What are the price ranges for the apartments?? Which are safe areas and which areas one should look out for?? Do the buses get very crowded at times and can you get to most places effectively just by buses? Are the subways crowded often too??
2006-07-14 13:58:56 · 5 answers · asked by Raines 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New York City
The closer you are to Manhattan the more you will pay for an apartment. If you are willing to live further away, you can pay less. What's expensive....if you were to live in the heart of mid-town manhattan in a primo building, you could pay $5000 a month for a one-bedroom apartment...maybe more. If you live far out in Queens, Brooklyn or Staten Island, then a one bedroom apartment could be $1000.
What are the safe areas...you should be able to tell as soon as you are shown an apartment. Are the streets clean? Are the homes neat and tidy? Are there kids playing near by? Are shady characters lurking? These are all signs. Also, find out the police precient your apartment is in and then go to NYC.GOV. The sight give compartive crime statistics.
Most New Yorkers take the subway when available. Its very quick. In general, buses are used more often where no subway line is available. Some folks are "bus people" and will take the bus rather than the subway. Buses are also better suited for folks with limited mobility as most every bus is handicapped accessible.
Do subways and buses get crowded? Of course. The more popular routes into Manhattan, during rush hour are going to be very crowded. You can avoid the worst crowds by avoiding rush hours. Also, the Transportation Authority tends to do alot of subway maintence on the weekends...so subways can get crowded due to re-routings on the weekends.
2006-07-15 03:25:09 · answer #1 · answered by Stephen B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Queens is probably the best borough to live in. Around Kew Gardens a two bedroom will cost around $1500. It is near bus and subway transportation. It is ethnically diverse. Jamaica will cost you around $1300 but is not as safe a neighborhood. Forest Hills will cost upwards of $1700 for a 2 bedroom.
2006-07-15 05:24:24 · answer #2 · answered by jro660 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Places I would consider livable and affordable are:
Queens,
Harlem,
Washington Heights,
Jersey City,
Hoboken
2006-07-15 06:12:01 · answer #3 · answered by jack b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hate to tell you.but the good neighborhoods are exspensive to
live in. at least 800. 00 a month.
the bad areas at least 799.00 a month.
2006-07-14 14:03:30 · answer #4 · answered by filthymaddog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even at those cheap places, you can still get a better deal by negotiating. Do the "homework" yourself.
2006-07-25 06:38:01 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