Jenny Penny

My husband and I moved in March 2013 from a $1,300, one-bedroom apartment on 35th Street and 35th Avenue in Astoria, Queens to a $1,900 per month, two-bedroom apartment on Booth Street at 67th Drive in Forest Hills, Queens. We just had a baby girl so we definitely needed more space. We really wanted to stay in Astoria but couldn’t find the amount of space we wanted for the price we were willing to pay… which was $1,700. But when we saw the space in Forest Hills we were willing to pay $1,900 (plus $125 per month for parking). We also really wanted outdoor space. All of the Astoria places with outdoor space were over $2,000 and much smaller.

I moved to the Lower East Side in 2004 and lived there until 2010. First I lived on Orchard Street, then I moved to Ludlow, then Stanton, then back to another building on Orchard Street.