Where to rent in NYC?
where do/would you rent in nyc with a budget of 2.8k for a 1br? my description is 30yr old male and recently single so looking for popular/fun areas that meet the budget
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If you're ok with not living in the city, I would actually recommend Astoria. It's a nice place, pretty good neighborhood, and the train ride to the city is only a few minutes. Williamsburg is also worth looking into.
Nope
chelsea or gramercy are pretty good central locations that can be fun
Yeah if you're gay
This is legitimately true. I have friends that are gay and love this area.
Not sure why the MS - it's true! I have two gay friends from LA who live in Chelsea and love it
gay bars can be a good time for the straights too, tbf
2.8k won’t get you all that much, but I would look at the East village, west village, or Greenwich village area. Your budget won’t go too far in those areas but lots of nightlife and younger crowd.
$2.8K is fine for a 1br
Gramercy
No
Why? Plenty of people live in Gramercy up to Madison square park. 30 is too old for EV and 2800 wont get you more than a studio in WV
East Village
$2.8k you'll find a decent to nice one bedroom in East/West Village and perhaps Greenwich. Nothing on 14th though and don't live in LES - me and the gf can't wait to move out in August
Just curious - where are you moving to
Most likely Greenwich/West Village
Upper east side is actually relatively inexpensive for studios/1brs and is a lot of people in early-mid 30s/late 20s.
Seriously though. Most of those are as cheap or cheaper than lower Manhattan rents
I'm not really sure what part of UES you are referring to. I moved to UES for 8 months in the 60s and it was pretty dull and mostly Moms and families around. There weren't that many bars around. I think the younger crowd is mostly around the 80s and 90s, but that is so far up there. I used to go to a bar up in the 90s that was a lot of fun (The Big Easy) and even saw Mark Cuban there, but they have been closed for a while now. I initially moved to 65th street because it was close to my office on 57th and the Equinox on 63/Lex, but overall just found the area to be boring.
Was thinking mid-80s - one of my good friends is up there. Low 60s seem like a dead zone based on walking around there
Upper east side has great quality apartments, however, it's far from everything...
Murray Hill has a lot of bars, so there should be a decent scene, althoguht people don't go out of their way to hang out in upper east..
There used to be sports bar called Turtle Bay, rachet af place, but it's closed now. Everyone would go there..
don’t move to nyc. mass exodus.
what are you talking about? lol
https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/coronavirus-insane-exodus-nyc
Why not Hells Kitchen? Its close to all midtown and banks/work..
Hell’s Kitchen is awful, there’s a reason it’s cheap
The amount of noise at night...awesome food places though
For me, an excellent apt in HK in a building with amenities and a beautiful view of the sunset or the skyline >> paying more to live in a 5th floor walkup with broken steps and a generally shitty interior in the west village. Especially if that building is a 10 min cab from where I go out (i.e. the west village).
edit: if i can afford the former in the village tho then it's not even a question
West Village. I think you can get a pretty big studio for that price. Additionally, you'll be in the heart of erverything.
If you're looking for a quality apartment + great location, look for hell's kitchen, and try to be as close to Columbus circle as possible.
Disagree with the village comments.
1) Being in the village gives you the advantage of not taking a 12 dollar, 10 minute uber from midtown/chelsea to the village 2) The village is 20-30% more expensive with inferior building quality 3) At your price point you'll have a tough time unless you move more north (midtown or higher) or south (les/fidi) 4) The village, imo, is only worth it when you have $$$ to blow and therefore can get an excellent place rather than a shitty walk up OR if you're a student whose only goal is to be walking distance to bars he goes to everyday so he can easily bring chicks home (no chick says no to a 10 min cab home though)
Yup. Everything is fucking OLD, there are bugs no matter what, half of your neighbors have been there for 100 years and don’t give a shit about the building, the other half are 20 years old and rolling 4 people deep in a flex 1 br and just wanna party at 2am on a Wednesday night. No such thing as central air or upgraded anything unless you’re paying like $6k for a reno studio, and that still wouldn’t negate all of the noise. Made the mistake of living there in my early years, never fucking again
Made the mistake of living in the village? A look on street easy right now shows you can get a decent amount of rentals for $2.8k... Idk, that's my budget for when I move out and plan on moving to West Village
To this point, OP do take heed about the bugs. Lived here during my summer analyst stint and saw large roaches galore. In the stairwell, in my "room", and in the bathroom. And it was a 6th floor walk-up
You should live in the Bronx. It is safe. No need to worry homie.
Depending on where the OP works, has he considered JC/Hoboken? Yes, I know, it's Jersey. (oooo, scary) but you can get downtown or to anywhere on the west side in 15 minutes on the PATH, which runs as often as the subway 24/7. I'm not a big fan of the scene in Broboken, but downtown JC has a nice Brunch/Bar/Dinner scene. You also get out of that ~3.5% city tax which covers a lot of brunches.
Wait are you that tinder guy from another post or the I have lines on my forehead guy not long ago?
Haha that's @finanaceabc I'm pretty sure. Also pretty sure he's unemployed by his uptick in activity recently
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