depends on what ou mean as a good price -- and also are you looking for your OWN place or a roomate...
It gets a bad rap for no reason, but look into Jersey City -- I am a 7 minute subway ride into World Trade Center and 12 minutes to the West Village as well as a killer view of the harbor...
Astoria, Rego Park and Forest Hills in Queens areclose and I think still affordable (in NYC terms) -- I will admit a little bit of ignorance in Brooklyn neighborhoods other than the biggies (Park SLope, the Heights)
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