What is a good half-way point between Morningside Heights in Manhattan and Hempstead in Long Island?

Question

I will be starting graduate school in the fall as will my fiance, soon to be husband. He will be attending Manhattan School of Music in Morningside Heights and I will be attending Hofstra University in Hempstead. We need a good half-way point to live so that neither one of us has to commute too much. We won't have a lot of money and were looking into living in Queens. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Essentially, Jamaica, Queens would be the best place to live because there is a major Long Island Railroad station there that will get you to Hempstead and him into Manhattan. You will also have the option of taking buses to Hofstra and he will have the option of taking the subway into Manhattan which is cheaper than taking the LIRR but takes a lot longer.

The N6 bus running on Hillside Avenue takes you to the terminal in Hempstead and you can then transfer to a bus going to Hofstra (offhand I don' t know which bus that is, but there IS one there that goes to campus) directly across the street from the bus terminal is the Long Island Railroad Station. The LIRR is a little more expensive (currently 2.00 for the bus including the transfer; 5.50 for the train during peak hours, 3.75 off-peak, plus another 2.00 for the transfer to the bus to Hofstra), but faster, so you'd have that as an option if you were running late.

Woodside, Queens is an option, but you would still have to go to Jamaica to continue on to Hempstead as there are no direct trains from Woodside. It's an easy transfer, but to some it's not desireable. It would also require a transfer for your fiancee to get to school from Woodside. He could either take the 7 train to Astoria and get the M60 bus to 120th and Broadway and walk the rest of the way to Manhattan School or take the 7 into Manhattan and get the 1 or the 9 from Times Square (longest way).

Woodside does however, have a large population of musicians residing there so there would be great networking for your fiancee.

As a musician, I imagine he'll be spending quite a bit of time in Manhattan outside of school anyway attending and giving performances particularly if he'll be taking a jazz curriculum which could mean late night gigs and jam sessions (I'm a musician myself) so he'll need an easier commute.

Now, I can't attest to what it's like living in Jamaica. I haven't lived there since the 80's (I'm near Astoria now). It, like any other urban area, has it's problems and it's advantages so I hope you'll be coming to town to do some advance scouting before you commit to a residence. But for easy access to public transportation to both Manhattan and Long Island (and JFK airport) Jamaica can't be beaten.

There is really just too much to take into consideration here. It's going to be a bit difficult for you both no matter what you do since you're going to schools that are in literally polar opposite directions from eachother, but if you look at the LIRR map, you'll see that both schools are just about equidistant from the Jamaica station in miles.

Wish you luck!

Answer 2

Queens sounds like the place. I don't know, Astoria was always nice if it hasn't gotten too expensive. Or you could check out the neighborhoods a little further out than Astoria on the same subway line. Or I actually really like the Museum of Radio/TV/Film or whatever it's called in Queens, and there's great ethnic food around there which would be a big plus, but no idea if there are decent places to live in that neighborhood or not. Also, anything that's close to one of the LIRR stations in Queens might be OK, in terms of a commute into the city.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Woodside or Maspeth.