I love living in Bayside. It is one of the best school districts in the state (School District 26)It is a 20 min. train ride to the city. It is pricey though. Houses are $700-800,000 for 30x100, & it will probably need some work. Has many parks with playgrounds & sprinklers. Barnes & Noble (bookstore) has storytime twice a week & The Children's Place (clothing store) sometimes does a story hour. timesledger.com is the local papers (click on different areas up top,will have rentals & houses for sale) nycenet.edu is the education website,greatneckparks.org is one of the parks dept. Hope this helps.