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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Moving to NY
Hey ladies, my husband just accepted a job in Midtown so we'll be moving from DC in the next couple of weeks. This was completely unexpected and we're totally unprepared.
Do you have any recommendations on local apartment finding sites or sites that accurately describe the different neighborhoods? He wants to live by the 4, 5, 6 or 7 trains for an easy commute. I am so overwhelmed.
Thanks for any help you can offer!
Re: Moving to NY
i'll be switching places with you next year - we're moving to DC in the spring.
i've never had any luck finding an apartment without a realtor. i usually start with craigslist and go from there.?
i think you need to decide what is most important to you - for example, being in manhattan means minimal space and very high rent but if you are willing to look in queens and brooklyn, you'll have more space, more reasonable rent, and still be within easy commuting distance. in queens - both long island city and sunnyside are good neighborhoods that are convenient to the 7 train.
i've lived in astoria and forest hills (queens) and like both neighborhoods. fo hi is further out and a more couple-y/family filled area. i love it now but wouldn't have loved it when i moved here as a single 23 year old. astoria isn't as charming but does have a lot going on and is closer to manhattan.
HTH!?
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As you can see not a lot of people use the NY baby board. You can try the NY baord on the nest, I think there are a lot more people on there.
To give you some advice since I have lives in NYC for awhile now and in a few different areas. We both work in Midtown and take the wonderful 6 train to work every day
We live on the UES on East 95th and LOVE IT! The neighborhood is great, lots of cute little places to eat and good shopping on 86th (Gap, Stride rite, Banana, B&N, Best Buy, Pier 1...). The higher you go up, the cheaper it usually is. Also there are a TON of high rises and they are cutting rates to get people in the units (we got a year free gym in our building). With that said we also lived on East 60th. We had a great place (walk-0up so kinda hard with a baby) but the traffic in the area was horrible because we were off the bridge and it was SO touristy! We were a few blocks from the entrance to Central Park, across the street from Serendipty & 1/2 block from Bloomies. Tons of people who had no idea where they were going all the time! WE also lived in the Mid 30s and loved it before we had our daughter. It is pretty young, lots of bars and good places to eat. The most expensive of the choices. WE got a lot more in the UES for our $
Assuming you have a baby since you are on the baby boards, the UES I think is your best choice. There are so many great parks and activities. WE spend most of the weekend in either Carl Schultz Park (Beautiful park! Starts on 84th & York and goes up till maybe 92nd?). There is a HUGE playground in there and all pretty new. We are also only a few blocks from Central Park which also has a huge playgroun on 96th, then there is the Great Lawn to hang out on during the summers as well
Just wrote a novel but it is a BIG decision because you want to be happy where you live. We found all our places on craigslist and never paid a broker fee (can definitely find no fee during these times)
feel free to email me if you have any other questions
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I may be totally off here...but I thought this was the nest board...at least that what it says at the top of my screen...?
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that's what I thought, but I didn't see it there.
Thanks for all of the advice! We have friends in LIC but I haven't been in other parts of Queens so I'll check it out. The area we're in now is very vibrant with great nightlife and minimal space (not quite NY minimal) for maximum cost, and we're trying to decide if we want to continue in a similar place or grow up and move somewhere quieter.
We don't have kids and don't plan to for at least a few years. I thought I was on the Nest but haven't really played on here since it switched me from the knot, so I could be confused.
Cheeky, if you need any advice on DC, let me know. I've been here since 2001 and absolutely love it. We weren't planning to leave but my husband's dream job was offered to him out of the blue on Friday.
I'm pretty new to the city too, so I don't have any great advice! We did love our broker (which suprised me, because I heard horror stories of bad brokers). We used Kim from Cooper and Cooper (they focus on Manhattan, pretty much, I think).
We moved from Boston and live in Greenwich Village. I LOVE being in a vibrant neighborhood! I am not super young (29), but having never lived in NYC, I am loving it. There is definitely a sacrifice of space, but being new to the city it is awesome to be in the heart of things. If we end up staying here for more than a couple of years I'd certainly consider moving somewhere with more space for the money, but for right now we love it. If you want to stay in Manhattan on the 4/5/6, the parts of Greenwich and the East Village are great, as well as the UES as PP mentioned.
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Ditto this. If space is an issue, Manhattan may not be the best place for you, but obviously it's a fun place to live for a lot of people!
I'm partial to Queens because I was born there and lived in Sunnyside the first few years of my life, with my grandparents remaining there so we were visiting them a lot. It's a great neighborhood and they were right near the 7 train, one of the first few stops into Queens. That would be a very easy commute and you could still take advantage of Manhattan nightlife because you'll still be super close to the city.
One additional possibility is the eastern Bronx since you mentioned you want to be near the 4, 5, or 6 train. The parts where the 6 train goes into the Bronx are pretty nice, like the Pelham Bay area. Cost of living is most likely cheaper than even Queens and you can probably afford a lot of space there. It's just not as close to the city but Pelham Bay is a cute area with everything you need, and not an insanely long commute either. Just another option.
<a href="http://www.thenest.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=HTML&utm_campaign=tickers" title="Home DI agree with everything Cheeky said. I lived in Sunnyside for 6-7 years and have been living in Forest Hills for a year. Love these outer borough neighborhoods.
I worked in the Bronx for several years and feel like it's a longer commute into Manhattan. From Sunnyside, it's 20-30 min door-to-door to midtown. From Forest Hills, it's 30-40. From the Bronx, however, it can take upwards of an hour depending on the time of day. Plus you have to pay attention to the time in the evening because the express trains stop running kind of early to the Bronx.