Leaving Brooklyn for...??

Silver Member Joined: Sep 22 2007 Posts: 547

Riverdale is not for you, OP.
Call Milky Forst at 516-239-0306 and ask for an agent who can take you around and give you a feel for the 5 Towns possibilities. She has a lot of agents, see if you can get one who is on your wavelength and can tell you what you really need to know- I.e., frum, lives in the area, if possible from Brooklyn. You can also check out the houses on MLSLI.com and see if there is anything you love.
Look into Cedarhurst and Woodmere- aim for the shteibel area, as well as around where the new break off shteibel will be. Don't bother with Lawrence or North Woodmere- former is too pricey, latter is too Teaneck-y for you. I don't know what your level of frumkeit is, but I have a feeling you won't like most of Cedarhurst.
Good luck. Are you going to have to sell a Brooklyn house before you buy a 5 Towns house? if so, I'd get the ball rolling if you want to be in by September- it's a terrible market to be selling in.

Executive Member Joined: Sep 03 2007 Posts: 431

Have you considered Far Rockaway?

Also, there are lots of people that commute to Manhattan from Monsey daily. The areas that I've been to are not like you describe - the houses all have land, but they are not 5 minutes apart and I've seen manicure places,etc that did not seem very far at all. Many of the houses have swimming pools and land in the front and back. The communities are different, depending on the area. It seems like a really nice place to live - and there's great shopping a short drive away.

Gold Member Joined: Apr 23 2007 Posts: 2442

I grew up in Woodmere. Lived there for 27 yrs and moved out bout 3 yrs ago. You should check out Aish Kodesh, The shteibel & the Agudah. For schools there is Shulamis in Woodmere & TAG or Bnos Beis Yaakov in Far Rockaway. For boys its South Shore in Hewlett or Yeshiva Ketana in Wodmere or Darchei in Far Rock.

Fell free o ask me any questions

Senior Member Joined: Sep 21 2006 Posts: 248

youre right, OP, if youre looking for a lot of space and a yard, I guess Kew Gardens Hills isnt the place to look!!

Silver Member Joined: Jul 24 2007 Posts: 765

ok I just saw this post if you still are intresed on info of passaic you can email me at bo50050@yahoo.com

Posted: Thu, Feb 05 2009, 11:21 am Post subject: re: Leaving Brooklyn for...??

OP.
So we are looking at both Passaic and Woodmere, while we are both leaning towards woodmere (community might be a better fit, still in NY not a different state which just feels further, commute we figured out would be simpler with LIRR, we already have friends and fam there)
Does anyone know where I can look at houses online? Are there any agents that give listings with actual Pictures? From what Ive seen (on luach.com) it seems like we can get alot more for our money in Passaic than in Woodmere (which is disappointing to us!). Is that true? or am I looking in the wrong places?

And sorry to introduce a new place-but what about Monsey? Places like WesleyHills or Forshay? Its so beautiful out there, but I am scared of monsey because a) Ive heard the mentality there is more "out of town" ish - which is the very reason we are leaning more towards 5towns over Passaic - is this true? b) Im used to everything being so close and convenient, everything there seems so far and spread out. Is this true? or would monsey be a good "fit" for us?

Sorry I havent been replying, Ive been too busy looking for houses. but I have read everyones responses these past few weeks and I really appreciate everyones input!

Diamond Member Joined: Nov 30 2006 Posts: 2613

Go to http://www.mlsli.com/

All the local MLS listings are there. You won't get FSBOs, but anything listed by the regular firms will be there and you'll get a feel for what's available.

As for Monsey, I'd say the commute from the 5T is better, and Monsey is much more spread out--which might be good or bad, depending on what you want.