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Ask HN: What are some good neighborhoods in NYC?

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I currently live in Ozone Park, NYC, but I'm pretty sick of it. I'm looking for a neighborhood where I can get a 1 bedroom for around $1150. I live with my girlfriend and need to be able to commute to Manhattan (lower) in 1 hr or less. Any ideas?

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Check on craigslist. You'll find some decent deals for 1br along the 7/r lines in Queens. (I looked myself last month.) Just ignore all the spam, which is about 60% of them now unfortunately. Don't open any links from the post, it's sure to be spam or scam.

I haven't been in Ozone Park before, but since it's further away I assume the space is also larger for the price.

Here's the craigslist link I visited almost daily last month during my search. http://newyork.craigslist.org/search/nfa/que?query=&srch...

That's a tough price to get much closer to Manhattan. Stick with Queens neighborhoods - you'll be equally closer to your work, but in a better quality neighborhood compared to your Brooklyn options at that price. Astoria would be my choice, even if it's just to move closer and see what it's like - the N should get you to work in about an hour.

But, be aware that you may be more comfortable in a different situation than me, so you might enjoy a rougher neighborhood or an older apartment in Brooklyn as a trade-off for living within a certain distance from work.

Thanks, Astoria is definitely awesome, it can be a little pricier though, no?

Looks doable to me - http://newyork.craigslist.org/search/hhh?query=astoria&s... The good thing is that most places that could be listed as "Astoria" will be in a nice location, so you can concentrate on checking out the apartments instead of worrying that you'll get stuck in a bad neighborhood. Woodside, Sunnyside, and the other surrounding neighborhoods are nice, also.

Astoria has a lot of small, local real estate offices, so always check with them for some options, too.

Greenpoint is pretty affordable, and it's just on the other side of the Willamsburg Bridge, so it's very close to lower Manhattan.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/search/aap/brk?query=greenpoin...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenpoint,_Brooklyn

Looks cool, I never even heard of it. Gratzi

I know you said NYC, but I have to add Hoboken. I absolutely loved living there 2007-2008. The Path subway was nice and reliable and terminated at World Trade and as far as Maceys on 33rd. Here's some trivia. Hoboken has more bars per square mile than anywhere in the US.. result!

Food for thought, thanks! Off the top of your head, what's rent like?

We stayed at apartment block 333 River Street which was right on the Hudson, next to the 'W'. Luckily for us the company paid for it as the rent for a massive two bedroom apartment was about $3000 a month (2008) However, Hoboken is a big place so I would imagine more sensible rentals further away from the river front. It's certainly worth considering.

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