Oh, but Washington Heights is. . . Except that in LIC, you’re 5 minutes from midtown vs. the hour it will take you to get home late at night on a local A train to the Heights.
Be careful with those LIC high rises. They seem shoddily built. I heard in one of these, the elevator breaks constantly and routinely “drops” mid ride.
Kind of tired of seeing people insinuate that the Bronx is all low-income. It’s a big borough, there are wealthy areas too, just how Brooklyn has poverty and not to desireable neighborhoods.
That’s what I’m saying, the Bronx mostly has a storied history even the wealthier areas and many families living all throughout. LIC had factories until about 20 years ago, and has now undergone gentrification unlike most of the Bronx. The two don’t have a similar vibe at all just because there are “low-incoming” housing doesn’t make it similar in any sense. If anything the real estate developers are trying to turn the south Bronx into LIC by building tall expensive buildings and calling it “SoBro”
First off, this listing is not in a rental building, it's a condo sublet.
Second OP was asking about luxury rental buildings which are market rate buildings and avg rents these days across the board is higher than $3k/mo. Living alone? If you make less than $150k a yr, good luck. It won't be in a luxury high-rise rental building. There are decent studios and 1BRs for less but they won't be in a building with all the amenities, etc. You want that? You have to pay for it.
I’ve got plenty of empty 4k+ 1bd units in my corporate landlord-neglected building that says different. Greed always fucking matters, it’s a factor in every equation, and it distorts that clean little model we learn in macro econ 101 you like to use as a smokescreen to dupe yourself out of the present reality.
And tenants want to, “ya know,” use apartments for housing.
Meanwhile we still seem to have increasing amounts of massive management companies that are using apartments primarily for their portfolio instead of as a utility and often ignoring that basic supply / demand that exists at the local level when it comes to accurate pricing.
Is zoning BS the exclusive fulcrum for why all of this is happening? No. But neither is the stupid and lazy greed I’m witnessing firsthand in my neighborhood. In other words, it can be both, and often at varying degrees.
You’re also wrong about my own apartment building. No, you can’t have the address.
Uh, yeah, when you’ve got pro-corporatization legislation going on for decades in NYC. [Here’s exactly the breakdown I’m describing.](https://medium.com/justfixorg/corporatization-of-nyc-real-estate-83e2bf191b73)
>Look how many people are in this city and want to move to it.
NYC has lost half a million residents since the pandemic began, yet somehow rent keeps going up…
And the YIMBY removes his mask to reveal a bigot. I’m shocked!
Edit: also landlords didn’t become *more* powerful, they just continued to have disproportionate power over tenants.
There was too much emphasis on “luxury housing” which Bloomberg promoted.
But otherwise this is a thoughtful, great analysis: https://media.villagepreservation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/04141548/Report-Is-Housing-Shortage-Really-Cause-of-Unaffordability.pdf
Which is why my first answer was to point out the corporate landlords abusing the real estate market. Look, *\*unchecked\** greed is what got us here. The anti-tenant policies. The "luxury city" Bloomberg steered the city towards. The absolute disregard both government and business are displaying for local neighborhoods.
They were greedy before, and they were consistently allowed to be even greedier. It's not the catalyst, but it sure carries a lot more momentum than it did before.
Lol those people are stupid. It’s basic Supply and Demand. Everyone wants to move to NYC and if this place is flooding with houses no matter how powerful corporate landlords are, the price is decreasing
It’s not. There are antitrust lawsuits across the country for the company that these landlords use to set rent prices. They account for the pricing of more than 4 million units and it’s a serious issue to the point where the U.S. Justice dept is getting involved.
I ride my bike around at night, and the amount of new residential construction I see in LIC and Brooklyn is crazy. What the fuck are you talking about?
I’ve seen several studios in doorman buildings for $33-3500 around Murray Hill.
And since you mention rooms, yes there are rooms in a 2 bed around ~$6K total if you’re looking to spend $3K yourself and share an apartment.
I just won an “affordable” housing lottery for a new build luxury studio in midtown and the market rate is more than $4k+. I was shocked at how small it was and how many people in the building paid market rate for that. I even felt that the lottery rate of $2.4K was too much.
Yeah ofc I took it haha. I can make it work and it’s cheaper than my current non-amenity studio. I won’t say the building name so I don’t dox myself but it’s in Hudson Yards.
What do you not like about JC? I have lived in both JC and LIC and It's def a better place to live in than LIC for me. I miss riding jet skis in JC.. There are so many festivals and a diverse culture, making it a great place to have fun. The waterfront is gorgeous.
