best place to search for places to live in NYC?

Looking for websites that tell you good places to live in NYC. I am in NC now, and need to find everything from housing, to schools, banks, stores.... any suggestions are appreciated.

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1. craigslist.com
2. hope these help just remember use common sense with the apt search . good luck http://www.streeteasy.com/nyc/rentals http://nyc-realestate.com/ nytimes.com http://www.superpages.com/ http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/ http://www.hopstop.com/?city=newyork