How the heck do you find an apt in NYC?

[Gooberlx2]

1200 for a fvckin studio or 1 bed? Goddamn! Yet another reason I have no ambition to live in or near NYC.....or Cali.

 

[cchen]

my friend rents a tiny room on 103rd and broadway for 750 a month, all utilities and free internet

 

[Dubb]

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
1200 for a fvckin studio or 1 bed? Goddamn! Yet another reason I have no ambition to live in or near NYC.....or Cali.

no kidding. I thought ann arbor was bad at slightly more than half that.

/rethinks columbia as 1st choice for grad school...

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: jewno
Stay away from Harlem, man.

If you want to live in or near harlem, you've obviously never been there.

 

[alent1234]

Originally posted by: Dubb

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
1200 for a fvckin studio or 1 bed? Goddamn! Yet another reason I have no ambition to live in or near NYC.....or Cali.

no kidding. I thought ann arbor was bad at slightly more than half that.

/rethinks columbia as 1st choice for grad school...

i think Columbia and NYU will have subsudized apartments for students with a low rent. Not sure if it's for grad students though

 

[cchen]

Originally posted by: alent1234

Originally posted by: Dubb

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
1200 for a fvckin studio or 1 bed? Goddamn! Yet another reason I have no ambition to live in or near NYC.....or Cali.

no kidding. I thought ann arbor was bad at slightly more than half that.

/rethinks columbia as 1st choice for grad school...

i think Columbia and NYU will have subsudized apartments for students with a low rent. Not sure if it's for grad students though

only if you get Columbia housing and its not guaranteed for grad students, so its possible that you'd have to find your own apartment

 

[RgrPark]

http://newyork.craigslist.org/

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: RgrPark
http://newyork.craigslist.org/

Read the first post again. Go ahead, we'll wait.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: jewno
Stay away from Harlem, man.

Why? There are quite a few nice places to live in Harlem.

 

[alent1234]

haven't been there in years, but i heard that after they declared it some tax zone the place gentrified like crazy

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
1200 for a fvckin studio or 1 bed? Goddamn! Yet another reason I have no ambition to live in or near NYC.....or Cali.

my thoughts exactly .... thought i had it bad at ~500/mo for 6 of us in our house

 

[ed21x]

1200 budget to share a room in a 1 bedroom studio is completely doable. I personally suggest looking up campus listings at NYU, or walk around on campus- you'll definitely find a home made flyer of available apartments or people looking for roommates

 

[alent1234]

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
1200 for a fvckin studio or 1 bed? Goddamn! Yet another reason I have no ambition to live in or near NYC.....or Cali.

my thoughts exactly .... thought i had it bad at ~500/mo for 6 of us in our house

edit: haha you're from a2 too.... Like i said i thought prices here were inflated, but damn 1200 for a studio?

worst I've seen is a story in the village voice of 3 guys sharing a 300 square foot studio and the $2100 rent

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Dubb

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
1200 for a fvckin studio or 1 bed? Goddamn! Yet another reason I have no ambition to live in or near NYC.....or Cali.

no kidding. I thought ann arbor was bad at slightly more than half that.

/rethinks columbia as 1st choice for grad school...

hahah yeah same here, i'm living on state street by the IM field (decetly far from campus) and still pay about 500/mo

 

[Dubb]

I live up by kerrytown...studios around here are 600 - 850/mo. The plus is being close to angelo's...

/munches leftover angelo's rasin toast.

 

[glugglug]

Originally posted by: Dubb

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
1200 for a fvckin studio or 1 bed? Goddamn! Yet another reason I have no ambition to live in or near NYC.....or Cali.

no kidding. I thought ann arbor was bad at slightly more than half that.

/rethinks columbia as 1st choice for grad school...

Well the good news for you then is the area around Columbia is significantly cheaper because it is above 96th street. (the college area there basically is a buffer between the upper west side & Harlem).

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: BD2003

Originally posted by: jewno
Stay away from Harlem, man.

If you want to live in or near harlem, you've obviously never been there.

Oh come on, it's not THAT bad...I have a friend who's renting an apartment there.

 

[rh71]

brokers with apartments ? I thought only for coops/townhouses/houses. Interesting. Is that how it is in Manhattan ?

 

[cchen]

Originally posted by: rh71
brokers with apartments ? I thought only for coops/townhouses/houses. Interesting. Is that how it is in Manhattan ?

yes

 

[glugglug]

Originally posted by: rh71
brokers with apartments ? I thought only for coops/townhouses/houses. Interesting. Is that how it is in Manhattan ?

Pretty much. Except some of the larger buildings have signs out front when there are apts. available, and you can walk in and ask the doorman to see them without going through a broker. Generally they are even more pricey.

 

[Freejack2]

Move to Poughkeepsie and take the train.

 

[glugglug]

Found my new place. 450 sq ft 22nd floor luxury apt. at the tip of the island for effectively $1645 including gym. My jaw must have hit the floor.

 

[thirdlegstump]

Das a dang fine deal son. Pat yo ass in da back homey and light up dat tree iight. So wuz up. I be in da hood too yo. We B gittin some drinks on n party wit dem hos.

 

[oboeguy]

I have some friends renting-out a walkup in Washington Heights. Not below Harlem but a great up-and-coming neighborhood (I live there, duh). I could also hook you up with some decent brokers from my last apt search.

Good luck finding what you really want. When you fail. come crawling back to those of us living in the real world, we can help.

Edit: Clarification.

 

[oboeguy]

Originally posted by: alent1234

Originally posted by: Dubb

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
1200 for a fvckin studio or 1 bed? Goddamn! Yet another reason I have no ambition to live in or near NYC.....or Cali.

no kidding. I thought ann arbor was bad at slightly more than half that.

/rethinks columbia as 1st choice for grad school...

i think Columbia and NYU will have subsudized apartments for students with a low rent. Not sure if it's for grad students though

It's true. 2.5 years ago I had a pretty sizeable two-rooms "studio" through CU for < $1000.

Edit: For someone studying a mathy subject, I sure get ">" and "<" mixed-up a lot.