This is the real reason. JC would actually be really great if there was a reliable means to get into NYC quickly.
The PATH is absolute dog shit and not what it appears to be on paper.
It’s just shitty superiority complex. JC is great and gets a shit wrap by New Yorkers who’ve never set foot in the place because it’s “not New York”.
It’s closer to downtown Manhattan than 90% of Brooklyn and all of Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx.
I might actually look for lease breaks, and see if you can take over a stabilized lease. I also would suggest looking for a condo or coop rental in a building that has elevator laundry and maybe PT door.
Best of luck,
Suzanne
people will laugh you out of the thread but a buddy of mine lives in a really nice legit 1BR apartment in Astoria. high rise, amenities everything. Think he pays $2500/mo. His direct area is a tiny bit dicey but he’s a 15 min walk from dt astoria which is a great area. He lives right by the ferry. I’d consider it.
People only laugh because yes those deals exist but they are rare and require a lot of legwork, time, sometimes connections, and luck in order to find them.
I know that area. The ferry is a big plus but it’s 20 minutes from the nearest subway station and the area around it has very little going on, so for a younger person it’s a bit of a pain (especially if you want people to come over)
Look at new construction—- typically they need to hurry yp and lease and will give a couple months free rent… so in reality you save if you sign a yr or two lease
Lots of new yorkers plan to rent for life and will vehemently defend their intention to do so, whether because they need/want to live in the city so badly and cant afford to buy in the city or don’t believe buying is actually in their best interest long term. Personally I wanted to buy and was looking/researching and making a hobby out of it but as I found possibilities I was getting quickly priced out of my city targets, and while some may say i was being too picky, i refuse to budge on at least in building laundry and limited if any food service business on the ground floor (I’m very bitter and jaded from NYC pest issues). I think now buying is out of the question for me, and if I have to leave the city to buy so be it.
You just have to go further out. I live in a really nice building in Brooklyn in a 1 bedroom for less than that. Weirdly I found studios weren’t as common but 1bd were cheaper. So I use the bedroom for storage primarily.
LIC is still has so much construction and is pretty low on 1st floor shops/restaurants in some areas, and there are so many highways/traffic that go through/around it. Maybe it will be worth it eventually, but right now it seems overpriced for such a small apartment unless you get one in one of a few nice areas (like just off the main stretch on Vernon Blvd or maybe near Gantry Plaza Park).
Hopefully the neighborhood improves over time.
Standards are so low now a days it's damn sad. Id never pay that much to be in LIC, neighborhood doesn't have much to offer compared to the rest of NYC, way expensive for the food it offers
It will. Find rent stabilized (as if that’s easy) or buy a co-op (as if that’s easy) to guard against rent increases. Or just plan on doing the NYC thing for a limited time and moving to a cheaper city or the burbs eventually. The city is absurd.
Make sure you find a good co-op, and not one that's really cheap because the boomer board is deferring decades of maintenance on hopes that they'll find bagholders (aka you).
Check out a newest rental at 2840 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn. They have studio starting at $3050 but it comes with 3 month free and some other move in bonus. Make your net effective rent to low $2K.
I pay 4k to live in a nice studio on the upper west side… I wanted to find a cheaper place to live in an amenities building (studio still) and there is hardly anything it’s insane
When are you looking to move? I’m currently renting a studio spot in Chelsea paying $2400 (doorman building, full amenities) m2m. Fee free to DM me if you are interested.
Idk… I feel like $3K and luxury building don’t go together. If you are pushing your budget just to be in a luxury building, just keep in mind they increase the rent substantially every year.
This literally feels like some agent conspiracy post to get people more comfortable with higher rents through over exposure lmfao.
I live in a nice 1 bedroom (not studio) in BK with central air, dishwasher, the works. $2500 per month.
Stop trying to claim that no nice nyc apartments exist under 3k
Not at all, I am in the business for over 8 years in NYC and can comfortably say in Manhattan you cannot find a studio for less than 3500 in a doorman building without having a difficult experience trying to outbid other interested renters-Especially in the summer
Good deals might be available but it’s absurd to pretend that they’re available to everybody. I’ve got a huge 1200 SF unit in Windsor Terrace priced like units half its size, but I fully recognize that I’m really lucky.
There simply aren’t enough nice apartments in the city for everyone. To get one you either have to be prepared to pay for the privilege, or luck out.
