Or so the Craigslist ad told me. 3rd street at Avenue C.
It’s a done deal…we need a short term sublet for this limited time period because our investors are insisting on us moving to NYC. My company and my co-founders are based out of (and will remain so) out of Boston. The company is based in Brookline, but this should be a fun lark for us all.
I never imagined I’d live in New York for any time period–I grew up in rural Quebec and then in sleepy suburban Boston (Lexington) and am used to lots and lots of open space and find New York really overcrowded and hectic. I’ve lived in 2 big cities since then, Montreal for undergrad and Los Angeles after law school, but neither had/have either the pace or feel of New York.
If you guys have any good East Village tips, please feel free to tell me
(also, OMG, I’m moving again! This time to New York!)
Quick glace at the location…
You’re near the Newyorican Poets Cafe#1 spot for spoken word performance.
You’re walking distance from a HUGE Whole Foods
There’s a CSA with pickup in the vicinity
You’re walking distance to an arty movie theater
My grandma said people praised Yonah Shimmel Knishes back in Poland before the war. Katz’s… goes without saying. Expensively, but without saying.
A few doors down, Russ & Daughters sells the best smoked fish and caviar. It’s currently being run by the (I think) Great-granddaughter of Russ (and we went to shul with them… oh how my mother dreamed of marrying into the smoked fish empire…)
On the other side of Houston the Lower East Side starts, with all it’s clever little locavore gluten free restaurants and hipster shops.
Um, yeah most of what I know is food related as it turns out.
This is awesome you two, thanks so much for the tips.
If it had been up to me I’d probably have chosen some place in Brooklyn (a little more space!), but we were dealing with sublet availability and my business partners both really wanted to live in Manhattan. I’ve spent some time tonight researching the neighborhood and I’m begrudgingly giving it to them–we’ve already turned our lives upside down, may as well enjoy our time there and get the whole experience of living in New York
I’m just so excited. I never ever though I’d live in New York and it’s actually happening
(almost makes up for working through spring break two years running, almost)
Your emergency room is probably Beth Israel Medical Center on 16th & 1st…
Your nearest major subway line is the F at Second Avenue (exit on the first avenue side)…
A list of public wifi hotspots is here…
The subway map is here…
Buy all the best New York themed gifts for the family at the Municipal store… You must know someone who needs this
Ha, we own a tech company so between the three of us we have 20 different mobile phones, 15 computers, a server and our “cloud”-no need for public wifi-we are altogether too connected.
Pistols at dawn it is, then. I’ve been to Veniero’s, and it’s certainly yummy, but to me De Robertis is equally yummy (though much less fancy) and MUCH cheaper.
Amazing pizza + cheap rentals of obscure and foreign films.
Not sure if you’re into bars or not, but this is where I’m headed for my birthday in April: http://bedlamnyc.com/BEDLAMNYC/The_Bar.html
Right around the corner on C between 3rd and 4th.
You’re outside the official delivery range of my bakery, but if you’re ever craving sweet snacks send me a PM and something can be worked out (we’re willing to make exceptions for nice people).
I would exercise reasonable caution, but New York is not the hotbed of crime like it was in the 80s, even near housing projects. I’ve lived here for almost 5 years now and nothing’s ever happened.
There is only one little problem - who do you know who owns a gun, so they can point it at you to get you to leave? Trust me, after three months in NYC, my guess is the only way they will get you to leave NYC will be at gunpoint!
You are going to have a great time, the experience will be amazing and it will be so hard to say goodbye…
My prediction: You will soon be planning to move permanently to NYC for, uh, [cough cough], purely business reasons (wink wink).
OMG, so DMark, I just got a near-hysterical call from them. First, apparently the apartment itself is very beautiful though smaller than any of us are used to. However, they are sort of overcome by the big-crowdedness of New York. And the New York-iness of it all. They currently own a really big home in Coolidge Corner (it’s in the middle of Boston, in Brookline, we run the co. out of the house) and previously lived in a condo in downtown Chicago (Gold Coast) and prior to that, in Montreal. So neither has experienced grittiness in, well…ever.
They signed and handed over the money. Our apartment’s area is still “gentrifying”-we are two blocks from complete gentrification. I think it sounds absolutely fantastic, while they are bug-eyed at the thought of having to live somewhere without a purse-dog contingent. Have I mentioned we’re bringing the company purse dog we own?
Anyway, I pointed out that we are a STARTUP and while we just raised some capital, we haven’t raised enough (working on it) to justify moving to whatever rich part of New York they expected/wanted to live in.
I’m way jealous. I’m living out here on Long Island and get in to the city about once a month or so for music or museums or food or any old excuse. My dream is to live in the city some day but I fear that dream will never come true.
I haven’t been to NYC for a while, but I’m hoping to make it out for the Belmont Stakes. I’m going to toss out a few of my favorite Chinatown restaurants. I haven’t been there for 2 years, so this is out of date.
Dim Sum:
Jing Fong Restaurant
20 Elizabeth St New York, NY 10013 (212) 964-5256
Ping’s Seafood
22 Mott St New York, NY 10013 (212) 602-9988
Golden Unicorn Restaurant
18 E Broadway New York, NY 10002 (212) 941-0911
Super funky and delicious Congee:
Congee Village
100 Allen St New York, NY 10002 (212) 941-1818
Handmade noodles:
Lan Zhou Noodles
144 E Broadway New York, NY 10002
Super Taste Chinese Restaurant
26 Eldridge St # N New York, NY 10002 (212) 625-1198 more info »
Cheap old school American Chinese loved by Bourdain (I’ve never been):
Thanks Darryl! We moved in to our 1 week rental (OMG, craziest place ever). I have to fly back to MI for a few days for school while my biz partners move our crap into our real apartment, for which the lease starts on Sunday.
I thought I would be very very overwhelmed-the apartments are tiny and crappy but I’m quite liking it so far. But I spend most of my time at our venture fund’s roomy huge offices.
