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I live in Manhattan currently and I'm going broke. I want to live in Westchester and commute to where I work in a lab (at city college) on Metro North (Take the hudson line to Marble Hill then change to the 1 train).
I was thinking of living in Yonkers. Is the "near the train station" area of Yonkers safe/is it laid out well for walking? Or Ludlow? Or pretty much any other town (ones with apartments near the train)?
Are the train station-vicinity areas expensive enough that I may as well stay in Manhattan?
If you would like the benefits of living in Yonkers while being walkable to train, look in the area of the Crestwood metro north station NOT the Yonkers station. The Crestwood neighborhood is in Yonkers, is residential and very safe to walk around at all hours. That train station is also walkable from TuchHoe and Eastchrster. The Yonkers station is not in a residential area (except for some apartments on the water). If you prefer the Hudson line id look further up ... Hastings on hudson and north.
If you aren't worried about schools, definitely consider the Bronx.
The North East Bronx is safe and has plenty of subway/express bus lines
Pelham Bay, Pelham Gardens, and Country Club are good places to start
I live in Manhattan currently and I'm going broke. I want to live in Westchester and commute to where I work in a lab (at city college) on Metro North (Take the hudson line to Marble Hill then change to the 1 train).
I was thinking of living in Yonkers. Is the "near the train station" area of Yonkers safe/is it laid out well for walking? Or Ludlow? Or pretty much any other town (ones with apartments near the train)?
Are the train station-vicinity areas expensive enough that I may as well stay in Manhattan?
The whole point is to easily get to CCNY, which is why I want to be by the hudson line or 1 train. The AC and BD are kind of close, but the 1 would be a lit better. If I was in the northeastern bronx it would be a real hassle. I woukd have to live in riverdale or something.
It's a shame that Yonkers along the Hudson Line isn't a better option for walk-to-train commuters. This might change some day if they're smart about redevelopment, but right now none of the train-adjacent areas are both safe and walkable. Partly this is because of the topography (Yonkers is STEEP, which limits walkability), partly it's how the areas are developed. Greystone is the nicest and safest of the Hudson Line stations, but there are literally no businesses there (not even a bodega or pizzeria), so you have to use a car for shopping and entertainment.
All of the river towns past Yonkers are safe and walkable, but the rental market is tight enough that you probably won't save that much money -- "walkable with Westchester schools" is a hot combination right now. Maybe in Ossining or Peekskill, but by that point what you save in rent might be balanced out by the cost of the Metro-North ticket. And since you need a Hudson Line train, that rules out a lot of places, like northeast Yonkers, New Roc and Port Chester, that would otherwise be options.
Like other posters have said, the best option for your particular situation is to look in the Bronx. It's not like Kingsbridge/Riverdale is a bad place to live, and if you're willing to take a bus to the train, that would open up a lot of additional options -- you could live in Pelham Bay or Morris Park, take the Bx12 select bus and transfer to the 1 in Washington Heights.
I'd be happy to take the bus to the train if it meant I was living in the nice (up the hill) part of riverdale, but I probably couldnt afford it. If it was somewhere like kingsbridge or morrisania, I would be less willing to do it
Edit: I think I mixed up kingsbridge with highbridge, oops
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