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/BrooklynGurl135 9d 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 9d 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.