About Binghamton's West Side Of Binghamton

I moved to the Westside of Binghamton, NY

About 4 years ago my wife and I decided to move from the hustle and bustle of NYC to a beautiful place in Upstate NY. I have to be honest and tell you that we did not do a lot of research on the area. We originally were going to buy student rentals and multi-family houses to help supplement our income to live in the high prices of NYC. There were two main reasons we were looking to stay in NYC... One of them was family and the second one was my job at the time. I was a NYC Police Officer. After being injured on the job and forced into retirement that left only one reason... and they could drive if they wanted to visit. Close enough for my wife and I to drive for a free meal but far enough away that they won't show up unannounced.

Now for some facts about my new neighborhood that I call home. It is the place where Rod Serling grew up. He even filmed one of his movies, "Walking Distance" in the park. He made the bandstand famous.

Not long after we moved here we started to realize what a fantastic place we have chosen to live. There is a lot of history in Binghamton and a lot of things to do. It is only a 3 hour ride from NYC and sits right near some of the most beautiful lakes in the state, The Finger Lakes.

Binghamton is also home to the Binghamton Mets. They are the AA affiliate of the NY Mets. Kind of ironic how I grew up a stones throw away from Shea Stadium and now I live by their AA ball club...

I would also like to share something I experienced my first day as a home owner in this great town. My wife and I (with some help from friends and family) packed out truck and trailer in NYC with all of our stuff. It took us over 5 hours to load the truck. Every trip down to the truck meant that we had to lock everything back up while we went to bring down more furniture. Upon arriving with our stuff to our new home we were greeted by our neighbors who were waiting for us. We have no idea how they knew we were coming but they all came out to help us load everything into the house. This was great seeing as how only one person could take the ride with me. We were completely unpacked in about 45 minutes with no damage to anything. That was when I knew we had made the right decision.

If you would like more information on the real estate in this great City that I live in please visit... EXIT with Tommy

Is a good Walk Score important to you ?

With the fluctuation of gas prices recently I was wondering how important walking to different things was to people who are looking to buy a new home. I grew up in NYC where walking was a way of life. If you couldn’t walk to a certain place then there was always public transportation.


Living in the Greater Binghamton, NY area things are a lot different. There is no huge public transportation system and things are a little more spread out. There are plenty of places up here that you can’t walk to, you need to have a car in order to go grocery shopping.

When we moved here I wasn’t selling real estate. The one request my wife made to our buyers agent was that the neighborhood had to have sidewalks. He kinda looked at us like we had 12 heads. My wife wanted to be able to take a walk without having to walk in the street. That was when we found the Westside of Binghamton, NY. It truly reminds us of where we grew up. Plenty of older looking colonial houses, great neighbors & people walking their dogs after work.

I never knew how truly important it was to us to be able to do things like that. We have walked to the store on numerous occassions. We have dropped our cars off for service and walked back home. And today, after dinner we walked to the local CVS. It is truly amazing the things you take for granted when you realize they are not here... Enjoy the walking !!

Walk score for where I live

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Binghamton Real Estate

West Side of Binghamton Home Sales Statistics for 2009

While the 2008-2009 Real Estate year was an economic disaster for 75% of the country, some areas were "protected" by this downturn. Binghamton NY and its fellow sister towns, Vestal, Endwell, and others in Broome and Tioga Counties were lucky enough to be part of the anti-recession. While some parts of the country saw incredible drop in home sales from 2008 to 2009 - specifically the West side of Binghamton statistics were as follows:

2008**

Home Sales: 83 Homes Sold

Average Days On Market: 94

Average List Price: $141,673

Average Sale Price: $134,278

2009**

Home Sales: 95 Homes Sold

Average Days On Market: 85

Average List Price: 139,716

Average Sale Price: 133,532

For the West Side of Binghamton and other surrounding areas, this meant happy sellers and happy buyers! For a list of available houses please visit my website

**all stats come from the Greater Binghamton Multiple Listing Service.