Arverne by the Sea

The NYT did a Hunt or Habitats column about a couple living there in the past month or so.

I just bought into the dunes and I'm very excited about the area been developed. I know its risky in this economy but its all about the location, location, location. Where in NYC can you buy front beach property for this price.

> Where in NYC can you buy front beach property for this price.

At all the other beachfront properties.

Check prices in Trump Village... or Brighton Beach... and they're MUCH more convenient.

The challenge with Averne is there are WAY too many projects around there. Its going to make any decent development (or schools) a problem for years. Thats also a VERY very long train ride.

how about buying in Long Beach? I have a place on the boardwalk and it's great I looked at Arverne but it takes longer to get to Manhattan then from Long Beach

Yeah, Long Beach has major advantages, but its also pricier because it got developed...

Long Beach is great, but you must have a parking space or you'll drive around for hours looking for one in the summer.

another vote for Long Beach. the other location you'll dread, especially on Friday afternoons and Monday mornings during the summer. it will go up and down with the bubble, but will never be as nice or safe as Long Beach.

I’ve lived at ABTS since the community opened and can honestly say it’s the best decision I’ve ever made. My wife works in NYC and takes the subway every day, the ride isn’t bad at all. There’s shopping nearby and our backyard is the beach so I get to surf whenever I want. We live in a 2 family home so the money we get from our tenant is paying for a good chunk of our mortgage. Plus on top of that we are enjoying the 20 year tax abatement… Life is good.

The last post was written two years ago, so I was wondering how the are was now. Appreciate all responses.Thx

Any updates on this community?

It's still a mess of polyvinyl chloride, with horrible front lawns (mandated by HOA), creepy little windows, et cetera. They were smart enough to berm up the ground before building, so it didn't get Sandy-slammed (and even kept electrical power 100%, I think). But of course the Peninsula and transportation were still a mess, with impact on that middle-American looking tract.

All that said, the beach is spectacular at that particular stretch.

Another phase is being built a bit to the east of the existing subdivision, now that Boardwalk Empire is gone.

PS -- It's not a community -- it's just a massive suburban tract-condo development.

Alan. Community isn't about the housing stock, it's about people. I live in a gorgeous building now, where people barely make eye contact.
I need a bit more social connection than that.

SO. If you live in this development, can you chime in on things like safety (our biggest concern), where you go to dinner, and community?