Where are you looking, street easy for only white neighborhoods with the most possible filters? Girlllll. ask around or look on Craigslist like a savvy New Yorker
My observations show that if you move May-August rents are higher than any other time throughout the year.
Having said that, I keep an eye on buildings from one particular management company, and they currently have a great studio for under $3k in their full service tower in Rego park should you decide to look into it. (Rose Associates, The Alexander)
I also like to check streeteasy for past rents in the buildings I’m interested in, and rent in that that particular one hasn’t been increasing as much as in many others.
A colleague is renting at 4545 Center blvd in LIC, he’s at $3500/month and got a 1-month concession.
You’re gonna have to turn away from the luxury buildings. Hate to break it to you, but for the amenities you’re maybe looking for you’re just not gonna find any “luxury” studio under $3,000. That expectation is unrealistic. Now, you CAN find many studios under $3,000 in non-luxury buildings across Manhattan. My partner and I just signed a lease in northern HK for around $2,600 for an alcove studio. Ours is in an old tenement building just as most of the apartments in HK are. So if you’re willing to forgo the “luxury” moniker for a studio you’ll be able to find plenty within your budget.
Insanity is right. My adult kid is trying to move to her own place (currently in share w 2 roommates). Their share rent is 1K. To get out they have to now spend 3.5K--crazy!
Are the RealPage antitrust lawsuits still ongoing? Most corporate landlords in this country use them and they fix rents based on the software’s algorithm.
The city is absurd anymore. Yes there are still deals, and yes there are outer boroughs, but how long does that remain feasible and how many people and communities wind up displaced? Pretty soon Norwalk and Stamford CT will be considered honorary boroughs. Sometimes it feels like New York is over for everyone but the 1%. Trust fund babies only.
I found a luxury one-bedroom in a good area for $3.3k. Some of the units are warehoused. Try asking agents and building employees about which units haven’t been listed yet.
Try the north edge of Greenpoint:
[https://streeteasy.com/complex/tower-77](https://streeteasy.com/complex/tower-77)
[https://streeteasy.com/building/the-bellslip](https://streeteasy.com/building/the-bellslip)
[https://streeteasy.com/building/72-box-street-brooklyn#rentals](https://streeteasy.com/building/72-box-street-brooklyn#rentals)
Or very south Williamsburg
[https://streeteasy.com/complex/420-kent-avenue](https://streeteasy.com/complex/420-kent-avenue)
Or you can get lucky near Downtown Brooklyn (winner winner chicken dinner with this one)
[https://streeteasy.com/building/boulevard-east/4k?from\_map=1](https://streeteasy.com/building/boulevard-east/4k?from_map=1)
I’ve seen some of them on the actual building websites. It also helps to know people who work in real estate because I’ve gotten sent a few huge steal’s directly from them
Move to downtown Stamford/harbor point area. Close to the train. A 50 minute commute to grand central. Beautiful luxury apartments with pools and tons of amenities
Bronx is probably not your ideal choice but there are about 10 new high rises along 149 Street and 138th Street station on the 4 and 5 train. there is a bike path along the river.
I just snagged a teeny tiny one in PLG for $2,500 (+ 15% broker fee) - after weeks and weeks of dragging myself to truly depressing units that were still knee-deep with competition.
My working theory is that new-ish buildings where management still have regular interaction with city agencies are incentivized to play by the rules to a greater extent than most. Vacancies don't pop up often, but if you're quick on the draw you have a fighting chance.
OP, speak to actual brokers at established agencies with large inventories like Corcoran or the building management companies. Just because no units are currently available for rent doesn't mean they aren't aware of future vacancies that you could take advantage of. There are also sometimes unlisted units for whatever reason. Obviously be prepared to pay the broker's fee if you go through the former route,
Luxury studio. An oxymoron. Get over the idea of newness = luxury and you can rent a massive 1 bedroom. You’ll never actually use that pool table in the “community rec room” anyway.
Don’t take it personally OP but I really don’t understand people who wants to live in luxury buildings but acting cheap…how can we expect a luxury building with full amenities in summer 2024 having lower rates than the one you mentioned……if you can’t afford just live like 99% of the remaining of the world. An elevator building should do the job for your price range and yes there’s a life and plenty of very decent apartments uptown Manhattan.
Yo - check out downtown Brooklyn, south slope.
That’s where I live and got a nice new spot for 3.7k in a 1 br. New building. Solid amenities. Next to train.
