What are some safe and cheaper neighborhoods to live in in New York city?|112313

What are some safe and cheaper neighborhoods to live in in New York city? I want to live pretty close to Manhattan but not pay an arm and a leg for rent. I plan on renting a room.

Astoria, Queens, without a second thought. just on the other side of the East River from Manhattan and Roosevelt Island, and it_s only 15-20 minutes from Midtown even to the last stop on the N and W trains.

Astoria, Queens

LIC?
not williamsburg bklyn
mad expensive

Washington Heights, Inwood, Harlem, those are the areas that are becoming gentrified very quickly. I lived in the Heights for three years and my gym was in Harlem, most of my friends live above 160th street to the west side of Broadway. You should also check out Woodside, Sunnyside , Astoria, and Long Island City Queens and maybe Williamsburg, Brooklyn still, Windsor Terrace Bklyn. I_ve lived in all of those places, and they were safe and cool, and great for people who just finished grad school, were raised in the suburbs and want to live in NYC.

Safe and cheap neighborhoods to live.

Queens
-Astoria
-Long Island City
-Northeastern Queens (Bayside, Whitestone, Beachhurst, Bay Terrace, etc.)

Brooklyn
-Fulton Ferry
-Fort Greene
-Brooklyn Heights
-Clinton Hill
-Prospect Heights
-Park Slope
-Boerum Hill

I hope this information was very helpful. Good luck and happy apartment hunting.

Native New Yorker