Best places to live for the Summer NYC

Hey everyone,
Been looking for subleases in Manhattan near Midtown, Financial District and adjunct areas.

Everything is very expensive (as expected)

Any recommendations on where I should live for the summer while I do my SA stint ?

Ideally I would live with roommates to lower cost of rent
Thanks in advance.

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Swing and a miss - OP, also in the same boat. Looking for something in Gramercy / Murray for a Midtown office but open to anything that is nice and relatively affordable. Airbnb doesn't have a whole of options right now either

 

Really depends on where your work is - FiDi and Midtown are at opposite ends of the city. Go on Google Transit and click the subway option, you don't want a 10+ block walk to the subway station and I'd avoid anything that will require you to transfer at Grand Central or Penn. Look for something with a direct route on 1 subway and minimal walking to station, you'll quickly find out it is much much easier/faster to go north/south than east/west. Anywhere on Manhattan (below top half of Central Park for convenience) is really fair game. Most nightlife is downtown (East Village, West Village, Meatpacking) if that's a consideration.

Also if you are going Airbnb route you need to book it ASAP. If someone books a random weekend in July, that unit goes off their long term rental market, so don't wait until your signing bonus to get this locked down.

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Nice, Midtown is pretty commutable so you have options. Definitely cross out FiDi, there's absolutely nothing there on weekends and silly to go all the way uptown every day.  I'd stay above ~23rd street so your commute is reasonable. The below areas will be in your price range.

Murray Hill, just stay close enough to the subway stations so you're not blocks and blocks away

Hells Kitchen, don't go too far west - near Columbus Circle is a very nice area

even Midtown itself you can do pretty well. Just do not get somewhere walking distance and plan to walk home at night, always Uber - there has been some increased violence in the city

Start clicking on apartments you like and check out the commute, it'll help you get a better feel for the subway routes anyway

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I definitely wouldn't pay rent to commute 40 min, if it is your parents' house that's a different story

For SA I'd try to keep morning commute around 20 min door to door. When you're FT you have a little more freedom to come in later, but as an SA you need to show up early so live close

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