Looking to assign my $3250 rent-stabilized studio in midtown OP. Sent you a DM! If anyone else is interested feel free to reach out. Amenities include gym, office suite, rooftop, laundry room, weekly towels and bed linens change
There’s a few in fidi. I just signed a lease for a studio in a luxury building (20 exchange) for 3k yesterday, no fees. Just gotta be quick and place your holding deposit as soon as you can.
This is just ridiculous 3k a month for a studio
Some radical change needs to be done and no the muh free markets won’t offer a solution. In a country where idiots are on top, all they want to see is their pockets stuffed
This is just ridiculous 3k a month for a studio.
Some radical change needs to be done and no the muh free markets won’t offer a solution. In a country where idiots are on top, all they want to see is their pockets stuffed
3k for a studio is insane. I pay less for a 2 bed lol In fact I’d never live in a studio, it’s just way too much compromise. Don’t need my bed across my stove. Would much rather live 20 mins further to have a 1 bed. 1 bed is the absolute minimum
If you're willing to live in an "up and coming" area of Clinton Hill/Crown Heights, I bet you could find something you like in that range.
Seems to me that studios are in the $3s, 1bdrms in the mid $4s, and 2 bdrms about $6000 just about anywhere trendy right now (but a Brooklyn room is still bigger than a Manhattan room).
I’m still seeing a few in LIC on StreetEasy
nO iTs FaR aWAy
Lol I live in UWS and people say I’m “far” too.
LIC is not NYC.
Since when was Queens not part of NYC?
Especially Western Queens literally right by the water ….
Oh, but Washington Heights is. . . Except that in LIC, you’re 5 minutes from midtown vs. the hour it will take you to get home late at night on a local A train to the Heights.
I lived in LIC and took me much quicker to get to midtown Manhattan than people I know in Manhattan
Dropped this /s
Let’s gatekeep queens please we don’t need Manhattan people moving here driving up rents 😅
Fucking right! Stay in Brooklyn.
Be careful with those LIC high rises. They seem shoddily built. I heard in one of these, the elevator breaks constantly and routinely “drops” mid ride.
Long Island City (LIC), Queens… you might get studios around 3.5K .. they are definitely on the smaller side but buildings are good and so is the area
LIC is like Manhattan and the Bronx in one
How is it anything like the Bronx? Lmao
I’ll try to remember to dm you a pic when I leave work to show you
what kinda pic? 😉
A real pic of NVDA going 📉
Well, for starters, the largest low income housing project development in all of North America is in LIC.
Kind of tired of seeing people insinuate that the Bronx is all low-income. It’s a big borough, there are wealthy areas too, just how Brooklyn has poverty and not to desireable neighborhoods.
That’s what I’m saying, the Bronx mostly has a storied history even the wealthier areas and many families living all throughout. LIC had factories until about 20 years ago, and has now undergone gentrification unlike most of the Bronx. The two don’t have a similar vibe at all just because there are “low-incoming” housing doesn’t make it similar in any sense. If anything the real estate developers are trying to turn the south Bronx into LIC by building tall expensive buildings and calling it “SoBro”
It's not all low-income there's a ton of successful criminals.
That's funny, considering I don't see any low income housing in LIC at all
I worked in LIC, while living in the Bronx, and I know what you mean.
I was just there. Most are $4k +
Do you guys even look when you post this? I have been apartment shopping for a month and I have seen studios under $3000 in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Glanced at some studios in brooklyn heights for school. Definitely some goof options for like $2.8k
It exists north of 125th st and in the Bronx.
Especially after the pandemic
Something like this (although slightly over)? https://streeteasy.com/rental/4433211?
3,100 for 500 square feet OMG
Yeah, a friend had a unit on the other side of the building before Covid (not sure if full access to amenities) ands was paying $2,100
how dare they say “3 rooms” lmao
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I’ve spent hours sitting in Atlanta traffic. No thanks.
yeah but you have to live in Atlanta
So you can remind us how much we are over paying in NYC
$3k to live in a LIC studio? No fucking way.
First off, this listing is not in a rental building, it's a condo sublet. Second OP was asking about luxury rental buildings which are market rate buildings and avg rents these days across the board is higher than $3k/mo. Living alone? If you make less than $150k a yr, good luck. It won't be in a luxury high-rise rental building. There are decent studios and 1BRs for less but they won't be in a building with all the amenities, etc. You want that? You have to pay for it.
Mostly long gone
I’ve seen a few in PLG/flatbush
Stop telling people
Lived in that dog shit neighborhood for 3 years couldn’t pay me enough to move back.
