Housing choice for nycpm

[bluemouse]

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Hey guys,

I know this has been asked before, but I was just wondering if the NYCPM students can give a rough update on the housing options out there. I'm personally from NYC, but the commute would be 1.5 hrs each way. I was looking into Draper (pretty cheap) or living in queens and taking the bus to school. Any opinions on those choices, or other preferred choices would be great.

Thanks!

 

[Sig Savant]

Draper is dorm style. Located on 98th and First Ave, all of your neighbors are students or work in metropolitan hospital. Month to month leases, so you can move here, learn the area and find your own apartment after a few months. Each floor has shared bathrooms and a kitchen. Cheap too.

River crossing is a regular apartment building with 3 bedrooms and 1.5 bathrooms per place. 3 rooms, 1 large, 1 medium and 1 small (move in early!). Stainless steel appliances, granite counter tops, its really not a bad place. It is at 101st and First Ave. Some people don't feel incredibly safe here, and it is loud. Surprise, you live in the southern tip of Harlem in NYC. Obviously it is loud (although some apartments are very quiet). Lock your door and you'll never get bothered. People in this complex are actually rather pleasant, in my opinion. No doorman, so it is hard to get packages delivered. Its about a 30-40 minute walk to school from here; there is a shuttle at draper many times a day which is about a 10 minute ride max, so you can wake up a little before class and be there in time.

Bridges is at 125th and madison? Very nice building, with a doorman, huge apartments, it is luxury. A two minute walk from school. Grocery store right there and tons of restaurants. There is a waiting list usually so its pretty much out of the question.

A few people commute a long way, as you would. I do not recommend this. Those that do are looking to move into the city or already have, or are unable to due to family.

Since you have time, check out apartments in the 80s/90s. If you can find an affordable place, that is what I would recommend. It's only a quick subway ride to school then (probably 10 minutes tops).

I don't know anything about queens, except that there is still a commute. Not sure how long.

Some students take the bus from Jersey.

writers block - anything else ask some questions.

 

[Dental Jarry]

I have a few questions. Do you know the price of rent in each of those buildings? Also in Draper does each person get their own room? Where I went to school all of the dorm style buildings required you to live with a roomate. Lastly, is there a building that most people from nycpm live in or are they scattered all over the place. Thanks

 

[Sig Savant]

River Crossing is 1000 a month. There are quite a lot of students in this complex, maybe 40.

Draper is less, either 750 or 850 a month. You get your own room. A good amount of students from NYCPM live here as well.

 

[krabmas]

I lived in queens for the 1st year and the comute was long. the commute from queens is fast if you work in midtown but not so great to get to harlem. And late at night the trains take forever to get back to queens.

For the rest of my years I lived in the south bronx one train stop from the school on the 6 train and the bus stopped directly in front of my building and just next to the school (almost better than a cab). If it was nice out I either rode my bike (8min) or walked (17min) over the bridge to school.

I would try to live in manhattan close to school if possible. The draper idea is good for a few months to scope the place out and figure out where you will be comfortable. and to look for roomates

 

[air bud]

i understand this adds nothing to the conversation, but seriously??? Live hours away or share bathrooms with complete strangers??? really?

 

[Sig Savant]

For persons like yourself, air bud, that have a wife and or kids, it is obviously not optimal to live in an apartment with roommates.

For younger students with no one, it is great to live with other people from your class, so that you have someone to talk to. Travelling across the country to New York City of all places presents itself with some challenges, loneliness being one of them. Plus, when I have a question about class, I ask my roommates or my neighbors. We all study together quite often and it works very well. They are only complete strangers the first day. Also, they just happen to become your colleagues that first day as well.

Those with families live in their own apartments. Parkchester was not mentioned thus far. Couples can live here; it is about 15 min north of the school via subway. Other families live in the city, in New Jersey, or some other surrounding area.

If you don't want to live in a city, NYCPM is probably not the right choice for you. Then again, aren't most of the schools in the city?

