Housing in NY (doing rotations at St. Barnabas)

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Hey guys,
How's everyone doing? I will be doing my rotations this fall at St. Barnabas. I have heard many differing views about living around that area (South Bronx). I was wondering if any NYCOM students or anyone around the NY area has any advice in regards to housing for a single guy this November. Is the Upper East Side managable in terms of distance and price? Is finding a decent roomate easy in Manhattan? Thanks a bunch!

 

[Wo1verine7DO]

Do you go to UHS? I'm going there in the fall but I'm from the NY/NJ area. Can you do rotations in NY? I want to since you get more exposure...As for living in NYC. Some areas are really good and some are really bad. Don't live in a bad area since its really dangerous 24 hours a day. You could communte from Queens, Brooklyn, Long Island, or Northern NJ. Northern NJ is right across from Manhattan and a whole lot cheaper. So is Queens and Brooklyn, which is in general safer than the Bronx. That's from my personal experience of growing up in the local area.
Wo1verine7DO

 

[tedsadoc2002]

I am a Long Islander, born and raised, still live here as a matter of fact. I can tell you this much, if you are being offered the housing provided by St. Barnabas, take it. I did my rotation there, the accommodations (I stayed at the house on Arthur Ave.) were far from perfect, but it is 5 blocks away from the hospital, it is cheap ($25.00) and it is near all kinds of restaurants, banks, and small stores. I can tell you that I was nervous because sometimes I had night shifts and had to walk alone, but nothing ever happened.

There isn't anything in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and definitely not on L.I. that is cheap (unless it's a roach motel), plus if you are on Long Island, you will need a car as mass transportation is lousy out here. If you have not been offered the housing, I suggest you team up with a group of your classmates that are headed out this way and share a place to defray the cost.

P.S. I should address the safety factor if you were not offered housing by the hospital. According to statistics Brooklyn was no safer than the Bronx (which lead the boroughs in car thefts and aggravated assaults). Manhattan fared a little better but not by much. Queens however (just a subway series, I mean ride away) proved to be safer than any of the other boroughs of NYC. All of the cities on Long Island that I checked did far better than any of the boroughs.

Best of luck to you during your rotations.

ted, D.O.
Emergency Medicine, PGY-1
somewhere in the city😎 😎 😎

 

[Larry Renal]

Hi.
As a NYCOM student and Fordham U. Grad, which is a few blocks from st. Barnabas, I can tell you that living in the bronx is NOT that bad. There were a few incidents in my four years there, but nothing ever happened to me. most things that DID happen was because people were drunk and stupid and practically looking for trouble. Look for places on arthur avenue or the surrounding streets. It's very cheap and close enough that you don't need to spend money on travel expenses. You might even call fordham residential life and see if they have a listing of area real estate. For a roomate, you could also post here to try and find NYCOM 3rd years who are going to do rotations there, there are a ton. Good Luck.

Larry