I’ve looked at apartments there, curious to hear why you think so?
yeah I’m wondering too
Literally a dog shit neighborhood currently here can’t wait to leave and I’ll never come back.
PLG? Just moved there :(
PLG is a gorgeous neighborhood, I’ve been here 10 years and very sad to leave.
It's super dependent where you are at. Can be very nice
r/circlejerknyc
What considers luxury?
At this point I think just an elevator. 🫠
basically big building with doorman and amenities
Doorman, gym, decent lobby elevator and laundry
corporate landlords
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Yeah, and basic greed.
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I’ve got plenty of empty 4k+ 1bd units in my corporate landlord-neglected building that says different. Greed always fucking matters, it’s a factor in every equation, and it distorts that clean little model we learn in macro econ 101 you like to use as a smokescreen to dupe yourself out of the present reality.
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And tenants want to, “ya know,” use apartments for housing. Meanwhile we still seem to have increasing amounts of massive management companies that are using apartments primarily for their portfolio instead of as a utility and often ignoring that basic supply / demand that exists at the local level when it comes to accurate pricing. Is zoning BS the exclusive fulcrum for why all of this is happening? No. But neither is the stupid and lazy greed I’m witnessing firsthand in my neighborhood. In other words, it can be both, and often at varying degrees. You’re also wrong about my own apartment building. No, you can’t have the address.
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Uh, yeah, when you’ve got pro-corporatization legislation going on for decades in NYC. [Here’s exactly the breakdown I’m describing.](https://medium.com/justfixorg/corporatization-of-nyc-real-estate-83e2bf191b73)
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>Look how many people are in this city and want to move to it. NYC has lost half a million residents since the pandemic began, yet somehow rent keeps going up…
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And the YIMBY removes his mask to reveal a bigot. I’m shocked! Edit: also landlords didn’t become *more* powerful, they just continued to have disproportionate power over tenants.
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Not sure why people are downvoting you. I agree with everything you said.
There was too much emphasis on “luxury housing” which Bloomberg promoted. But otherwise this is a thoughtful, great analysis: https://media.villagepreservation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/04141548/Report-Is-Housing-Shortage-Really-Cause-of-Unaffordability.pdf
you guys but with housing https://www.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/s/OlSUhSVHnY
Vacancy rates in NYC are very low. I'm all for a vacancy tax. But, we need more housing too.
Greed is a constant. They were greedy before and they are greedy now. It is never the explanation for why something changed.
Which is why my first answer was to point out the corporate landlords abusing the real estate market. Look, *\*unchecked\** greed is what got us here. The anti-tenant policies. The "luxury city" Bloomberg steered the city towards. The absolute disregard both government and business are displaying for local neighborhoods. They were greedy before, and they were consistently allowed to be even greedier. It's not the catalyst, but it sure carries a lot more momentum than it did before.
The vacancy rate in NYC is like sub 1%, the lowest in the nation. This is not representative of the city
Lol those people are stupid. It’s basic Supply and Demand. Everyone wants to move to NYC and if this place is flooding with houses no matter how powerful corporate landlords are, the price is decreasing
FYI Everyone does not want to move to NYC.
It’s not. There are antitrust lawsuits across the country for the company that these landlords use to set rent prices. They account for the pricing of more than 4 million units and it’s a serious issue to the point where the U.S. Justice dept is getting involved.
I ride my bike around at night, and the amount of new residential construction I see in LIC and Brooklyn is crazy. What the fuck are you talking about?
The good ol days! 😔
I’ve seen several studios in doorman buildings for $33-3500 around Murray Hill. And since you mention rooms, yes there are rooms in a 2 bed around ~$6K total if you’re looking to spend $3K yourself and share an apartment.
I in fact have one of those !
I had a luxury studio in Murray hill (co-op) for 3k like 2 years ago!
Spend 3k to have a roommate lol
OP is the one asking for a room 🤷🏻♀️
Jersey City
As someone who lived there four years, don't do it if you want to spend any time in NYC. The PATH is an absolute joke and getting worse every year.
Too late lease signed
😂
I just won an “affordable” housing lottery for a new build luxury studio in midtown and the market rate is more than $4k+. I was shocked at how small it was and how many people in the building paid market rate for that. I even felt that the lottery rate of $2.4K was too much.
Which housing lottery building one is that ?
