What part of NYC is best to live in for a skyline view of the city? I was really looking at Brooklyn?

I am looking at moving to NYC and was just wondering what areas are the best to have a skyline view of the city? I have been looking at Brooklyn, thats where my family is from. My rent range would be from 0-3000 a month.

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1. Anywhere close to the brooklyn promenade whick overlooks lower Manhattan.
2. Excellent view from the other side of the Hudson -- Jersey City. Great new rentals and condos have gone up. Amazing views and prices are more reasonable than Brooklyn.
3. There are some really awesome views from Long Island City...which is obviously in Queens, but a very short trip from Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, there are some new buildings with views in Williamsburg -- likely to run you near the top of the cited rent range. Then, as others have mentioned, there's the Brooklyn Heights promenade area, also expensive. It really depends on why view is so important to you, exactly what you want a view of, and whether you really want to pay twice the rent in exchange for a better view. I've been in apartments on the southern end of Park Slope, miles inland into Brooklyn, with perfectly angled windows and unobstructed views of the Empire State Building and/or Statue of Liberty at a distance.