Spinoff: What's the cheapest 3 bedroom apartment between Central Park & Downtown?

Chi-town · November 17th, 2004, 07:13 PM

Let's start a thread that's actually useful to us here

Particularly me, since I'm moving in June.

***3tmk*** · November 17th, 2004, 07:43 PM

I have no idea but 3 bedroom doesn't come cheap.
and where exactly in Downtown? Do you mean from Chambers street, from the Village?

Chi-town · November 18th, 2004, 12:41 AM

We were thinking somewhere in SoHo or the Village. This isn't unrelated to my commute question. I'll be living with a couple friends, two of us will be working in Midtown and the other Downtown. We're looking for short commutes and a nice neighborhood...

Ellatur · November 18th, 2004, 01:07 AM

then why don't you get a 2 bedroom? you will save A LOT more

Chi-town · November 18th, 2004, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Ellatur

then why don't you get a 2 bedroom? you will save A LOT more

Because no one wants to share a bedroom.

We'll all be making pretty good money, I'm just looking to spend something under $1500 a month.

crawford · November 18th, 2004, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Chi-town

Because no one wants to share a bedroom.

We'll all be making pretty good money, I'm just looking to spend something under $1500 a month.

OK, here are some initial recommendations for the Broadway/Lafayette (Soho/East Village) area:

Avalon Chrystie Place: A swanky and expensive rental, currently under construction, to be completed before summer (I think).
http://www.avalonchrystieplace.com/home.html

SoHo Court: Lots of young bankers live here. You will also find attractive young ladies (mostly in publishing- Hearst, Conde Nast, Primedia, etc.). I know this building well.
http://www.manhattan-skyline.com/properties/301eliz.asp

If these buildings are out of your price range, I can come up with more affordable local options.

Chi-town · November 18th, 2004, 06:28 PM

^ Those are a start. My buddy from school who's a first yearanalyst right now is probably going to be doing most of the legwork, and I'll be making at least a few trips to NYC by the end of spring...

I'd wonder if finding something in an older building would make it a bit cheaper, though.

Chi-town · November 23rd, 2004, 01:13 AM

Anyone know good websites for browsing apartments in NYC (perhaps ones that aren't limited to a particular realtor)?

***Jan*** · November 23rd, 2004, 01:57 AM

Cheap places to stay? Here is one:

Ellatur · November 23rd, 2004, 02:25 AM

^

well, if 3 people are chipping in, i guess you can afford a little bit more expensive apartment

arbeiter · November 23rd, 2004, 08:48 PM

If you want my thoughts on it, you will not find an on-the-market, vacated 3 bedroom apartment in Manhattan south of 125th street for $1500 a month. No way, no how. You might be able to slip into something rent controlled, but that would be a sublease or possibly 2 roommates moving in with someone you don't know. The only places where $1500 a month 3 bedrooms are easily available, with or without a fee, is probably Journal Square-Jersey City, Bushwick, maybe Long Island City or Washington Heights, and Sunset Park southeastward in Brooklyn.

I even think you'd be hard pressed to find a 3 bedroom for $2000 in midtown to Soho. I am not trying to dampen your spirits, but I would rethink the situation.

arbeiter · November 23rd, 2004, 08:49 PM

Or, do you mean $1500 each? as in 3 bedroom for $4500?

Chi-town · November 23rd, 2004, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by arbeiter

Or, do you mean $1500 each? as in 3 bedroom for $4500?

Yes. You can't find 3 bedroom for $1500 total in a good neighborhood here in Chicago...

arbeiter · November 24th, 2004, 09:50 PM

you can too, my friends in wicker park have one.

now as for $4500 a month, you can probably do that. although you could get something for less in a nice area of brooklyn. or even your own 1-bedroom for under $1500 in brooklyn.

arbeiter · November 24th, 2004, 09:54 PM

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/nfb/50115991.html

craigslist has plenty of 3 bedrooms under 4500.

VansTripp · November 24th, 2004, 10:06 PM

You can move to Los Angeles instead of NYC. Los Angeles have many 3 bedroom that under $3000. Los Angeles is popular city as NYC does.

arbeiter · November 24th, 2004, 10:19 PM

NYC is better than LA in my opinion, and probably chi-town's too. They're diametrically opposed metropolitan areas. The differences are obvious.

VansTripp · November 24th, 2004, 11:18 PM

Your opnion is right. NYC have lowest crime rate and less clogged traffic. Los Angeles have best climate, very modernstic subway/light rail and modern building. I like big mountain and hill though.

L.A. have very bad economy in early 1990s when Bush's father was president. It got better in late 1990s. Gas Price is skyrocketing than all cities in USA.

