How much does it cost to live in New York City?

[DarthSideous]

you can get a nice 1 bedroom in Staten Island for $650 in a real nice neighborhood, you can take the train to the ferry, and I think the ferry costs 50 cents on the return trip, also if you had a bad day or a good day for that matter, they serve beer on the ferry..

 

[Wah]

There are good apartment deals up in a part of Washington Heights (Manhattan). Most of it is really bad, but there is a part near the hudson (180's west) where a lot of jewish senior citizens, music students, and med students live (near Columbia Univ. Medical Ctr). It's a really nice area. My GF lives in a large 1 bedroom w/ full kitchen and bath for $1100. Its a block away from the subway (express to downtown).

If I had to, I'd rather live there than queens.

 

[psteng19]

i would say that the nicer areas of queens are flushing eastward. neighborhoods to consider:
bayside, whitestone, douglaston, astoria, jamaica estates, forest hills, flushing, rego park, in random order.

used to live in queens... felt safe enough to walk in those neighborhoods any time of day.

 

[bcterps]

Thanks for all the responses! I'm actually goin up to Queens this weekend so maybe I can get a feel for the place. I gotta print out this thread, cause I'm gonna forget all the places that everyone has mentioned.

--Ben