Jackson Heights Life

Does anyone know anywhere in the neighborhood to donate compost midweek? We have missed the Greenmarket and the Saturday JHBG options the past few weeks and have a freezer that is bursting with compost...any advice would be much appreciated!

Got it. Thanks for the replies, all! Sounds like Zelle might just be a dead end for me since I have USAA, but not everyone in the building. LJR I would be curious to learn more about your actual payment process...presumably not everyone in your building has HSBC so how do you actually make maintenance payments each month? And Shallot, how do you actually set up an ACH transfer? I've been poking around the USAA website and it seems like online bill pay might work if we set up the co-op as a payee...is that what you did?

Does anyone know anything about the assistant principal position at PS 69? A friend just let me know that they are hiring an assistant principal (http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/9B5724B8-9C67-43A6-A129-247001AB7353/0/APPostings81617.pdf), and I am curious if any parents know what's going on. Thanks!

Oh and Eddie, each of the six buildings in the Colonials is independently managed so the presence or amount of a reserve would depend on the building.

Thanks for chiming in, everyone! My theories were along the lines of what Cliffjumper suggested. We don't have the alluring gardens of many of the buildings in the historic district, and the lack of elevator could be a turnoff. I was also wondering if being zoned for 212 as opposed to 69 might be a flag for some couples with young kids. I hadn't actually considered the noise issue with the school abutting our back yard, though I can imagine this would be frustrating for anyone who worked from home. I was also wondering if the fact that the buildings are individually managed (as Dodger mentioned) might be a concern for some people. When we do have an assessment, I'm guessing the cost per apartment is higher since there are only 10 units per building.

That said, we pay pretty close attention to the listings in the neighborhood and are shocked that the 2 bed/1baths going up for sale now are often priced at a 50% or greater premium compared to what similar units in the Colonials go for. We don't have a flip tax and maintenance in our building is right in line with others on a per-square-foot-basis. Our building, while more than a century old, is in great shape, and as others have mentioned we love the layout of our apartment. I guess I better check out some of the open houses this weekend to see for myself how all these new listings compare!

Just wondering if anyone knows of a place in the neighborhood that accepts donations of books or toiletries...did some cleaning today and we have a bunch. Would prefer not to have to trash them! Thanks.