New York Apartment - 1 Bedroom Rental in Ridgewood, Queens (NY-15756)

If you spend your day in the busy Manhattan, you will appreciate coming home to the residential and homey Ridgewood, a neighborhood in Queens, New York, lined with beautiful brick and stone buildings from the early 20th century. Furnished with the essentials, your one bedroom apartment lies on the first floor (equivalent of the European ground floor) of a charming three-story walk-up townhouse, and has been tastefully decorated to provide a welcoming atmosphere.

One of the perks of this apartment is that it has windows in every room, including the bathroom, making it a bright environment. The off-white walls combined with high ceilings create a light and airy space, and are perfectly balanced with the warm coloring of the hardwood floors. The combination of kitchen and living area into one area enables you to continue chatting with your guests while cooking. In the kitchen you will find all the basic amenities giving you the freedom to cook at home, including a small gas stove and a mini refrigerator, as well as a microwave. The bedroom features a double bed and has two armchairs providing another nook for reading or watching TV for example. From the bedroom you will have access to the bathroom that is equipped with a bathtub/shower and a small mirrored medicine cabinet above the sink.

From this one bedroom apartment located at Fairview Avenue and Grove Street, you will be surrounded by all the daily commodities: there is a deli right around the corner to pick up your last minute items, you can find a laundromat 3 blocks away on Palmetto and Fairview Avenues, and a post office and Rite Aid pharmacy are located 0.5 miles away (800 meters) at the corner of Woodbine Street and Fresh Pond Road. In addition here are some of the places that are worth visiting in and around the Ridgewood area:

• Cleveland Park, 0.3 miles (480 meters) from the apartment where you can find a softball field, handball and basketball courts as well as a small playground
• Metro Mall, 1.2 miles (1.9 km) away on Metropolitan Avenue hosts the BJ’s wholesale Club, a retail store where its members can find everything from electronics and home equipment to beauty and health and food items.
• Joe's Restaurant and Pizzeria: walk 6 street east to Forest Avenue and you will find one of the best restaurants in the area, serving typical Italian meals.
• Bushwick, Brooklyn is just a little over 1/2 a mile away (about 1 km), on the southwestern side of Wyckhoff Avenue. This area has an interesting range of restaurants to visit, including Northwestern Kingdom, Verde Coal Oven Pizza and Chimu Express.

For public transportation to Manhattan, there is a subway station at Forest Avenue / 67 Avenue, served by the M train. This train runs to Lower and Midtown Manhattan, making stops in the vibrant Bushwick and Williamsburg, one of NYC's hippest neighborhoods!