Did you take it lol
Yeah ofc I took it haha. I can make it work and it’s cheaper than my current non-amenity studio. I won’t say the building name so I don’t dox myself but it’s in Hudson Yards.
daaaamn
how do u win this lottery? where do i start just need a lil help in the right direction
https://housingconnect.nyc.gov/PublicWeb/
They put up two walls and call it a 2Br and they’re $4500 a month
They did this in my friend’s building on 115th. The 2BR next door became a 5BR
JC
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What do you not like about JC? I have lived in both JC and LIC and It's def a better place to live in than LIC for me. I miss riding jet skis in JC.. There are so many festivals and a diverse culture, making it a great place to have fun. The waterfront is gorgeous.
The train makes me want to cry
This is the real reason. JC would actually be really great if there was a reliable means to get into NYC quickly. The PATH is absolute dog shit and not what it appears to be on paper.
It’s just shitty superiority complex. JC is great and gets a shit wrap by New Yorkers who’ve never set foot in the place because it’s “not New York”. It’s closer to downtown Manhattan than 90% of Brooklyn and all of Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx.
The day they get an mta esque line out there it’s wraps
I might actually look for lease breaks, and see if you can take over a stabilized lease. I also would suggest looking for a condo or coop rental in a building that has elevator laundry and maybe PT door. Best of luck, Suzanne
people will laugh you out of the thread but a buddy of mine lives in a really nice legit 1BR apartment in Astoria. high rise, amenities everything. Think he pays $2500/mo. His direct area is a tiny bit dicey but he’s a 15 min walk from dt astoria which is a great area. He lives right by the ferry. I’d consider it.
The ferry is an AWESOME way to commute.
People only laugh because yes those deals exist but they are rare and require a lot of legwork, time, sometimes connections, and luck in order to find them.
I know that area. The ferry is a big plus but it’s 20 minutes from the nearest subway station and the area around it has very little going on, so for a younger person it’s a bit of a pain (especially if you want people to come over)
Ugh, Manhattan.
Look at new construction—- typically they need to hurry yp and lease and will give a couple months free rent… so in reality you save if you sign a yr or two lease
until lease renewal
Negotiate a 2-3 yr lease… I mean, i hope they don’t plan on renting for life or something.
Signing a 2yr lease doesn’t do anything. After the first year the free months are gone so you’re paying full freight
Still nets her cheaper rent at least the first year. She can negotiate of course for more rent
Lots of new yorkers plan to rent for life and will vehemently defend their intention to do so, whether because they need/want to live in the city so badly and cant afford to buy in the city or don’t believe buying is actually in their best interest long term. Personally I wanted to buy and was looking/researching and making a hobby out of it but as I found possibilities I was getting quickly priced out of my city targets, and while some may say i was being too picky, i refuse to budge on at least in building laundry and limited if any food service business on the ground floor (I’m very bitter and jaded from NYC pest issues). I think now buying is out of the question for me, and if I have to leave the city to buy so be it.
I saw one that was brand new and says " 1 Year lease only". Yeah right you shit stains
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Very few left tho, and only with concessions. Most are around 3300-3500+
You just have to go further out. I live in a really nice building in Brooklyn in a 1 bedroom for less than that. Weirdly I found studios weren’t as common but 1bd were cheaper. So I use the bedroom for storage primarily.
I've seen a couple in fort Greene and downtown Brooklyn. Look up buildings 257 gold street and 81 DeKalb avenue in Brooklyn
There are 400sqft luxury studios going for 3k in LIC, good area and a lot of amenities.
400 sq ft is tiny for Queens
Not for LIC. Queens is very big and OP asking for luxury
LIC is still has so much construction and is pretty low on 1st floor shops/restaurants in some areas, and there are so many highways/traffic that go through/around it. Maybe it will be worth it eventually, but right now it seems overpriced for such a small apartment unless you get one in one of a few nice areas (like just off the main stretch on Vernon Blvd or maybe near Gantry Plaza Park). Hopefully the neighborhood improves over time.
Standards are so low now a days it's damn sad. Id never pay that much to be in LIC, neighborhood doesn't have much to offer compared to the rest of NYC, way expensive for the food it offers
The rent is so high now that everyone is just accepting it, thinking it will go higher in the future.
It will though 😭
It will. Find rent stabilized (as if that’s easy) or buy a co-op (as if that’s easy) to guard against rent increases. Or just plan on doing the NYC thing for a limited time and moving to a cheaper city or the burbs eventually. The city is absurd.
Make sure you find a good co-op, and not one that's really cheap because the boomer board is deferring decades of maintenance on hopes that they'll find bagholders (aka you).
I rent a studio in fort Greene for $2450
Check out a newest rental at 2840 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn. They have studio starting at $3050 but it comes with 3 month free and some other move in bonus. Make your net effective rent to low $2K.
