Jersey City Apt Recommendations

Submitted by Heavy-Implement-8228 t3_11rfdto in jerseycity

Hi,

I’m going to be moving to jersey city over the summer and would love recommendations for buildings to check out. I’m ideally looking for a 1 bed + office or 2 bed layout. Trying to keep the costs under $4,500/month. Interested in an anywhere that is within a 10-15 min walk to the grove street path.

Any tips or tricks on negotiating rent would be helpful too!

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flapjack212 t1_jc87okk wrote

for doorman/elevator buildings you can look at grove point, 50/70 columbus, mandalay/portofino (condo, but owners rent it out), newport (not near grove st, but i assume newport station is ok too), avalon cove (also newport station). these are some of the slightly older high rises, though their 1.5-2br prices are starting to be 4.5-5k i'm hearing, but you might catch a lower floor one in your price range

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jjimenez323 t1_jc89wvw wrote

Replying to Heavy-Implement-8228 (#2,230,844)

You will have a lot of options. I used to live right above the Grove street station but recently I moved to Liber State Park area. I work in Manhattan I'm looking for bang for buck. Can 4.5k get you a nice apartment right by the train? Yea of course. But if you do decide to do that 10-15 min walk or even the light rail, that 4.5k will stretch to a 2+ bedroom. I live in an apartment now which I pay $3,100 for. 1br with.a den which I use an an office. My building has 3brs for 4200. All the building in my area have the same price point or cheaper. If I were you I'd look at Paulus hook area. I'd also recommend my new area but I understand it's more than a 15 min walk. I usually just take the light rail to get around Jersey City.

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Do you have a car? Work fully remote?

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As far as tips and tricks. Go directly to the building leasing offices and speak to them directly. If you can, a 2 year lease will drop your monthly cost.

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PixelSquish t1_jc8hzv1 wrote

Not a lot of options to negotiate rent downtown, unless they seriously overprice it and it sits and sits.

Because the housing market in the burbs is so screwed right now, renters that would normally leave and buy a house are just continuing to rent, for one thing, and in general besides that some first time homebuyers are still fearful of interest rates, even though they don't realize those rates of a couple years ago were really abnormal and not coming back . This past couple weeks anything decent downtown in the rental market priced fairly goes in a week or less, basically depends on how easy it is to show.

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Calm_Entrepreneur_28 t1_jc8iop0 wrote

Portside towers. Right in the water. Closer to both path stations my fiancé takes path everyday to city for work!

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jjimenez323 t1_jc8kf5o wrote

Replying to Heavy-Implement-8228 (#2,231,366)

I love it more everyday I'm here. So much stuff is getting built. All we need is a true supermarket and we'll be set! You can see what's coming over the next 2-3 years. Being close to the park is nice. My block alone as a coffee shop, liquor store, and a deli. MY building is BeLa Apartments. Right here in the area there are a few more. All old factories which have been converted into apartments.

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Heavy-Implement-8228 OP t1_jc8mc0l wrote

Has anyone lived at the Liberty Harbor apartments? They seem to have quite a few buildings that are all very nice.

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PsychologicalAd1153 t1_jc8psfj wrote

Get a Citibike membership to get around quickly. Use it to commute to PATH, around NYC, and even Hoboken. It cuts your "walking time" by a lot.

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Anxious_Baseball_299 t1_jc8q4uw wrote

Hi! So I have an amazing 1-bed/bath apartment at 88 Morgan. It’s a condo building and my unit is currently leased through mid summer 2023. While it’s not a 1 bed + office/den, it’s. 850SF unit which is roughly the size of 2-bedrooms nowadays.

The unit also has spectacular views which face three directions:

  1. The statue of the liberty (which you see the moment you walk in)
  2. The freedom tower to the left
  3. All of NJ to the right.

It’s honestly a great building with awesome amenities which include an outdoor pool and an indoor Grotto and spa.

I’ll leave it here - let me know if you want more info!

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datatadata t1_jc8r1vk wrote

$4.5k/mo budget should be plenty to get what you want (1BR + office or 2BR) as long as you are willing to do slightly older buildings. You will have a better chance of negotiating with privately owned condos vs larger rental buildings.

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sweetpe184 t1_jc8tiv0 wrote

This place on Newark Ave they just built looks nice. But I can’t tell from the website if there’s any availability The Hemlock

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sweetpe184 t1_jc8v6ui wrote

Replying to Heavy-Implement-8228 (#2,231,704)

I used to live at 9 Regent. Loved the loft style apts with amazing views of the Statue of Liberty. They also have a pool in an adjacent building you can go to. The Biergarten can get noisy on the weekends with bros yelling. Management has a reputation of taking most of, if not all of, your security deposit and that area floods bad if there’s ever another super storm like Sandy. Other than that I really enjoyed living there!

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ralbsy t1_jc8xkxa wrote

I moved into VYV last month. $4300 for a 1 + den. 950 sqft. 9 min walk to Grove St Path.

I toured about 10 buildings in the area before picking this, looking for the same thing as you. Happy with my choice.

Feel free to DM me if you have any Qs.

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Heavy-Implement-8228 OP t1_jcaon5r wrote

Has anyone had experience with 65 Bay Street? They seem to have 1 bed + den setups for $4k

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sweetPea2278 t1_jcas1jf wrote

Don’t have any recommendations, but please stay away from the Enclave.. they have sister buildings called One Ten & 100 house too

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elk11223344 t1_jcdm6t8 wrote

Replying to Heavy-Implement-8228 (#2,231,704)

Used to live at 30 Regent for 5 years. Had a pretty good experience. Staff is really nice. Wonderful location. And got 100% of my security deposit back with no issues. Building is not as “luxury” as some newly constructed ones in JCDT, but still has gym, pool, grills and garage

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