AUA Wyckoff students...where to live? on 11/23-12/31

[I need advice]

I am looking for housing near Wyckoff. Can anyone give me a lead on this, I have a rotation on 11/23-12/31, can anyone help me out?

[olddoc90]

Hello I need Advice, I have the same date rotation 11/23/09 at Wykoff. I need housing too. I have never been in NY, heard weird stories about it but can anyone please tell me if I need to have a car, would it help to have a car? The reason is, I heard stories that there is a $50/ day or lowest $20/ day parking price!!!!!!! anyone recommend driving a car to NY? please help and plus if your are and looking for a nice roommate, please help, I have 6 week rotation there with AUA.

thank you so much.

[logik15]

i got a surgery rotation on 11/23 - 2/20 i think... whatever the 3 months is. housing in NY is really hard to find for 6 weeks, nevertheless a decent place for a good price. you're going to be overpaying. i'm looking for a place with a 3 or 6 month lease also. if anyone has anything let us know!

[StudentMed16]

I am looking for housing near Wyckoff. Can anyone give me a lead on this, I have a rotation on 11/23-12/31, can anyone help me out?


Hi, Are you starting Peds on 11/23??

[olddoc90]

No OBGYN on 11/23/09.

[premedjules]

Hi,
I'm in the process of completing a rotation here at Wyckoff and i figured i could share a bit of my experience. I've been in Brooklyn going on 4 weeks now.

If you are trying to find housing near Wyckoff, the hospital has a couple of listings posted on bulletin boards around the floor that students have lockers. You may want to call the medical education coordinator and ask for info. I was lucky enough to find a person on ValueMD who needed someone to sublease their room from the dates i was going to be at Wyckoff. But i understand how overwhelming looking for a place in NY can be.

The most convenient thing about NY is that you can get around virtually anywhere without a car by taking the subway/bus. Rates are not that bad for a metrocard & the prices beat ridiculous parking rates that are charged near Wyckoff. You can try driving up to NY and using public transportation to get to and from the hospital.

Have any other questions....i'll try to answer them the best i can! good luck.

[olddoc90]

Thank you so much premedjules, I appreciate your info.
but one more thing, would you happen to know how much a monthly parking runs in NY near Wykoff. I talked to someone in Wykoff by phone and she said they charge $100 a month. is this true? If you were me, would you drive to NY and use your car than taking buses? or it is not worth it? I saw listings in craiglist and found hundreds of places from rent with distance of 1.8 to 12 miles a way from hospital. not sure what am I gonna do for now, kind of worried................

[calimd2b]

hey olddoc, there is a parking lot that charges 98/month and another that charges 120/month. both are very close by. If you are living in queens like I do, getting to wyckoff by train will take you about an hour and half because it requires you to go to manhattan and then come back to brooklyn...as opposed to driving for 25 mins or so. Although having a car is a hassle in someways, I chose to do it because we have some rotations in long island and staten island, and driving to those locations is the most convenient. hope this helps..

[olddoc90]

hi Calimd2b, you are the greatest doc I have ever heard of being so helpful :Dthank you so much. I think I will drive, believe it or not, from California, 348987659847634489 miles.
....lol.....It may take me five months....lol......I could be studying for that 3 hours of going and coming back......thanks...:p

[calimd2b]

glad to hlep.

[ATG]

Just feeling obligated to contribute a New Yorker's point-of-view to this car debate (& if you don't like it, you can just FUGGEDABOUTIT)...

Anyways... As everyone knows, parking in NY = $$$$$$$.

But actually, parking is just ONE of the many headaches associated with having a car in NY. When I first came to NY, I had a car, and it actually took me a while to realize how much money/time/energy I was spending to keep it from getting ticketed, towed, broken into, etc. And forget insurance! Oh yeah, and traffic! (Plus if you're driving and you go out for dinner/drinks you can't -- or at least you shouldn't -- do the drinking part! How much fun is that?)

Bottom line is that having a car in NY can be more hassle than it is worth.

As much as we like to b!*@% and moan about it, NY has an amazing subway system. Calimd is probably right about it being tough to get from some neighborhoods in Queens to Wyckoff. But that leaves plenty of other neighborhoods to live in which it is not a problem.

The alternative to putting all that $$$ into a car is to put it all that into an apartment instead. That's what I did. I don't wanna live near Wyckoff anyway. (And, no offense, but I definitely don't wanna live in Queens.) I'd rather live near the L train (subway line). There are plenty of places -- from the West side of Manhattan through Union Square, the east side, and then into Brooklyn. First stop in Brooklyn is Bedford Ave -- Williamsburg -- now quite trendy and expensive, and then as you get further into Brooklyn it gets closer to Wyckoff and rents go down.)