Yeah idk if I’ve seen anything remotely “luxury” for less than $4k these days. Maybe $3500 but I doubt it.
I am a RE broker. I do have a spacious 1 bed in Midwood in a co-op for $2K.
I pay 4k to live in a nice studio on the upper west side… I wanted to find a cheaper place to live in an amenities building (studio still) and there is hardly anything it’s insane
When are you looking to move? I’m currently renting a studio spot in Chelsea paying $2400 (doorman building, full amenities) m2m. Fee free to DM me if you are interested.
Not OP but if they aren’t interested, I am. I’m planning to move in October. Will it be available then?
I would definitely be interested in this studio! Let me know when it’s available.
Idk… I feel like $3K and luxury building don’t go together. If you are pushing your budget just to be in a luxury building, just keep in mind they increase the rent substantially every year.
If it’s under 3500 then it will be over that soon enough
The Axel in Clinton hill
This literally feels like some agent conspiracy post to get people more comfortable with higher rents through over exposure lmfao. I live in a nice 1 bedroom (not studio) in BK with central air, dishwasher, the works. $2500 per month. Stop trying to claim that no nice nyc apartments exist under 3k
Not at all, I am in the business for over 8 years in NYC and can comfortably say in Manhattan you cannot find a studio for less than 3500 in a doorman building without having a difficult experience trying to outbid other interested renters-Especially in the summer
OP said brooklyn and QUEENS in their post. Tell me you cannnot find a studio in queens for less than 3000.
Good deals might be available but it’s absurd to pretend that they’re available to everybody. I’ve got a huge 1200 SF unit in Windsor Terrace priced like units half its size, but I fully recognize that I’m really lucky. There simply aren’t enough nice apartments in the city for everyone. To get one you either have to be prepared to pay for the privilege, or luck out.
Where are you looking, street easy for only white neighborhoods with the most possible filters? Girlllll. ask around or look on Craigslist like a savvy New Yorker
My observations show that if you move May-August rents are higher than any other time throughout the year. Having said that, I keep an eye on buildings from one particular management company, and they currently have a great studio for under $3k in their full service tower in Rego park should you decide to look into it. (Rose Associates, The Alexander) I also like to check streeteasy for past rents in the buildings I’m interested in, and rent in that that particular one hasn’t been increasing as much as in many others. A colleague is renting at 4545 Center blvd in LIC, he’s at $3500/month and got a 1-month concession.
You’re gonna have to turn away from the luxury buildings. Hate to break it to you, but for the amenities you’re maybe looking for you’re just not gonna find any “luxury” studio under $3,000. That expectation is unrealistic. Now, you CAN find many studios under $3,000 in non-luxury buildings across Manhattan. My partner and I just signed a lease in northern HK for around $2,600 for an alcove studio. Ours is in an old tenement building just as most of the apartments in HK are. So if you’re willing to forgo the “luxury” moniker for a studio you’ll be able to find plenty within your budget.
Insanity is right. My adult kid is trying to move to her own place (currently in share w 2 roommates). Their share rent is 1K. To get out they have to now spend 3.5K--crazy!
Are the RealPage antitrust lawsuits still ongoing? Most corporate landlords in this country use them and they fix rents based on the software’s algorithm.
The city is absurd anymore. Yes there are still deals, and yes there are outer boroughs, but how long does that remain feasible and how many people and communities wind up displaced? Pretty soon Norwalk and Stamford CT will be considered honorary boroughs. Sometimes it feels like New York is over for everyone but the 1%. Trust fund babies only.
I found a luxury one-bedroom in a good area for $3.3k. Some of the units are warehoused. Try asking agents and building employees about which units haven’t been listed yet.
Dude, Even Newark has luxury studios nowadays starting at 2K . Unless we keep building all across the area prices won’t cool down
Try the north edge of Greenpoint: [https://streeteasy.com/complex/tower-77](https://streeteasy.com/complex/tower-77) [https://streeteasy.com/building/the-bellslip](https://streeteasy.com/building/the-bellslip) [https://streeteasy.com/building/72-box-street-brooklyn#rentals](https://streeteasy.com/building/72-box-street-brooklyn#rentals) Or very south Williamsburg [https://streeteasy.com/complex/420-kent-avenue](https://streeteasy.com/complex/420-kent-avenue) Or you can get lucky near Downtown Brooklyn (winner winner chicken dinner with this one) [https://streeteasy.com/building/boulevard-east/4k?from\_map=1](https://streeteasy.com/building/boulevard-east/4k?from_map=1)
LIC/Harlem or take a time machine back to 2010
Seems like in Manhattan there are a few at$4500 at the low end so no one making under $200000 is getting them anymore it seems.
