Neighborhood
New
York City offers a unique backdrop and is an outstanding place
to live and to complete a residency. During this time of
your life, time is a precious commodity and the activities
you have available within striking distance here are unmatched.
No city rivals New York for excitement, culture, cuisine,
and variety. Within a 1-2 hour drive you can also
visit the beaches of Long Island and New Jersey, or go skiing,
hiking and camping in the nearby mountains of New York,
Pennsylvania and New England.
Briefly, New York City offers: museums (Metropolitan Museum of
Art, Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim, Museum of Natural History
and Haden Planetarium), symphony, opera, ballet (Lincoln
Center and Carnegie Hall), and of course, Broadway.
The United Nations, Rockefeller Center with its annual Christmas
tree and seasonal ice skating, Wall Street, Statue of Liberty,
Ellis Island, and Greenwich Village with its many jazz clubs,
are all destinations for tourists from the world over.
For you, they are right on your doorstep, available to you
at a moment's notice. Restaurants in New York are world-class
and range from the traditional (French, Italian, Spanish,
Greek, Steakhouses) to the exotic (Afghan, Thai, Turkish,
Hungarian). Central Park is nearby and offers biking,
jogging, skating, horseback riding, or just relaxing.
One of the least appreciated facts about New York City is that
it is really an amalgamation of neighborhoods (Greenwich Village,
Harlem, Chelsea, Chinatown, Little Italy). Your neighborhood
at Cornell will be the historic Upper East Side. Not
only do you get to live here at an extreme discount (less
than $1000-1200), but your family will be safe and comfortable
in this exclusive part of town. The apartments provided
are convenient, just across the street, and connected to
all the hospitals by a tunnel. This means little of
your time is wasted on commuting. There is no finer
place to live during this busy and exciting time of your life.
