tanya

Hi everyone. We're planning to move to Bayside, NY but discouraged by the price of the houses there. I would like to look in Jersey since we would get more for our money but he doesn't want to commute from NJ to NY for more than two hours. He would start working in Park Avenue. For the NJ residents who works in NY, how far and how long is your commute? Could you suggest of any good neighborhoods in NJ that's close to NYC. We're planning to spend around $425K for our house but unfortunately in Bayside, that would only get us either a 50-60 year old 3BR colonial house or a 10 year old townhouse. Neither of us want that. Thanks in advance for any replies.

Merilee

Tanya, nice towns in Bergen County, New Jersey with easy commute to the city are...Maywood, Rochelle Park, Dumont, New Milford, River Edge, and Closter...within an hour to the city...do you have school age children?...if you're interested I can tell you about some of the schools...these towns are all centrally located to the major highways and shopping, yet you're surrounded by nice family neighborhoods.

SteveP

I know its far but....

I commute from Warwick, NY to Brooklyn. This is a 60 mile drive to the Bronx and a quick subway ride to midtown. To Brooklyn it is 77 miles.

Believe it or not....
I will be home in Warwick with the subway / car commute before I will be in Bayside with public transit.

For $500K you can have a 40 acre lot with a 20 room house easily....

RnR

I've heard Tenafly is fabulous, home to some classy folks. Convenient to the city. Good neighbors.

Julie

I'd go for Bergen County. Up rt 208 are some really nice towns. Are you looking for a small/large town? More suburban or more secluded? Good schools for kids? Close to major highways or just as long as there's public transportation to the city?

tanya

Wow! Thanks for the quick replies. My husband doesn't want to drive to NY because of traffic so we want to live in a suburb that has public transportation to the city and also has good school for kids. Thanks for the suggestions and I'll start doing research on the towns that you all mentioned.

Julie

You can check out the NJ transit website to see which towns there are direct trains to from NYC.
www.njtransit.com , i think

cb

Have you thought of New York counties north of the city ? like southern Dutchess county where it's a 1.5 hour Amtrak train ride to Grand Central terminal. Depending on where in Park Avenue, it can be walking distance from the terminal. You can get a lot of house and land for that much.
My son who works in NY city moved to New Jersey to be closer to his girlfriend. He just discovered that NJ state income tax is higher, which surprised me, and he of course has to pay both NY and NJ income taxes. Even if NJ gives some credit, he still ends up paying more.

nj

Hillsdale NJ.Beautiful,affordable,and the train to the city has a station in the middle of town.1/2 train ride an there you are!

lawrence

Ridgewood, Glen ROck, Fair Lawn, Are all under 20 miles to NYC - all have great train and bus stations and in your price range --

Bubble Buster

Maybe you should make that a 200K home since you will be paying for NJ car insurance!!

ss

My daughter lives in Cresskill. You can get a good large house for $400,000 Her commute to work takes just about an hour. She drives six or so miles and parks at a meter near the GW Bridge for the day. She takes a bus across the bridge to a bus terminal at 178th St. She then takes the subway to 59th Street, and walks two blocks to her office.

Judy

Tanya,

You might want to consider towns along the NJ Transit "Midtown Direct" Line in Essex, Morris/Union counties, which offer one-train service. Most of the Bergen county locations require you to first take a train to the PATH, and then swithc to the PATH train to NY. You could live in South Orange or Millburn/Short Hills & get one train directly into NY's Penn Station in under 30 minutes. Millburn would be the best school district, but you'll have a hard time finding anything decent in your price range. You would probably do better with South Orange, but the schools are not as good. Good Luck.

Olga H

I don't think you want Fair Lawn, it's getting crowded and old. In Bergen County, look into Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes, Park Ridge, Ridgewood - all bedroom communities of NYC and with public transportation. Tenafly is old too, but may be a good bet.

nj

the average price of homes in Tenafly is around $400,000.

tenafly

sorry-make that $610,000.000

real

http://www.relocate-america.com/stat...es/tenafly.htm

ben

Fair Haven and Rumson NJ You can take the boat over from the Highlands No driving Great schools top in the county and overall Great area beach beautiful we love it

annie

I also live in Warwick, NY. I agree with Steve I would rather live in NY State and pay NY than live in NJ and work in NY. There is a Shortline Park and Ride about 15 minutes from my house with frequent service to Manhattan. www.shortline.com
Metro-North's NJ Branch leaves from Harriman and Middletown also very frequently. www.mta.info
$425,000 will buy one house for you, one for me and one for Steve .
Good luck1

alex

Ben,
Rumson is a great town. But, if you can find a nice house there for $425,000 it'll be a small miracle.