Living in New York Series

Finding An Apartment

Get to know the areas of NYC:

http://www.cityguideny.com/viewpage.cfm?colid=4362

This is just Manhattan. Areas of Queens include Flushing, Astoria, Elmhurst, Sunnyside, Woodside, and many others. I don't know much about Brooklyn though.

As for places for rent, check out this page for some more advice:

http://www.yourtype.com/survive/apartment_hunting.htm

And check out / join school mailing lists. Columbia, CUNYs, NYU, etc.

Here are a few:

Columbia Chinese Students and Scholars:

http://www.cucssa.org/pub/modules/newbb/viewforum.php?forum=3

Columbia University Taiwanese Students Association

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ColumbiaTSA/

NYU Taiwanese Student Associations

http://nyutsa.com/wordpress/?page_id=6

CUNY Apartments (only for CUNY students though)

http://www.campusrent.com/The_City_University_of_New_York_Apartments.cfm

Also the magazines 'Village Voice' and 'Loot' which are free. You can pick them up at places like Barnes & Nobles.

Craigslist is also a place:

http://newyork.craigslist.org/

There are many other sites as well. As always, be careful!

Good luck and happy hunting!