Overall figures are from Citi Habitats’ 2011 second-quarter market survey; additional neighborhood-specific data provided by StreetEasy.com.
Average Rent: $1,873 for Central Harlem
studios
Asking Monthly Rent: $1,800 for 271 Lenox Avenue
Why the Low Price? Although it’s a newly renovated prewar with new windows and appliances and wiring for an elaborate sound system, the building’s façade is still undergoing an overhaul, and there’s
a funeral parlor next door, which may put off some tenants.
Agent: Deirdre Poe, the Corcoran Group.
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Average Rent: $2,216 for Upper West Side
studios/junior one-bedrooms
Asking Monthly Rent: $1,600 for 235 West 102nd Street
Why the Low Price? A junior one-bedroom with a separate sleeping area in a prewar co-op with a solarium and rooftop deck. It’s fairly roomy
for a studio and has a walk-in closet. It doesn’t have much of a view, however, and applicants have to sit for a co-op-board interview.
Agent: Adam Raben, the Corcoran Group.
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Average Rent: $3,355 for Chelsea one-bedrooms
Asking Monthly Rent: $2,295 for 320 West 22nd Street
Why the Low Price? A roomy apartment with plenty of closet space and
eleven-foot ceilings. The kitchen’s a bit dated but perfectly functional.
Agent: Charles Gray, Bond New York.
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Average Rent: $3,528 for for Upper East Side
two-bedrooms
Asking Monthly Rent: $2,700 for 508 East
78th Street
Why the Low Price? It’s really far east“five long blocks to the subway, at least until the Second Avenue line opens”but it’s also a two-bedroom, one-bath in a landmarked building with a planted courtyard and all utilities included.
Agent: Gary Posylkin,
Miron Properties.
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Average Rent: $3,604
for Greenwich
Village
one-bedrooms
Asking Monthly Rent: $3,200 for 145 West
12th Street
Why the Low Price? It’s in a prewar co-op building in the best part of the Village. Listing broker Sonia Stock says that the rent’s on the low
side partly because the apartment comes semi-furnished, making it awkward for tenants who bring their own stuff.
Agent: Sonia Stock, Prudential Douglas Elliman.
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Average Rent: $5,846 for Soho/Tribeca two-bedrooms
Asking Monthly Rent: $3,700 for 245 Mulberry Street
Why the Low Price? It has a modernized kitchen, marble bath, and washer-dryer,
on a fairly low-key block. Still, it’s on the smallish end at under 600 square feet.
Agent: Ross Gottesman, Halstead Property.
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