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?
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Paragraph 3 got me laughing hahaha
If you're willing to take the City Subway(Newark Light Rail) from north of Park Ave straight downtown you'd save 100s on rent vs the Ironbound and Downtown. The station is on Raymond and Broad 2 blocks from the law school.
There are a lot of new buildings going up in the area that may be ready by then depending on when you’re signing the lease. Prices are up all over right now and Newark is no exception. It varies. Downtown and ironbound are probably your best bet though. Depending on your price range and BR you’re probably looking at 1800+.
777 McCarther is the newest development and close to Seton Hall. They may be more inclined to negotiate but rents in this area are around $2000/br. Not having to walk through Penn Station everyday is worth the extra $200/month.
777 McCarter is starting at $2,500 for a studio
🤣 I didn’t realize people still think “market rate” means pick a number, any number. Apologies for suggesting it. I had a 1bd Manhattan view w/balcony at 1 Theatre Square with parking for $1900. Prices may have changed slightly but maybe checkout One Theatre.
I would ask current students at Seton Hall. Their advice is probably more tailored to law school life and demands in the city.
Harrison would also be a good option, close to the school.
Seton Hall law school is near penn station, so any city near a path station is doable for you.
Jersey city, hoboken, all have path stations which would make your commute to school accessible
Well according to what I’ve been told by Newark citizens not from the east ward,If you want that real Newark experience don’t come to the ironbound cause majority of Newark residents in the central north south west wards don’t consider the ironbound “Real Newark” as they like to say.
If you live in Newark you live in the real Newark. Don't listen to anyone who tells you that nonsense!
That's ghetto Thug nonsense and I myself used to think that way when I was in high school in Newark. It's all part of the mentality "keep it real". These are idiots that consider Newark to be garbage and that is the real Newark in their opinion. They actually take pride in the negative perception because it is gold in the hip hop culture. These are the same clowns that later cry "they're pushing us out for gentrification"
Im surprised a law school would accept people who cant use google to search existing rentals.
As though local people don’t have a better understanding of their city than may be portrayed in the internet? Get a life, dude.
...you think anecdotes from people who own houses, or have lived in the same rent controlled units for 10 years know more about rental prices than aprtments.com?
Jesus christ.
Stop being so rude, relax
Stop using Reddit like a personal concierge because you don't know how to use search
Who hurt you?
People who cant use the search bar
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.