south shore: Long Beach, NY - City by the Sea - Trolley
- 08/02/17 02:03 PM
Long Beach, NY - City by the Sea - Trolley
The City's Trolleys are a fun and easy way to get around all of Long Beach, from the serene east side to the trending west end.
Hop on and off. Bus fare $2.25 or free with valid beach pass on weekends only. Students and Seniors $1.00.
Click here for the Long Beach, New York Trolley schedule.
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south shore: Your Suburban Life - Are You Ready?
- 03/07/17 10:23 AM
Your Suburban Life - Are You Ready?
Hot Brooklyn neighborhoods come with exorbitant pricetags. Familiar names like Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Sunset Park, Kensington, Clinton Hill and a host of others are rarely within reach for young families.
For example, a modest $489,000 can buy you a 1 or 2 bedroom/one bath co-op/condo; on average between 750 and 850 sq. ft. No parking, no outdoor space and to call it move-in ready would be a huge stretch of anyone's imagination.
Compare that to a renovated 2/3 bedroom/ 2 bath home, a reasonable commute away, and you can easily tack on a backyard, basement, garage and twice the square footage to that description.
Easy decision? … (22 comments)
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south shore: HomeShoppers: Great value in the ones you pass on
- 02/16/17 08:16 AM
HomeShoppers: Great value in the ones you pass on
Some buyers begin the process thinking they know exactly what they want. But sometimes, their must haves don't match their budget or what a neighborhood typically offers so they need to start anew.
Other buyers have no idea in the world what they are looking for and want to see it all. To be openminded is definitely a good thing but, in order for the homeshopping outings to make sense and begin to take shape, our immediate goal is to zero in on a particular part of town before we can narrow it down to a … (39 comments)
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south shore: Long Beach NY - The City by the Sea - Where have all our surfers gone?
- 02/10/17 09:14 AM
Long Beach, NY - The City by the Sea - Where have all our surfers gone?
You know the weather is bad when our ubiquitous surfing population is nowhere to be found.
Yesterday, there was a blizzard that dumped an average of 12 inches of snow on the ground. With heavy winds and dropping temperatures, venturing outside to take pictures rapidly became an idea bordering on the insane.
Guilty as charged. I've never seen the ocean before in a snowstorm and, now, I can cross that off my bucket list. It's very pretty and eerily quiet.
But mostly it's cold. Really, really cold.
At the polar plunge, … (1 comments)
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south shore: Long Beach, NY - The City by the Sea - Polar Bear Plunge
- 02/09/17 10:44 AM
Long Beach, NY - The City by the Sea - Polar Bear Plunge Revisited
Superbowl Sunday, February 5th, 2017
In the tri-state area today, we're having a snowstorm. It's a big one - 12-18 inches. It was only yesterday that unseasonable mild temperatures were up in the low 60's. It felt glorious.
These crazy weather patterns have made for an interesting winter.
Right before that was Long Beach's annual 18th Polar Bear Plunge. Air and water temps were close at around 35 degrees and as fellow friend and blogger, Jon Zolsky, noted "35F is freaking cold, pretty much as cold as the water gets before turning to … (7 comments)
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south shore: 5 Things to Give Sellers That They Don’t Realize They Need
- 01/31/17 10:32 AM
Destined to become a timeless and all-time popular read from my friend, Jeff Dowler. No matter what you need to learn, an overview of the process is the best place to start so
you don't get derailed by the little bumps in the road and you can see the finish line 5 Things to Give Sellers That They Don’t Realize They Need
Selling a home is a tough job, whether a seller has “been there done that” or is selling for the first time. There’s a lot leading up to going live with the listing, managing showings, and then everything that happens … (5 comments)
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south shore: Freeport, Long Island - Affordable Waterfront Charmer
- 10/08/15 10:32 PM
A golden opportunity to buy while waterfront properties in Freeport, Long Island are still affordable.
Lite & Brite Hi-ranch with new roof, new siding, replacement windows, and new appliances perfectly suited for multi-generational living with lovely canal and marina views and 50' of water frontage.
Floating dock, hot tub. Minutes to open bay.
4 bedrooms/ 2 baths, EIK, near Cow Meadow Park, Famous Nautical Mile eateries, Meadowbrook Parkway, LIRR and Roosevelt Field Mall.
At last. Live out your dream of a home by the water.
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south shore: And we're back! Zip Code 11566
- 08/07/15 12:05 AM
An absolute must see!
Merrick has it all.
The New York Times ran an article on June 24, 2015.
Newsday ran an article on July 24th, 2015.
