40th St. stop on the 7 train. Nice safe neighborhood with good restaurants and some bars, but she says her apartment has no light and there are roaches in her kitchen cabinets. She paid a 15% (of the yearly rent) brokers fee to get it only about 6 months ago but seems to already want to move.

Guess you get what you pay for.

I really can't think of any neighborhoods that fit your description, though there are certainly safe neighborhoods where you can get a basement "walk-in" apartment for $1000/month. Probably not going to be the most interesting neighborhood, though, and probably not going to have decent nightlife.

Some neighborhoods in Queens that might have apts in this range are Ridgewood, Corona, East Elmhurst. Further from the subway you could look in more residential neighborhoods such as Middle Village and Maspeth, but you will not necessarily have good subway access.

In Brooklyn you could try Prospect Lefferts Gardens but they may try to sell you on something that is not legitimately in that neighborhood and instead is in East Flatbush, etc.

[Henna]

Also, the Bronx may be your best bet. Someone else will have to help you with Bronx areas.

[bmwguydc]

I would suggest the Bronx, but parts that are decent might not have a big nightlife scene. Places like Parkchester (the complex, not the surrounding area), Kingsbridge (west of Broadway, above 231st), and Riverdale (250s on Broadway) would fit the bill, though in Kingsbridge and Riverdale, you might have to hunt to meet the budget, but it can be done for a 1BR.

I suggest the Broadway section of Riverdale as it's closest to the subway, with much of the rest of the area separated from the subway, but there is a bus that links with Spuyten Duyvil, Central Riverdale, and North Riverdale by Mount Saint Vincent. This is the 1 line, however, and it's not an express, so it can be a long trip to some points in Manhattan.

All of the areas, Parkchester, Kingsbridge, and Riverdale also have express bus service to Manhattan, the BxM routes, which can be good for returning late at night. There is some nightlife in all of these areas, don't get me wrong, but it's a quiet restaurant/pub scene for the most part, not the club scene and the like.

[Henna]

Also try this thread
//www.city-data.com/forum/new-y...-canal-st.html