 

[catchburns]

Yeah all of the schools are in big cities but in Cleveland or Des Moines, you could rent a 1400 sq ft house for less than those apartments where you have to share a bathroom and kitchen.

Heck, in the Phoenix area you could probably find a house with a few other roommates and rent a room for $300/month. That's how much it cost me when I had roommates at ASU.

I'm glad to hear that some people are okay with spending that kind of money for a tiny hole because there is no way in hell I'd survive!

 

[Dental Jarry]

Yeah all of the schools are in big cities but in Cleveland or Des Moines, you could rent a 1400 sq ft house for less than those apartments where you have to share a bathroom and kitchen.

Heck, in the Phoenix area you could probably find a house with a few other roommates and rent a room for $300/month. That's how much it cost me when I had roommates at ASU.

I'm glad to hear that some people are okay with spending that kind of money for a tiny hole because there is no way in hell I'd survive!

The only problem with getting a nice house in Des Moines is that you have to live in Iowa.

 

[Sig Savant]

The only problem with getting a nice house in Des Moines is that you have to live in Iowa.

hahahaha so true. I think most people like to live in small boxes, and that is why New York is the most populous city in the United States.

 

[dyk343]

The only problem with getting a nice house in Des Moines is that you have to live in Iowa.

Believe it or not Iowa is not a bad place to live. Des Moines is a fun town. Ames and Iowa City are also very close... which are also very fun towns.

Dont knock it till you try it.

 

[krabmas]

Iowa, Ohio, phily, cali, FL, AZ, c-town - do not have central park with all its free offerings in the summers - shakespeare in the park..., TV and movies being filmed all the time, great shopping (5th and madison ave), the subway!, the MET (museum and opera), lincoln center, broadway, statue of liberty, free kayaking in the hudson, all the landmarks from seinfeld and sex and the city, it is a very exciting town!

The city was the reason that I picked NYCPM.

And the belgum fry place - Pom Frites in the village
the Halloween parade in the village, ...

 

[Dental Jarry]

Iowa, Ohio, phily, cali, FL, AZ, c-town - do not have central park with all its free offerings in the summers - shakespeare in the park..., TV and movies being filmed all the time, great shopping (5th and madison ave), the subway!, the MET (museum and opera), lincoln center, broadway, statue of liberty, free kayaking in the hudson, all the landmarks from seinfeld and sex and the city, it is a very exciting town!

The city was the reason that I picked NYCPM.

And the belgum fry place - Pom Frites in the village
the Halloween parade in the village, ...

That all sounds nice, but does New York have baseball fields where you can play ball with Shoeless Joe Jackson? I didn't think so.

 

[krabmas]

That all sounds nice, but does New York have baseball fields where you can play ball with Shoeless Joe Jackson? I didn't think so.

As a matter of fact there are a few baseball fields just 3 blocks from the school on 128th street near the "crack is wack" playground! There you can hang out or play ball with the transvestite prostitutes! It is a very exciting city😀

This is all true.

 

[bluemouse]

How's the quality of Draper? Run down or pretty new...or in between lol. Also, 99th and 1st ave...is this area relatively sketchy? I'm from Brooklyn and never been in the area so excuse my ignorance.

Thanks!

 

[morgan0405]

i go to nycpm and i live in parkchester in the bronx. its actually a really nice area (i know it sounds scary because its the bronx, but seperate- its like a little shopping district...). parkchester has its OWN police plus parkchester security for the entire area. the parkchester subway stop is on the express track so it takes me less than a half hour to get to school in the morning (INCLUDING walking to the subway and then to school from the subway). im a girl, right out of undergrad, and i have never felt unsafe in the area. and my apartment is HUGE compared to what i was used to in undergrad. i definitely recommend it. i have a living room, kitchen, own bedroom closets... definitely not a "shoebox" and its extremely affordable (believe me, i do NOT come from money). im paying for school on student loans and work study and i havent had a problem with money, because parkchester is affiliated with the school i dont even have to worry about paying rent every month, they take it right out of my tuition once a semester. if you guys have any questions about nycpm or housing i can definitely help you answer questions so message me.