Just thought of something else... And I bring this up because olddoc mentioned driving here from CA -- which suggests that he/she might not have thought about the weather on this side of the country...
Calimd, have you been through a NY winter yet with your car? (It's Nov now, and it will soon be Dec/Jan....)
Have you gone through the ordeal of trying to dig your car out of the snow? Or scrape the thick layer of ice off your windshield (and windows)?

Finally, one last point about this (and I bet even Calimd will agree):
If you do decide to bring a car to NY, do NOT bring one that you care too much about! (Between the potholes, other drivers, etc., this town will put some serious wear and tear on your car.)

[calimd2b]

agree with what ATG has to say also. I decided to live in queens because its cheaper than manhattan and wanted to be close to the city. Williamsburg which is in brooklyn and its close to the city, but also expensive.
that said, I drive only to work and back. the subway system is great to do everything else.
only problem is if one has rotations in long island or staten island, it isn't that convenient to use public transportation.

[ATG]

agree with what ATG has to say also. I decided to live in queens because its cheaper than manhattan and wanted to be close to the city.

Completely logical decision.

Williamsburg which is in brooklyn and its close to the city, but also expensive.


True that.


that said, I drive only to work and back. the subway system is great to do everything else.
only problem is if one has rotations in long island or staten island, it isn't that convenient to use public transportation.

Yeah, the prospect of having rotations in the other boroughs does concern me.
Absolutely no argument about the difficulties of using mass transit for getting to LI or SI. (However, these rotations aren;t so easy to get to in a car either! Especially SI!)

[Tipton]

For someone from Cali moving to NYC for the first time it may be difficult getting used to not having a car. But I completely agree that if you have a nice car you should leave it home and get used to the subway. I moved to NYC with a beater and got rid of it as soon as I could simply because I didn't need it and it was a pain trying to keep up with the tax-farming parking regulations.

Digging a car out of the snow is pretty rare here: maybe once a winter every 2 years. I grew up in California and spent 7 years in Chicago before moving to NYC. So 1) I still get excited when I see the snow and 2) see it as an adventure more than a challenge. If you are good driver in normal weather there isn't any reason why you can't be a good driver in the snow and slush. Just be gentle with the gas and brake. The first few times you drive in the snow take it easy and learn how your car responds in different conditions. If the snow is still on the road aim for other cars' tire tracks.

Easiest / most convenient would be a parking garage. Pricey but I think it's worth it if you need a car and don't to have to worry about alternate-side parking rules.

[rahulb]

i live 1 block from the hospital in a crappy 650$/month apt that's furnished and comes w/ utilities.

works for me :|

my family lives an hour away in jersey so at least i can go home whenever i want some food or laundry. i tried the commute but its too much when you work 14 hours a day, plus the train tickets/parking come out to as much as my rent here

[ATG]

i live 1 block from the hospital in a crappy 650$/month apt that's furnished and comes w/ utilities.



That's actually a pretty good deal --

(Crappy furnished apts with utilities included often cost much more than that in NY.)

(Must be the economy.)

[olddoc90]

Thank you so much for everybody's info on driving to NY. very nice of you, I appreciate that :hail:. I have never been in NY, I know it will suck to be without a car but I always had a horrible experience with public transportation. It sucks in Cali, it sucked in NJ, it sucked in Chicago, and now I am afraid in suck in NY. The bus driver showed up whenever they felt like it and saw me running to catch the bus, in 30 cm distance they closed the doors and took off. :rant:. Anyway :focus: anybody heard a rental going on please post. by the way, which cities should I look for in the craiglist? Last time i found a place a city 3 hour away from Brooklyn :nono:.

thank you everybody specially ATG......:hail:

[rahulb]

you absolutely do not need a car in nyc

[ndsoni]

Hey guys,
For everyone coming to Wyckoff for a rotation... my apartment building, which is a 4-5 minutes walk from the hospital is pretty nice (@ 316 Himrod St). It is not furnished, but it is a brand new building with a great landlord. He will work with you on a lease if it needs to be less than 1 year. You can contact Bernard Gross at 516-850-1821 for availability details and pricing. ALSO, I live in this building right now, and I have a brand new twin mattress set, if anyone wants to buy it from me. I am finishing up my semester here in December, and I have no way of taking it back home with me. Price can be negotiated.

Also, DO NOT BRING A CAR. Subway is great, while parking, roads, and traffic suck. Get an apt in the area, it is very efficient.

[george4520]

Whats up guys. Im an AUA student starting surgery at Wyckoff 11/23, I am also having trouble looking for housing, anyone looking for a roomate or apt for rent let me know.

Question: When you guys say NY parking is expensive, do you also mean apts around Wyckoff. Because I assumed if I got an apartment in the Brooklyn area, around the hospital, that parking would be free????? I know Manhattan parking is very expensive.

[ndsoni]

Unless you park on the streets, which isn't too terrible, parking evening at your apartment building is not free and costs about the same as Wyckoff parking.