My favorite quote from the NYT article states, (buyers Kopelowitz) "hoped to buy on the North Shore, but were turned off by the drive from Manhattan to Port Washington and the train ride to Syosset. They headed south,"
Buyers are looking, interest is high and multiple offers (not seen in recent years) are back.
Merrick is conveniently located 45 minutes from the City and it is well-known for its award-winning schools.
There is easy access to highways, and, short driving distances (or walkability) to … (3 comments)
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south shore: Spacious Merrick Split - Long Island's South Shore
- 06/15/15 06:58 AM
Currently own? We'll wait until you sell. Contingency welcomed!
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south shore: A Tale of Two Inwoods
- 05/22/14 04:32 AM
A Tale of Two Inwoods
I received a call, a couple of weeks back, from none other than Broker, Jane Peters, of Los Angeles, California.
She potentially wanted to refer out the sale of an Inwood co-op.
"Inwood - oh, sure. Sunrise to Peninsula...one of the Five Towns," I immediately responded.
As a long-term Long Island resident, it was the only Inwood that came to mind. Long story short, I was wrong as it turned out to be about Inwood - the northernmost neighborhood on the island of Manhattan.
Now, what are the chances?
A two hour commute made me the wrong agent for the job. I did, … (3 comments)
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south shore: Long Island South Shore, Merrick Open House
- 04/05/14 11:42 PM
Long Island South Shore, Merrick Open House
No Worries. Grandfathered Flood Insurance Premium $500/Year!! South Merrick Comfortable, Spacious Split, Quiet Street W/ Little Traffic, Room To Spread Out - Tons Of Upgrades - New Ss Kitchen Appliances, New W & D, New Hw Heater, Gas Heat, Upgraded Electric, Beautiful Wood Floors, New Cac Compressor, New Garage Door Opener, New Landscaping, Built-Ins, Storage Everywhere
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south shore: No Post Code Envy? Just Give it a Little Time! Part III
- 04/02/14 04:37 AM
No Post Code Envy? Just Give it a Little Time! Part III
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Where-have-south-shore-buyers-gone-Part-ii
In a recent conversation with a senior acquaintance, I was describing the difficulties of our local real estate market. Her two-word response of "It's Merrick!" seemed simplistic to me, at first, in light of all the complications that have arisen with the rezoned flood maps and their, consequential, meteoric rise in insurance premiums.
With time, I came to see her perspective for the long view in which it was intended.
Merrick, like many of the Long Island south shore communities bordering Sunrise Highway, has a tremendous amount to offer and it's only rational to believe that, given … (7 comments)
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south shore: Where Have South Shore Buyers Gone? Part II
- 03/28/14 06:21 AM
Where Have South Shore Buyers Gone? Part II
Where have South Shore Buyers gone?
Long time passing
Where have South Shore Buyers gone?
Long time ago
Where have South Shore Buyers gone?
They've overlooked us, every one!
When will they all return? With knowledge they'll discern. (R.I.P. Pete Seeger 1/27/2014)
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No-post-code-envy-just-give-it-a-little-time-part-iii
Widespread uncertainty surrounds increases in flood insurance premiums.
Widely hailed as a victory for the nearly 60,000 policyholders in New York (Newsday 3/24/2014), the finer details of rising flood insurance premiums remain complicated.
While grandfathering and assumption of policy are two key features of President Obama's new law, smaller increases of 5-18% each year will also be passed on to flood zone homeowners until the cash-strapped flood insurance program has recovered … (11 comments)
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south shore: Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act, Long Island, New York video
- 11/06/13 08:56 PM
video - Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act, Long Island, NY
Christina Shaw, owner of the Allstate Insurance Agency in Bellmore, Long Island provided a comprehensive informational and Q & A session of the FEMA flood insurance reforms put into place on October 1st of 2013.
She did a great job of clearing up, what is often, confusing and conflicting information on this rapidly changing subject matter, which affects, not only, home buyers and sellers but, all other participants to the real estate transaction.
Are you a property owner in flood zone AE? Watch this clip to see how the new regulations will impact your ability … (7 comments)
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south shore: Video - Join Your Friends on LI's South Shore, Merrick NY, 11566
- 11/03/13 03:29 AM
Join Your Friends on Long Island's South Shore, Merrick NY, 11566 - video
Affordable Taxes In South Merrick, 11566, Merrick Shores, South of Merrick Road,
Refurbished, Spacious Split - Tons Of Upgrades - New SS Kitchen Appliances, New W & D, New HW Heater, Gas Heat, Upgraded Electric, Beautiful Wood Floors, New CAC Compressor, New Electric Garage Door Opener, New Landscaping, Built-Ins, Tons Of Storage, Cedar Closet, Convenient To All shopping, restaurants, transportation, parks, pools, ice-rinks, Houses of Worship.
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