Chi-town · November 28th, 2004, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Blink182

You can move to Los Angeles instead of NYC. Los Angeles have many 3 bedroom that under $3000. Los Angeles is popular city as NYC does.

I could care less about how "popular" LA is. Chicago is a far superior city, and so is New York. And both are far better than LA for my chosen career (few investment banks have LA offices). And it doesn't matter how modern the subway is when all you've got is two short lines that can't get you around the city.

On another note... how expensive is Greenwich Village, relative to SoHo? I dig those crazy crooked streets west of Washington Square.

felixg · November 28th, 2004, 07:29 PM

What would be a nice area of brooklyn? Not that I think about moving to New York. But I have only been to Manhatten so far and I would like to know what is beyond.

November 17th, 2004, 07:13 PM	#1
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November 18th, 2004, 12:41 AM	#3
Chi-town liberal elite Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 407 Likes (Received): 0	We were thinking somewhere in SoHo or the Village. This isn't unrelated to my commute question. I'll be living with a couple friends, two of us will be working in Midtown and the other Downtown. We're looking for short commutes and a nice neighborhood...

November 18th, 2004, 01:07 AM	#4
Ellatur Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,523 Likes (Received): 0	then why don't you get a 2 bedroom? you will save A LOT more

November 18th, 2004, 06:28 PM	#7
Chi-town liberal elite Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 407 Likes (Received): 0	^ Those are a start. My buddy from school who's a first yearanalyst right now is probably going to be doing most of the legwork, and I'll be making at least a few trips to NYC by the end of spring... I'd wonder if finding something in an older building would make it a bit cheaper, though.

November 23rd, 2004, 01:13 AM	#8
Chi-town liberal elite Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 407 Likes (Received): 0	Anyone know good websites for browsing apartments in NYC (perhaps ones that aren't limited to a particular realtor)?

November 23rd, 2004, 01:57 AM	#9
*Jan* High there, what's up! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rotterdam Posts: 14,451 Likes (Received): 511	Cheap places to stay? Here is one:

November 23rd, 2004, 02:25 AM	#10
Ellatur Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,523 Likes (Received): 0	^ well, if 3 people are chipping in, i guess you can afford a little bit more expensive apartment

November 23rd, 2004, 08:48 PM	#11
arbeiter Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 312 Likes (Received): 0	If you want my thoughts on it, you will not find an on-the-market, vacated 3 bedroom apartment in Manhattan south of 125th street for $1500 a month. No way, no how. You might be able to slip into something rent controlled, but that would be a sublease or possibly 2 roommates moving in with someone you don't know. The only places where $1500 a month 3 bedrooms are easily available, with or without a fee, is probably Journal Square-Jersey City, Bushwick, maybe Long Island City or Washington Heights, and Sunset Park southeastward in Brooklyn. I even think you'd be hard pressed to find a 3 bedroom for $2000 in midtown to Soho. I am not trying to dampen your spirits, but I would rethink the situation.

November 23rd, 2004, 08:49 PM	#12
arbeiter Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 312 Likes (Received): 0	Or, do you mean $1500 each? as in 3 bedroom for $4500?

November 24th, 2004, 09:50 PM	#14
arbeiter Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 312 Likes (Received): 0	you can too, my friends in wicker park have one. now as for $4500 a month, you can probably do that. although you could get something for less in a nice area of brooklyn. or even your own 1-bedroom for under $1500 in brooklyn.

November 24th, 2004, 09:54 PM	#15
arbeiter Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 312 Likes (Received): 0	http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/nfb/50115991.html craigslist has plenty of 3 bedrooms under 4500.

November 24th, 2004, 10:06 PM	#16
VansTripp BANNED Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: LA/Trussville Posts: 2,407 Likes (Received): 0	You can move to Los Angeles instead of NYC. Los Angeles have many 3 bedroom that under $3000. Los Angeles is popular city as NYC does.

November 24th, 2004, 10:19 PM	#17
arbeiter Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 312 Likes (Received): 0	NYC is better than LA in my opinion, and probably chi-town's too. They're diametrically opposed metropolitan areas. The differences are obvious.

November 24th, 2004, 11:18 PM	#18
VansTripp BANNED Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: LA/Trussville Posts: 2,407 Likes (Received): 0	Your opnion is right. NYC have lowest crime rate and less clogged traffic. Los Angeles have best climate, very modernstic subway/light rail and modern building. I like big mountain and hill though. L.A. have very bad economy in early 1990s when Bush's father was president. It got better in late 1990s. Gas Price is skyrocketing than all cities in USA.

November 28th, 2004, 07:29 PM	#20
felixg Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Frankfurt Posts: 2 Likes (Received): 0	What would be a nice area of brooklyn? Not that I think about moving to New York. But I have only been to Manhatten so far and I would like to know what is beyond.