Manhattan advice
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Manhattan advice
Hi all
First post here - I'm moving to NYC later this year with my family; wife, 2 kids and one more on the way in Feb. I know, I'm crazy.
The office is based in Manhattan (Midtown) and I'm currently searching places to live.
Upper West Side seems family friendly - anyone have any advice about schools and nurseries that won't bankrupt us?! Eldest will be 4 when we move, youngest will be 2.
Tempted by Brooklyn and Hoboken in NJ as well but it's a 2/3 year stint and would love to be on Manhattan if possible.
Thanks - any other tips welcome!
First post here - I'm moving to NYC later this year with my family; wife, 2 kids and one more on the way in Feb. I know, I'm crazy.
The office is based in Manhattan (Midtown) and I'm currently searching places to live.
Upper West Side seems family friendly - anyone have any advice about schools and nurseries that won't bankrupt us?! Eldest will be 4 when we move, youngest will be 2.
Tempted by Brooklyn and Hoboken in NJ as well but it's a 2/3 year stint and would love to be on Manhattan if possible.
Thanks - any other tips welcome!
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Re: Manhattan advice
Hi and welcome,
Do you have some budget estimates of what you are looking to spend on an apartment and/or schooling? The Upper West Side is not the cheapest part of town by and large.
Are you looking for private schooling? There is a British International School in Manhattan that starts about age 3, but US schooling generally starts at 5 though some have a pre-K class (half day) at 4. Do you have a preference for US or UK (or international) schools?
Do you have some budget estimates of what you are looking to spend on an apartment and/or schooling? The Upper West Side is not the cheapest part of town by and large.
Are you looking for private schooling? There is a British International School in Manhattan that starts about age 3, but US schooling generally starts at 5 though some have a pre-K class (half day) at 4. Do you have a preference for US or UK (or international) schools?
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Re: Manhattan advice
Hi all
First post here - I'm moving to NYC later this year with my family; wife, 2 kids and one more on the way in Feb. I know, I'm crazy.
The office is based in Manhattan (Midtown) and I'm currently searching places to live.
Upper West Side seems family friendly - anyone have any advice about schools and nurseries that won't bankrupt us?! Eldest will be 4 when we move, youngest will be 2.
Tempted by Brooklyn and Hoboken in NJ as well but it's a 2/3 year stint and would love to be on Manhattan if possible.
Thanks - any other tips welcome!
First post here - I'm moving to NYC later this year with my family; wife, 2 kids and one more on the way in Feb. I know, I'm crazy.
The office is based in Manhattan (Midtown) and I'm currently searching places to live.
Upper West Side seems family friendly - anyone have any advice about schools and nurseries that won't bankrupt us?! Eldest will be 4 when we move, youngest will be 2.
Tempted by Brooklyn and Hoboken in NJ as well but it's a 2/3 year stint and would love to be on Manhattan if possible.
Thanks - any other tips welcome!
It all comes down to money really, my wife and I have a combined income of 160K and we could never afford private schools for 2 kids. I have heard most people go private in Manhattan with good reason.
We live in NJ without kids, but if we had kids. Many NJ towns have good public schools equivalent to the UK. Commute would be longer of course.
Park Slope, Brooklyn is a rarity in that it has half decent public schools, a park and it is in NYC (with subway lines too).
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Not sure why you are so keen on Manhattan, with a young family. If I was in your situation I would look at Westchester, not because it's much cheaper (it's a bit cheaper, but not much), but because what you will get for your rent will be larger. In Manhattan apartments are often tiny as well as expensive.
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Re: Manhattan advice
Not sure why you are so keen on Manhattan, with a young family. If I was in your situation I would look at Westchester, not because it's much cheaper (it's a bit cheaper, but not much), but because what you will get for your rent will be larger. In Manhattan apartments are often tiny as well as expensive.
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Re: Manhattan advice
I'm guessing with a newborn, two year old and four year old mum & dad will be drinking indoors rather than at the bar...
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Re: Manhattan advice
Hi all
First post here - I'm moving to NYC later this year with my family; wife, 2 kids and one more on the way in Feb. I know, I'm crazy.
The office is based in Manhattan (Midtown) and I'm currently searching places to live.
Upper West Side seems family friendly - anyone have any advice about schools and nurseries that won't bankrupt us?! Eldest will be 4 when we move, youngest will be 2.
Tempted by Brooklyn and Hoboken in NJ as well but it's a 2/3 year stint and would love to be on Manhattan if possible.
Thanks - any other tips welcome!
First post here - I'm moving to NYC later this year with my family; wife, 2 kids and one more on the way in Feb. I know, I'm crazy.
The office is based in Manhattan (Midtown) and I'm currently searching places to live.
Upper West Side seems family friendly - anyone have any advice about schools and nurseries that won't bankrupt us?! Eldest will be 4 when we move, youngest will be 2.
Tempted by Brooklyn and Hoboken in NJ as well but it's a 2/3 year stint and would love to be on Manhattan if possible.
Thanks - any other tips welcome!
I suggest you take a read through threads and posts by Englishmum. She lives in Summit and her husband travels into Midtown most days. She has posted excellent information about schools and transportation into NYC.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/members/englishmum-1486/
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Re: Manhattan advice
Welcome to BE.
I suggest you take a read through threads and posts by Englishmum. She lives in Summit and her husband travels into Midtown most days. She has posted excellent information about schools and transportation into NYC.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/members/englishmum-1486/
I suggest you take a read through threads and posts by Englishmum. She lives in Summit and her husband travels into Midtown most days. She has posted excellent information about schools and transportation into NYC.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/members/englishmum-1486/
As a family we easily pop into the city at the weekend but as an ex commuter l totally understand wanting to live nearer work!
Good luck with your move.
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Re: Manhattan advice
You could visit all the restaurants in Tarrytown and you'd be stuck with visiting the same ones. The allure of NYC is a new place every night, new places opening up every week.
Also don't forget the ability to have world class restaurants that cost a minimum of $595 per person (excluding tax)
Masa
Also don't forget the ability to have world class restaurants that cost a minimum of $595 per person (excluding tax)
Masa
#11
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Even at the OP's three year time horizon, they'll only be 7, 5 and 2-3.
Last edited by Pulaski; Sep 14th 2017 at 3:39 pm.
#12
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Having lived in that area all my life, there are hundreds of restaurants to try outside of Tarrytown and the Village of Sleepy Hollow in Westchester County. You don't have to go to the same ones over and over again unless they are your favorite places. The issue there is that, unlike living in Manhattan, one does require private transportation.
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Re: Manhattan advice
Exactly. That Greek restaurant in Tarrytown is sounding better and better. It's cheap and it has outside seating!
#14
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The food"s not bad and it does a booming business on the weekends in nice weather. Want a nice place for outdoor eating in Tarrytown then try Sunset Cove on the Hudson for lunch or dinner. Or if you just want drinks then the bar for the Washington Irving Boat Club which is part of the same complex.
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The food"s not bad and it does a booming business on the weekends in nice weather. Want a nice place for outdoor eating in Tarrytown then try Sunset Cove on the Hudson for lunch or dinner. Or if you just want drinks then the bar for the Washington Irving Boat Club which is part of the same complex.