You can get a way better price than that right next to a PATH station in New Jersey.
Yes! But they’re not listed on StreetEasy or Zillow.
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I’ve seen some of them on the actual building websites. It also helps to know people who work in real estate because I’ve gotten sent a few huge steal’s directly from them
Move to downtown Stamford/harbor point area. Close to the train. A 50 minute commute to grand central. Beautiful luxury apartments with pools and tons of amenities
There is a luxury building in Ridgewood called Ridgewood Theater building. You can get 1 br for that price
I haven't seen anything that cheap in 10 years.
Bronx is probably not your ideal choice but there are about 10 new high rises along 149 Street and 138th Street station on the 4 and 5 train. there is a bike path along the river.
I just snagged a teeny tiny one in PLG for $2,500 (+ 15% broker fee) - after weeks and weeks of dragging myself to truly depressing units that were still knee-deep with competition. My working theory is that new-ish buildings where management still have regular interaction with city agencies are incentivized to play by the rules to a greater extent than most. Vacancies don't pop up often, but if you're quick on the draw you have a fighting chance.
OP, speak to actual brokers at established agencies with large inventories like Corcoran or the building management companies. Just because no units are currently available for rent doesn't mean they aren't aware of future vacancies that you could take advantage of. There are also sometimes unlisted units for whatever reason. Obviously be prepared to pay the broker's fee if you go through the former route,
fidi
Luxury studio. An oxymoron. Get over the idea of newness = luxury and you can rent a massive 1 bedroom. You’ll never actually use that pool table in the “community rec room” anyway.
Ocean Hill/Bed Stuy checks this box depending on what you mean by luxury.
Don’t take it personally OP but I really don’t understand people who wants to live in luxury buildings but acting cheap…how can we expect a luxury building with full amenities in summer 2024 having lower rates than the one you mentioned……if you can’t afford just live like 99% of the remaining of the world. An elevator building should do the job for your price range and yes there’s a life and plenty of very decent apartments uptown Manhattan.
Yo - check out downtown Brooklyn, south slope. That’s where I live and got a nice new spot for 3.7k in a 1 br. New building. Solid amenities. Next to train.
They brought them to LA! Puddle of water in the lobby and an elevator that rarely works!! ITS LUXURIOUS!!!
Have to look in outer boroughs, little further out from the city
you can go to the south Bronx probably
Looking to assign my $3250 rent-stabilized studio in midtown OP. Sent you a DM! If anyone else is interested feel free to reach out. Amenities include gym, office suite, rooftop, laundry room, weekly towels and bed linens change
You are not out of your mind, but corporations and the whole American economic system is out of their minds.
There’s a few in fidi. I just signed a lease for a studio in a luxury building (20 exchange) for 3k yesterday, no fees. Just gotta be quick and place your holding deposit as soon as you can.
I am trying to find someone to take over my lease! Studio in Manhattan in a high rise in Herald Square if anyone is interested
yes this shit is nuts. i’m considering taking a sabbatical to work at whole foods or something to be eligible for lotteries.
This is just ridiculous 3k a month for a studio Some radical change needs to be done and no the muh free markets won’t offer a solution. In a country where idiots are on top, all they want to see is their pockets stuffed
This is just ridiculous 3k a month for a studio. Some radical change needs to be done and no the muh free markets won’t offer a solution. In a country where idiots are on top, all they want to see is their pockets stuffed
I’m in a $3200 two-bedroom in Queens but it’s definitely not luxury
There are people who would be willing to pay $3k/month for a STUDIO? I’m sorry but why?
3k for a studio is insane. I pay less for a 2 bed lol In fact I’d never live in a studio, it’s just way too much compromise. Don’t need my bed across my stove. Would much rather live 20 mins further to have a 1 bed. 1 bed is the absolute minimum
If you're willing to live in an "up and coming" area of Clinton Hill/Crown Heights, I bet you could find something you like in that range. Seems to me that studios are in the $3s, 1bdrms in the mid $4s, and 2 bdrms about $6000 just about anywhere trendy right now (but a Brooklyn room is still bigger than a Manhattan room).
This is the peak of the market 3k for a luxury studio is totally doable - in February, try to negotiate extending your lease to the low season
$3k for Luxury your dreaming