Submitted by Working-Goose-5695 t3_1226rcv in Newark
Hey everyone! I’m currently living in Charlotte, NC, but will likely be moving up here come July to attend law school at Seton Hall. What is rent like in areas near the school? I visited Ironbound today and found it to be pretty walkable to and from the law building. Any other areas to look at apartments, and what kind of prices should I expect for rent?
Newarkguy1836 t1_jdpamm1 wrote
You can try Roseville, especially upper Roseville and the Silver Lake areas along Bloomfield Avenue. The #11 & GoBus bus will take you down to Seton Hall law law school. You can try the Woodside area (aka "N. Newark"). That's Newark north of 2nd Avenue. You have neighborhoods like Forest Hill, North Broadway how long the number 13 Broadway(Washington Ave in Belleville) & #27 Mt Prospect (Union Ave in Belleville) bus routes. If your street smart or are not worried about living in a inner city area, then you have the Lower Broadway /BranchBrook/ Mount Pleasant neighborhoods. There's University Heights along Bus #24 Central Avenue . Ranching those older neighborhoods front of thousand and change Maybe 2K at the most. I'm talking about the traditional row houses and older homes. Does lovely construction the area but those new apartments usually fetch at least 2K a month. You've got scattered pockets of gentrification. There's also upper Vailsburg / Ivy Hill. And the old Clinton Township section of Newark featuring Clinton Hill and Weequahic.
Newark is not the dangerous city it was years ago and even back then it was not as bad as National Media made it seem. You are you are most likely to find trouble if you look for it. Just use common sense if you see a block that looks like a war zone, don't walk that block. Funny thing is two blocks later it looks nice and rehabilitated. The city is growing rapidly and some areas are being developed faster than others. The city leapfrogged from 280,000 (2010 USCensus) to 311,540 as of 2020 US Census. It's all time high was 455,640 in 1950. But even that was an undercount. More like 500k or just shy.
Welcome to Newark, America's third oldest major city. You might find Newark housing density a shock compared to Charlotte which is more an "LA type" of city with a downtown core of skyscrapers & commercial-retail surrounded by single family homes. LOL.
Newark has more in common with Boston in which the row houses are actually double or triplex type of homes. Not the true row house. But you do see classic Rohouses alongside locations within the city, especially along James Street. Like boston, newark's housing stock is mostly "missing middle housing" types. A mixture of six-family / two families/multiplex/ single family and of course, the majority housing type the wooden tenement.
Don't give up. There are many families with the extra room apt in the Attic they're willing to rent if you don't mind simple amenities. Many of the newer homes have a small Studio apartment tuck behind the garages.
Also finally, if you don't mind Heights look into Colonnade, Pavilion, Hallmark and many of the high-rises in downtown Newark.