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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…

by hollifer
08/27/2009

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!

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Comments

  2. I don’t know why you would bother with brokers in that price point. While there will be fewer apartments available in November than the summer, you will have less competition then too. Craigslist (obviously) will have most owner-leased apartments. As far as supers (and this is more from back in the day when friends would rent apartments in Washington Heights and Harlem by this method) – you ring the bell labelled “super” and ask if any apartments are available or about to be available. Pretty labor intensive, and the opposite of using a broker.

  3. thanks again! more very useful info. i may be renting the basement of my friend’s home in NJ for cheap for a couple of months. that will get me to NY and then i’m figuring that i can explore these neighborhoods to get a feel and it will give me more time, rather than scrambling from boston to find a place.

    forgive my naivite, but how do you approach supers? i know some buildings may have signs with a number, but i can’t think of how else you would do that.

    i would LOVE to buy in a few years. i do have a personal goal to do that. i hope there are some deals then.

  4. Sorry I don’t have a specific brokerage to recommend to you, but you might want to post this inquiry to the Lefferts group at yahoogroups.com. (That’s the online community group for Prospect Lefferts Gardens — or PLG, for short — which borders the southeast side of Prospect Park.) Frequently there are posts on the group regarding news of upcoming and/or currently available listings in the area. Also, some looking to move to the nabe often post there just to the kind of advice you’re seeking.

    IMO, PLG is one of the more “preferable” of what some would call one of the “not the most preferable areas.” (I beg to disagree!) It’s certainly close to the park. I would think you’d be able to find a nice studio or 1br in PLG within your price range.

  6. Kensington is right by the part as well and you will be able to find a 1 bedroom for 1,100 if you look around. I am with BHO on walking around and talking to supers. A couple of my friends found great apartment that way with no fees to brokers. When they signed a lease, they slipped $100 to the super.

  7. you also might want to think about queens. jackson heights is inexpensive and there’s lots of food and another amenities.

    Sunset park is a good option. crown heights @ franklin also seems like a pretty good option, but it’s still a little rough around the edges–good bars though.

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