Brooklyn, NY: moving advice/realtors

Sorry I really was being devil's advocate, I hate Connecticut too.

I've spent some time in Bed Stuy though and I don't recall the great restaurants, parks and museums.

my old boss used to commute from LIC to hartford, ct. he said it was really nice. i can imagine a metro north ride might be less stressful than my 3 trains and transfers, especially if you are going north when everyone else is going south.

Also, completely agreed about friend proximity.

yeah i was talking about crown heights specifically there i guess though you could easily walk or bike to these places from crown heights and there are some awesome restaurants in bed-stuy

you need amtrak for hartford

sorry that made no sense.
should read: you could easily walk or bike to these places from crown heights bed-stuy

sorry i don't know why i said hartford i meant new haven.

major gripe with metro north and nj transit is that they don't run all night.

where i live in CH (a large 1 bedroom for $1200/month) i am 3 blocks from the brooklyn museum & botanical gardens. i saw cheaper apts in the neighborhood (1 bedrooms from $850 up) but i picked this place because it had a lot of space, high ceilings and 6 windows. it is two blocks from the 4 express train which does take me 1 hour to get to work, but i don't have to transfer trains. i love it and i don't feel like i am paying too much at all.

what kind of place is your gf looking for? a share or her own studio/1br?

shes looking for a studio/1br but probably open to roommates

she can move into my room

jpegs plz

major gripe with metro north and nj transit is that they don't run all night.

NJ transit just needs one ne corridor train at like 3AM and theyd have all their bases covered

hey look another shitty thread about nyc with opinions!

or you could just bring a book!
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well yeah

metro-north to new haven is ~1:45 and the seats aren't amtrak-quality. i wouldn't want to do it every day.

that kid who got shot in crown heights on monday probably isn't too big on the place right now

There's definitely been an uptick in crime in Brooklyn this year. I wonder what's up with that.

http://www.bls.gov/ro2/chart1.gif

haha otm

Good times.

definitely that, and i wouldn't put a little bit past La Nina (which is the answer to everything)

Hahahahahah -- Tracer, you are so infuriating. Do you do it on purpose?

tacer are you still in london? why not move to ipswitch or something

The making-origami part was clever, though. Or maybe just "clever", but I laughed!

cutty my (affordable) neighborhood in London is full of beautiful houses, parks, great restaurants and museums, and doesn't feel like an abandoned, decaying shithole.

Ipswitch, on the other hand...

what neighborhood is affordable in london?

you live in mayfair, don't you

Hackney

this explains my obsession with buses

Bridgeport has cheap housing, there are some parts that are supposed to be pretty nice, especially closer to the water, and it could use people moving in, but I'm not gonna be the one to do it

stay strong, gab! the ues needs you!

she signed the lease yesterday

your mom?

Brooklyn, NY: flying roaches/mice

hay guys before ilx dies tell me ur favorite things in brooklyn that i can do this weekend, restaurants, parks, stores, bonus points if they are in 'stuyvesant heights' aka south-central bed-stuy or if they are a quick bike ride or walk away from there (intersection of stuyvesant and hancock), but its cool if i have to take a bus or train

ok so like 6 years after i last posted to this thread i'ma move for real. my wife is nyc born and raised and all her family and friends are in brooklyn but finding a place is still a massive drag.

the major problem is that we have a big old dog with whom i am unwilling to part as she's like 15. (and another small dog and 2 small cats.) any ideas for finding pet-friendly landlords? maybe you or someone you know has an amazing place to rent us? we're in the $2k/month range which seems absurd to my small town yokel eyes but whatever.

i will admit to being in the early stages of a meltdown as i feel like the long-distance search for both housing and employment is maybe not working out so well

g'luck (i can predictably be of no help)

What neighborhoods are you looking in? In that price range for a 1BR I'm guessing you'd probably be talking about Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, Sunset Park, Ditmas Park, some of the southern prospect park neighborhoods, depending on your standards in terms of space (if you have a big dog I assume you don't want a little tiny cramped place). Agents make things easier but can add a lot to the cost. Get a couple apps for your phone (trulia, streeteasy, idk are there better ones now?) and check frequently, call right away, and be prepared to sign quickly. Have a folder with all the docs you need and just bring it to every showing along with a check to make out. As far as pet friendly, I guess you just have to ask or see what the ad says. If you see a place you really like, take it immediately.

2k will be fine in the places that hurting mentions above. Also Kensington a p nice place.

Just don't rent a place above a coffee shop, bodega, or restaurant and you'll be fine.

I pay waaay less than 2k for a studio here, but there's nothing to do in Kensington

kensington has a pleasant vibe. what's the train situation like there?

hurting, those are basically exactly the neighborhoods we are looking at. my wife is really into ft greene at the moment for whatever reason. i feel you on the bring everything and make an offer on the spot tactics. unfortunately we're still in new orleans and basically deploying my mother-in-law to go look at places for us. this is not a good way to look for apartments if you were wondering.

there are like two different kinds of pet friendly afaict--a reluctant "pet-friendly" that makes getting a place a total hassle (no dogs over 7lbs! $10000 pet deposit) and landlords that don't g a f abt pets. apt listings should make this distinction.

I can't imagine why your wife likes Fort Greene, although it might be the same reason Bjork likes Fort Greene, which is also the reason you guys probably won't find an apartment you can afford in Fort Greene.

Yeah, finding an apt through your MIL is not a good way to go, unless she's tech savvy and can give you a live Skype tour or something and can hand over a check on your behalf if you like it. I would recommend just coming up here for maybe 3-7 days and setting up as many showings as you can and committing to signing on a place.

My guide to Brooklyn is that any neighborhood with the word "Green" or "Greene" in its name is a good neighborhood

i will admit to being in the early stages of a meltdown as i feel like the long-distance search for both housing and employment is maybe not working out so well

i am in the same boat right now. even down to looking for a pet friendly place (i don't have a dog and a cat now but would like to)
we're making a trip up in a few weeks, i think, with the plan of having all the relevant documents and being ready to sign on the spot.

If you have the cash to do it, you could offer a larger deposit to compensate for potential pet damage. My friends recently did this looking for a place.

finding an apt through your MIL

this sounds like a direct to dvd film where 40 minutes in the young couple find themselves living in the spare bedroom of a superfundamentalist family and all of their neighbors call the cops on them if they play the hi-fi after 6pm