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Towns
Moving to Great Neck from NYC: the complete guide
The commute, the schools, the taxes, the nine villages — everything a city family should know about the peninsula before the first visit.
NYC → North Shore
The Guides
The homework every family does before leaving the city — towns, schools, taxes, timing — written down by someone who lives here and made the same move. Guides publish as they're finished; the quickest way to get one early is to just ask.
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Towns
The nine villages of Great Neck, explained
Nine villages, nine mayors, one school district. What each village actually feels like, and how the zoning lines shape what you pay.
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Towns
Great Neck vs Manhasset vs Roslyn vs Port Washington
The head-to-head every family runs. Schools, downtowns, LIRR minutes, and what $1–3M buys in each town.
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Towns
The LIRR decision: the Port Washington branch, explained
Door-to-door times to Penn and Grand Central Madison, peak frequency, parking-permit reality, and which stations are actually walkable.
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Money & taxes
Nassau property taxes, explained for NYC buyers
What the bill really looks like at $1M, $2M, and $3M — and why two identical houses on the same street can pay wildly different amounts.
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Money & taxes
The Nassau tax grievance, demystified
The annual ritual nobody tells you about. How assessment grievances work, the deadlines that matter, and why almost everyone files.
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Making the move
From co-op to house: what changes when you buy out here
No board package — but suddenly inspections matter, oil tanks are a thing, and you own every system in the house. The mental shift, itemized.
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Making the move
Selling the apartment, buying the house
Sequencing the NYC sale against the suburban purchase — contingencies, flip taxes, bridge options, and the order of operations that keeps you sane.
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Making the move
The September deadline: a timing playbook
The family market runs on the school calendar. When to list, when to look, and what changes if you miss the spring window.
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In Mandarin · 中文
大颈购房指南 — for Mandarin-speaking families
学区、现金购房、非居民买家须知 — a guide written in Chinese for the families Tracy works with most, not a translation of the English one.
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