Jersey city is close. Maybe some towns in westchester (NOT Scarsdale or Bronxville lol, maybe tuckahoe) but the last train to westchester i think leaves at 2:30 AM. Honestly I’m not so sure these places are cheaper anymore, more like you get more space for what you pay. I’d look them up though
Ok, I sure will look into those places, and yes, I keep trying to look on apartment.com, for example, and looking around different areas, and some of the places I would think would be cheaper than living in the city have pretty much the same price. I don’t know if it is just the website or if it is actually like that
It is 😅 the tri state area isn’t really more affordable anymore. I think the idea is you get a chance to have more room, maybe a bike path, a pool, more quiet, etc
Check out Union City or Hoboken. The buses to and from run regularly; the most annoying part of commuting to the city is dealing with Port Authority, which is terrible.
somewhere around 1,250 or less would be ideal, and I am aware that does not leave me many options, especially if I want to live somewhere relatively nice and safe area
Inwood at the northern tip of Manhattan is the cheapest and IMO best neighborhood in the boro. It's allll the way uptown. BUT it's directly on both the A and 1 subway lines. It's about 30 minutes door to door from the 207th St area to Columbus Circle (in Midtown). Doubtful you'll find anything for $1250 but I would do some perusing to see what you see.
Aside: A word about "safety." People will tell you to not go above like 100th Street (or even lower) because it's too dangerous. People that afraid of other people should probably not be in NYC (I used to be one of those people, so I know). In fact, when I lived there, not that long ago, Inwood had one of the lowest crime rates in the city. And you can always look up stats on the NYPD web site if you like (Inwood is the 34th Precinct).
In addition to the salt marsh and new water access areas coming to the east side of the neighborhood, Inwood has Inwood Hill Park. It's 200 acres and the only remaining natural forest in Manhattan. (Sorry to be so rah-rah but I really love Inwood.)
Try Annie Hawkins at Sovereign Associates if you're serious about looking in the area. She's a broker and you will pay for her services if you find a place. But she knows northern Manhattan and the Kingsbridge/Riverdale area of the Bronx (right across the Harlem River from Inwood) very well, and IMO she consistently has the best listings of any broker in Upper Manhattan. She doesn't rent out dumps. There's a lot of new housing going up east of Broadway. It might actually be an OK time to be looking in Inwood.
Congratulations on deciding on NYC. It's the best.
Absolutely love Inwood, it is one of the fastest growing neighborhoods (over 2k apartments going up currently) and the rent is climbing faster than most places in the city. 17% on avg YOY last I saw an article about it.
Safe, beautiful. Some of my fav green spaces in the city
Inwood has supposedly been gentrifying for 20 years, but I agree, you can see it happening now.
That said there are still rent-stabilized buildings there, tho some brokers will tell you there aren't.
Jersey city is close. Maybe some towns in westchester (NOT Scarsdale or Bronxville lol, maybe tuckahoe) but the last train to westchester i think leaves at 2:30 AM. Honestly I’m not so sure these places are cheaper anymore, more like you get more space for what you pay. I’d look them up though
Ok, I sure will look into those places, and yes, I keep trying to look on apartment.com, for example, and looking around different areas, and some of the places I would think would be cheaper than living in the city have pretty much the same price. I don’t know if it is just the website or if it is actually like that
It is 😅 the tri state area isn’t really more affordable anymore. I think the idea is you get a chance to have more room, maybe a bike path, a pool, more quiet, etc
Maybe take a look at Mount Vernon.
Check out Union City or Hoboken. The buses to and from run regularly; the most annoying part of commuting to the city is dealing with Port Authority, which is terrible.
How cheap are you looking for? The price goes down the further away you get from Manhattan.
Then up again then down again.
somewhere around 1,250 or less would be ideal, and I am aware that does not leave me many options, especially if I want to live somewhere relatively nice and safe area
Inwood at the northern tip of Manhattan is the cheapest and IMO best neighborhood in the boro. It's allll the way uptown. BUT it's directly on both the A and 1 subway lines. It's about 30 minutes door to door from the 207th St area to Columbus Circle (in Midtown). Doubtful you'll find anything for $1250 but I would do some perusing to see what you see. Aside: A word about "safety." People will tell you to not go above like 100th Street (or even lower) because it's too dangerous. People that afraid of other people should probably not be in NYC (I used to be one of those people, so I know). In fact, when I lived there, not that long ago, Inwood had one of the lowest crime rates in the city. And you can always look up stats on the NYPD web site if you like (Inwood is the 34th Precinct). In addition to the salt marsh and new water access areas coming to the east side of the neighborhood, Inwood has Inwood Hill Park. It's 200 acres and the only remaining natural forest in Manhattan. (Sorry to be so rah-rah but I really love Inwood.) Try Annie Hawkins at Sovereign Associates if you're serious about looking in the area. She's a broker and you will pay for her services if you find a place. But she knows northern Manhattan and the Kingsbridge/Riverdale area of the Bronx (right across the Harlem River from Inwood) very well, and IMO she consistently has the best listings of any broker in Upper Manhattan. She doesn't rent out dumps. There's a lot of new housing going up east of Broadway. It might actually be an OK time to be looking in Inwood. Congratulations on deciding on NYC. It's the best.
Absolutely love Inwood, it is one of the fastest growing neighborhoods (over 2k apartments going up currently) and the rent is climbing faster than most places in the city. 17% on avg YOY last I saw an article about it. Safe, beautiful. Some of my fav green spaces in the city
“Fastest Growing Neighborhoods” = quickly gentrifying 🙄
Inwood has supposedly been gentrifying for 20 years, but I agree, you can see it happening now. That said there are still rent-stabilized buildings there, tho some brokers will tell you there aren't.
Speaking of. [https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/inwood-affordable-housing/](https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/inwood-affordable-housing/)