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September 28, 2006
Brooklyn is a possibility?
My fiancee and I are moving from California to New York for work mid-next year. We would like to buy a 2+ bedroom, 1.5+ bath place with good access to downtown and midtown Manhattan when we get there. We are not quite sure where/how to start with the search in NY right now. Any suggestions pls?
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first off, what's your price range? Once you have that down you'll be able to determine which neighborhoods you can afford. Then of the ones you can afford you can determine which you like best and start looking.
Posted by: Anonymous at September 29, 2006 9:56 AM
you might want to rent for a little while until you explore a bit and figure out what you like/dislike about each neighborhood. try craig's list.
Posted by: Anonymous at September 29, 2006 9:57 AM
Just make sure you get a place where you can get right on an express train without transfer, if you want to have a shorter ride to midtown. For example in Park Slope try to be close to both the 2/3 and the Q. The R is a nightmare, it's such a long wait, and so is the F.
Posted by: Anonymous at September 30, 2006 6:15 PM
DO NOT buy right away. Rent and wait to see what prices do over the next 2 to 5 years (unlikely to go up - especially apartments), after which time you may or may not want to anchor down - NYC aint for everybody. Rent (prepare for broker's fee of one month's rent or more - not easy to avoid) in one of your target areas once you've defined them. Keep reading this blog and it's "BLOGS/EDITORIAL" links. Get a map and mark it up.
Do look at historic Brooklyn between Prospect Park and downtown - Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Park Slope, Boerum Hill, Caroll Gardens, Brooklyn Heights (most expensive), and others. The commute from Brooklyn is pretty good even if you don't live near express trains. Clinton Hill is probably the most parking-frindly of the nabes mentioned. BEWARE of lying brokers who intentionally misdefine neighborhoods to unsuspecting out-of-towners - study historic district maps at http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/html/maps/historic_district.shtml.
Cheaper prospects convenient to Midtown also abound in certain parts of Queens (i.e. Astoria, Woodside, Sunny Side, Jackson Heights). But Queens is kinda quiet and boring in my opinion.
Posted by: Anonymous at October 2, 2006 4:34 PM
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