I've looked nightly at NYC apartments for fifteen years. Prices have shot up in the last two years,and so I look at studios. This is my favorite right now: a Harlem studio, for $1295 a month, 500 feet from the A train.
In the west, we call this living in your kitchen.
In Manhattan, it's an astonishing good deal for such a pristine studio with two closets!
What do we really need in life but a bed, a table and a chair and the A train to carry us to the theater?
You failed to mention added maintenance costs. Otherwise, it looks very tempting. Maybe we could find three people/couples to time-share it, having one month each season? I'd love to have a pied-à-terre in Manhattan (I think Harlem is still considered Manhattan?)
ReplyDeleteGood find! The A train is the best.
ReplyDeleteDepends on who you ask but New Yorkers would not call that neighborhood Manhattan. It's Harlem which is why it's cheap(er). Decent though for the price, get it.
ReplyDeleteManhattan ends where the Bronx begins across the Harlem River. So Manhattan DOES include Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood. Some New Yorkers don't like anything above the upper west side. Are you one of these, Jacqueline? I think Harlem is hot!
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DeleteHarlem is one of the fastest-growing, trendiest spots in Manhattan at the moment. We've got the fabulous Apollo theatre, the restaurants on Lenox - including Red Rooster and one of my favorite French restaurants, Chez Lucienne. There's also Riverbank Park, home of the Harlem LDS mid-singles' Grill Sunday (its fame is spreading). I've also been told that Harlem has more churches per square foot than anywhere else in the world, including St. John the Divine - the largest Anglican church and fourth largest Christian church in the world. To name a few fun facts.
ReplyDeleteI know pretty much every inch of Manhattan; yes, I am one of "those" Harlem is Harlem. And it is hot; just not for me. My sister went there for cheap rent - "SpaHa" is still Spanish Harlem. The vertical tour in the Cathedral of St, John the Divine is a Harlem joy as are many of the things mentioned. But if you say it's Manhattan, real New Yorkers will know you're NOT.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I have nothing against Harlem or Inwood. I just have the same reaction (as do true NY'ers) when people say they live in the "city" and they have a (718) area code. You live in QUEENS. "The city"means Manhattan in NY-speak.
ReplyDeleteI had a 212 area code in Inwood, which is NOT Queens. I promise.
DeleteI'm talking about people living in Queens who say they're from the "city". You can say "city" if have a 212, LOL, Inwood has always qualified as "city", just not "Manhattan" despite it's actual geography. Just busting your chops.
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