NYC Apartment Recommendations?
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on 5/8/12 at 1:06pm
To those who are currently living in NYC or have lived there as a 1st yr analyst...how did you go about finding an apt and do you have any specific tips to share?
- Current budget for 3 ~$4500 looking for a flex3BR
- Looking to live Midtown East/Gramercy/Murray Hill/LES/Hell's Kitchen...West side is okay but basically anything above FiDi and below 42nd that's near a metro.
Any recommendation on specific apartment/buildings? Brokers?





Dam that is a pretty high
Dam that is a pretty high budget. I thought most analyst were looking for 1500-2000 at most. If you get an apartment for 4500=54,000 before utilities and taxes. How much are you getting paid as a first year?
It's for 3 people so I'm
It's for 3 people so I'm assuming he's talking about splitting the $4,500 three ways (maybe not evenly). I haven't gone apartment hunting in a year but I highly recommend you don't use a broker. If you do, don't take a fee higher than 12% of the total lease. It's such a rip off.
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Yeah $4500 total - I wish I
Yeah $4500 total - I wish I was paid enough for $4500/person lol
Yeah, I'm avoiding brokers so I'm currently looking at specific apartment buildings right now.
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Second street easy. Try to
Second street easy. Try to stay away from brokers. Also, this is a lifestyle/commute trade off that not everyone agrees with but I would avoid midtown like the plague. It's boring, gross, expensive, and homogenous (well - at least as homogenous as NYC gets).
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Second street easy. Try to stay away from brokers. Also, this is a lifestyle/commute trade off that not everyone agrees with but I would avoid midtown like the plague. It's boring, gross, expensive, and homogenous (well - at least as homogenous as NYC gets).
i agree i would rather live in L.I.C or Williamsburg... but than again to each his own.
I've used streeteasy,
I've used streeteasy, padmapper, nybits, nakedapartments...
Since availabilities for early july haven't opened up yet, my strategy is to find apartment complexes that I like, with reasonable pricing for flex 3BR then visit those places come late May/early june and sign.
Problem is...haven't found too many good ones.
If you're a 1st yr analyst right now, which complex are you living in?/price range?BR?
craigslist is surprisingly
craigslist is surprisingly good... especially if you can find someone who needs to move before his/her lease is up. you get to lock in their old rates (nyc rates go up 3-5% each year) and if it's a flex, the wall's already up and you can just move right in. also the only way to look at broker-only buildings without a broker.
try to negotiate down to one month's rent if you have to use a broker. otherwise, 12-15% is absolutely insane. i'd sooner get kneed in the balls than be ripped off that badly.
^great insight, thanks
^great insight, thanks
Stay away from Murray Hill.
Stay away from Murray Hill. You'll thank me later.
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I am not sure what the appeal
I am not sure what the appeal of midtown and the surrounding pseudo neighborhoods is, but there are far better areas to live where you can actually feel that you are going home, rather than just going to that place you live at.
4500 will get you an ok apartment on the UWS or the deep end of the UES (yorkville). I grew up on the UES and speaking from experience when I say the UWS is a better choice (the real UWS not Harlem, morning heights, washington heights, or inwood) it's residential enough, filled with restaurants of all cuisines you can think of, bars ranging from frat to wine to downright foreplay lounges, plus you get the 1,2,3,A,B,C,D,E,F trains and crosstown buses on 59th, 66th, 72nd, 79th, 86, and 96th street.
I work on 42nd on 7th and it takes me 7 minutes from the minute I leave my house to the minute I swipe my access card at work.
Or you can just get a studio in the same area for about 1500-1600/month
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My roommates and I work at
My roommates and I work at different locations (them on park, me in fidi) so I'm trying to find a place midway that has good access to the subway...
why stay away from Murray Hill? What about gramercy/LES/east village (ex-stuy town)? I assume I won't be home often since I will be in IB so luxury isn't my top pick but more whatever has good location and is somewhat decent (no bugs or other problems).
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murray hill can be convenient
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