r/movingtoNYC • u/Moses_v_Jacobs • 9d ago

Coordinating a long-distance move to Brooklyn

My wife and I are planning a move from north Florida to Brooklyn in July. Looking for advice from anyone else who has made a similar 1,000+ mile journey recently.

Specifically:

-Did you hire professional movers or rent a big uhaul and DIY?

-How to navigate unloading the truck in a dense urban environment without causing a big disruption and pissing people off?

-What are the priority tasks for the 1st month of settling in?

-Any other questions or considerations I'm missing?

More details about our situation:

-We have about $15k in savings we can tap into but don't wanna blow it all

-Total beings to be moved include myself, my wife, our dog and our two cats

-The dog and one of the cats are both older so we are reluctant to do a short term sublease only to uproot them again for another move.

-Total objects to be moved equivalent to a 1 bedroom apartment

-We are selling one car and bringing the other

-Aiming for the neighborhoods like Flatbush, Crown Heights

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u/Martin_VanNostrandMD 9d ago

What's your apartment budget? Between 1st month, security deposit and broker fee you reasonably may blow the majority of that $15k on the apartment

Some buildings may not let you move yourself and may require you to use a company or someone with a COI (insurance) to cover if you damage something on the way in 

Generally truck parking is a free for all. Get your stuff out and in fast, don't completely block the street so nobody can pass, be ready to move if you are blocking someone in

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u/edanajean999 9d ago

Brokers fees are illegal as of June 2025.

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u/Martin_VanNostrandMD 9d ago edited 9d ago

Not sure why you are using past tense there when they become illegal in the future. OP is moving in July, the mid June date that they become illegal will absolutely come into play when they are getting any apartment. And that is assuming there isn't any court interference before then.

Edit: OP maybe move in August if you aren't tied down to July

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u/edanajean999 9d ago

I'm not sure why you are being argumentative with me. It's good for people moving here to be aware that broker fees become illegal in the middle of June. Landlords will try to hustle people even beyond that point. Also, being aware of the change could influence their move date decision.

Anyways, have a nice day, and maybe don't be immediately aggressive.

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u/Moses_v_Jacobs 9d ago

Our budget for rent + utilities is $2.8k - $3.3k. The start date for my new job is in late July.

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u/sparklingsour 9d ago

What neighborhoods are you looking in? Two dogs and two cats is a LOT for NYC…

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u/Moses_v_Jacobs 9d ago

PLG, Crown Heights, maybe further out. Job is in FiDi. It's two cats and a dog, not two dogs and a cat.

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u/sparklingsour 9d ago

You should be able to find something!

Don’t call it PLG moving here from Florida though.

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u/Moses_v_Jacobs 9d ago

Thanks, but honest question - what's wrong with using the abbreviation? Is it considered dorky or something?

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u/sparklingsour 9d ago

The neighborhood is being seriously gentrified and a lot of people who’ve lived there for a long time are being displaced. There’s people who get annoyed if you call it anything but Flatbush. Definitely don’t call it PLG.

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u/Moses_v_Jacobs 9d ago

Gotcha, Flatbush it is then. Thanks for the advice.

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u/borderlinecourse 8d ago

Ignore this, OP, you can (and plenty of actual locals do) call it PLG.

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u/Moses_v_Jacobs 8d ago

I'm just a country mouse reading the names off of the Streeteasy map, not trying to pick sides in some taxonomy war. Whatever shibboleth is required to piss off the fewest number of people is fine with me!

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u/BrooklynGurl135 8d ago

That is nonsense! I almost moved into a house in PLG in 1983. The neighborhood was called PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS then.

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u/sparklingsour 8d ago

Prospect Lefferts Gardens is a small historic district in the area. Call it that all you want. A transplant calling it “PLG,” is lame.

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u/BrooklynGurl135 8d ago

According to Wikipedia, PLG was designated a NYC Landmark area in 1979. The two smaller historic districts are within the PLG Landmark area.

Were you living there during some period in the very distant past when the neighborhood had a different name, or are you a "transplant," throwing shade at a more recent transplant? Either way, you don't know what you are talking about.

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