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What’s the best neighborhood for housing in New York City?

A number of people often ask me: what is the best neighborhood for a short-term stay in NYC?
Often, I will answer: it all depends on your taste and budget.
What kind of neighborhood do you prefer to stay in?
Precisely, this is where the problem is: you’ll have to make a decision!!! 🙂 🙂

A different housing for a first stay and further trips to New York?

In the first place, I’d like to say that for the first trip to New York, a tourist neighborhood like Times Square is a perfect choice. Now, for a 2nd trip to New York, a quiet environment among local New Yorkers is preferable.
Anyway, you might want a calm place while getting to know New Yorkers on your first trip to New York.
It really depends of your preferences.

Is there any affordable housing in New York?

Of course, money matters to find a good deal in housing in the neighborhood you want!!!
Basically, the more you lower your standards regarding hotel ranking, quality, and size of the apartment, and the further from the heart of Manhattan you’re staying, the cheaper it is. Therefore, if you’ll find an apartment in Harlem or Brooklyn will always be more affordable than any place in the city center with the same accommodations. So once again, it depends if you prefer a location close to Midtown or if you don’t mind commuting a few minutes more.
But my best tip is to stay in Long Island City, you’ll be at 10-15 minutes to Times Square by Subway. I tell you more here: 3 good deals for hotels in New York

All neighborhoods defined following 7 criteria

I will try to define each neighborhood of New York according to several criteria: the tourist aspect, the proximity with shops or restaurants, bars and clubs, its quietness, whether local people live in the neighborhood, the number of tourist housing (hotels & apartments) and finally its rate.
In this way, I’ve put stars for each criterion.

Tourism: is it a tourist area or not? Are there interesting things to see?
non tourist area
highly tourist area

Shopping: is it a great shopping area? (from a tourist perspective)
very few stores
great shopping area

Going out: is there any bars, restaurants or clubs in the neighborhood?
very few venues
excellent area for venues

Quietness: is the neighborhood quiet or not?
not quiet at all
very quiet

Local life: is it a neighborhood filled with locals, an office area or tourist area?
very few locals
mostly locals

Choice of housing: is the neighborhood mainly for tourists (hotels or short-term rentals)?
very few tourists housing
large choice of housing

Rates: is it expensive for a hotel or an apartment?
very pricey
affordable

Here’s a chart so you can see all the neighborhoods and their distinctive characteristics

Neighborhoods Tourism Shopping Going out Quietness Local life Choice of housing Rates
Financial District
Tribeca
Chinatown
SoHo
Lower East Side (LES)
Greenwich Village
East Village
Chelsea
Flatiron District
Hell’s Kitchen
Midtown
Times Square
Upper West Side
Upper East Side
Harlem
Washington Heights
Brooklyn – Williamsburg
Brooklyn – Bedford
Brooklyn
Queens – Long Island City & Astoria
Queens
Staten Island
The Bronx
New Jersey

Conclusion

I hope that this chart and these explanations will help you decide more easily in which neighborhood of NYC is the best choice while researching for housing in New York.
You can find some housing options here.

Memo

My fist trip to New York was in 2007 when I was working for an airline company. I was born in the US, I lived in Mexico, in Europe in between Belgium, Spain and France… Well, let’s say I know about travelling! I bring my experience of NYC to the blog, to provide the best travel tips you could imagine!

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