Petri
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As you may know, we are currently in Sydney until late February and eventually we will be in New York late April. We originally planned to rent a place for three months, but with friends and relatives coming to the city, plus interest to fly back to Finland for the summer, not really sure how the visit will go around the summertime. Perhaps we'll be there until June and come back in August.
In Sydney a friend's friend recommended a neighbourhood and it turned out to be great -- Potts Point. We can walk to the Opera house and CBD through the Royal Botanical garden, enjoy the afternoon/evening sun on our balcony, watch the cityscape, harbour bridge and Opera all day. We have great supermarket, farmer's market, bottle shops, cafe's, restaurants etc within a block. Public transport works easily, small parks around, many tree-lined small streets. Our building has a pool and a small gym, plus we have a membership at a nearby fitness club. The nice thing is that there's so much to do simply by walking somewhere. Potts Point is also next to Kings Cross, the local party & red light district. Not that we need the services but adds character to the area (*
Now we need to find a similar area(s) in New York. Considering that a view of NYC cityscape would be interesting as well, it could also be in Brooklyn or New Jersey riverside. Not really sure where the best city views could be.
We've walked around some blocks in Upper West Side and it looked quite charming. Last June we stayed in midtown hotel but I think we spent most of the evenings somewhere around Meatpacking District, Greenwich Village, TriBeCa etc. We also walked from the High Line through West village, Greenwich, SoHo to Bowery and it looked very promising.
I leave finding a place to another challenge but first it would be interesting to know what the NYC-residents/gurus on the forum would recommend, especially for the NJ/Brooklyn option. Many people say Brooklyn is the "real New York" and we could consider giving it a try. We don't want suburbs or very quiet, sleepy areas.
*) I've lived in the red light district in Amsterdam so hard to shock..
In Sydney a friend's friend recommended a neighbourhood and it turned out to be great -- Potts Point. We can walk to the Opera house and CBD through the Royal Botanical garden, enjoy the afternoon/evening sun on our balcony, watch the cityscape, harbour bridge and Opera all day. We have great supermarket, farmer's market, bottle shops, cafe's, restaurants etc within a block. Public transport works easily, small parks around, many tree-lined small streets. Our building has a pool and a small gym, plus we have a membership at a nearby fitness club. The nice thing is that there's so much to do simply by walking somewhere. Potts Point is also next to Kings Cross, the local party & red light district. Not that we need the services but adds character to the area (*
Now we need to find a similar area(s) in New York. Considering that a view of NYC cityscape would be interesting as well, it could also be in Brooklyn or New Jersey riverside. Not really sure where the best city views could be.
We've walked around some blocks in Upper West Side and it looked quite charming. Last June we stayed in midtown hotel but I think we spent most of the evenings somewhere around Meatpacking District, Greenwich Village, TriBeCa etc. We also walked from the High Line through West village, Greenwich, SoHo to Bowery and it looked very promising.
I leave finding a place to another challenge but first it would be interesting to know what the NYC-residents/gurus on the forum would recommend, especially for the NJ/Brooklyn option. Many people say Brooklyn is the "real New York" and we could consider giving it a try. We don't want suburbs or very quiet, sleepy areas.
*) I've lived in the red light district in Amsterdam so hard to shock..