From Boston to Brooklyn by 11/1
hello – i will be relocating from boston to brooklyn within the next 2 months. i’m familiar with various reputations near prospect park. i am on a tight budget so am looking for a studio under $1100. don’t laugh! i know this will require being in not the most preferable areas. can anyone tell me…
hello – i will be relocating from boston to brooklyn within the next 2 months.
i’m familiar with various reputations near prospect park. i am on a tight budget so am looking for a studio under $1100. don’t laugh!
i know this will require being in not the most preferable areas.
can anyone tell me what areas in bed-stuy are relatively safe? and anywhere else for someone on a low budget. i’ve heard that once ‘bad’ neighborhoods are not so treacherous–everywhere is becoming gentrified. i know finding a place on my budget will be tough, but am optimistic that i’ll find something i can live with, as a starter apt. i’m just trying to avoid a roommate situation. i’m in my 30s now and unless it’s through a friend, i’m not going there.
i know about realtor gimmicks, etc. boston is not that different, so can handle my own, even in NY.
any realtor recommendations?
thanks much!
Inwood/Wash Hts are good places to look in that price point (w/o roommates). But you’d be sacrificing amenities and nightlife. Whatever, everything in NYC is a trade off and you need to establish some basic priorities first. Sounds like this thread is helping you do that. Good luck! BoD
I have a friend, a 30-something single woman, who got a nice full one bedroom, windows in every room, just South of Columbus Circle in Midtown for $1600 a month. And it’s not a dump either. I would think a studio could be had there for $1100-1200.
i agree. i know a few people, but i will need to live in an area of people like me, especially being new to the area. i won’t be going out all the time, but at least when i first move there, i don’t want an expensive hike back to my place. i’m not rooming with someone unless they’re around my age and it’s through a friend. i had a roommate for years and it was fine, but i just don’t want to do that anymore. it was the same situation when i moved to boston–i’m not from here. bay ridge sounds great, but i’m thinking for down the line. i think it may be a little too far out. i would like to concentrate on that northwest corner, and just on the other side of the park. and, like suggested, there is inwood/wash hts/west harlem that i’m also looking into. my friend is from inwood, so i’m quite informed. that area has also become very gentrified. now is good time to be there. there are definitely rents under $1100.
^^ above 125th street
You can get a very very very small studio in Manhattan for 1100.
People are too used to thinking about what families need and want on this blog! Bay Ridge is okay for a single woman if you already have a large social network in NYC and/or won’t be going out at night much. But you being new to the city you should do all you can to live in a neighborhood with a greater concentration of singles and some kind of nightlife. Bay Ridge is desolate at night because it’s so family oriented. Even by 8-9pm everybody is at home there. You should consider looking at ads from similarly 30-something single people looking for a roomate to share an apartment. Even if you only stay a year or so it gives you a new friend and a way to meet more people. Also, don’t dismiss how long it takes to get to and from Manhattan when you’re new to town and single and are going to be going out at night. When I was new to NYC and rented in Bay Ridge, late at night I would take a cab home the subway was so scarce and slow at night. Cabs to Bay Ridge from Manhattan become pricey if you’re doing it at least once a week.
bkoriginal, wasn’t born here but lived in Kensington for 18 years. That should make it enough to judge don’t you think? Again truly pathetic statements. What was BEFORE doesn’t concern the OP. What is it NOW does. 20 years ago you wouldn’t step foot in the village or LES in Manhattan cause it was full of drugs and prostitution and look what it is now.
I am done with you and your idiocy.
italiana, hmmmm. I am still trying to find a drinking spot in BR with some hipster content. any suggestions? thx!
Bay Ridge is not over run with hipsters but these times they are a changin. There was a march up 4th ave to Congressman McMahon’s office in support of health care reform. And it was a hipster march indeed.
But what I like about Bay Ridge is that there is a little bit of everyone and everything here. I laugh at friend of mine who said she was leaving Park Slope because she was sick of looking at people who looked like just like her. I still think PS is a great nabe but you know different strokes for different folks.
So make sure you check out a few nabes to see where you would like to be. But I bet no matter which one you choose you will be happy. Every brooklyn neighborhood has something to offer.