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What $3,000 rents in NYC right now

Five apartments, five NYC neighborhoods

By Valeria Ricciulli

Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, a weekly column that explores what one can rent for a set dollar amount in various NYC neighborhoods. Is one man’s studio another man’s townhouse? Let’s find out! Today, we’re looking at apartments renting around $3,000/month.

A kitchen with wood cabinetry.
A living room area with hardwood floors, white walls, a large TV, and a leather couch.
A bathroom with grey tiles and wood cabinets.
A seating area with wood cabinets and high top chairs. Courtesy of Douglas Elliman
Kips Bay

This Kips Bay studio is renting for $3,000/month. It has one bathroom, a living room area, and hardwood floors. The building allows both cats and dogs and has an elevator and a bike room. It’s located on East 28th Street, between Second and Third avenues, near Bellevue South Park, three blocks from a Trader Joe’s and near the 4 and 6 trains at 23rd Street.

A kitchen with white cabinetry, a washer/dryer, white walls, and hardwood floors.
A room with a door leading to a terrace, white walls, and hardwood floors.
A living room area with a spiral staircase and the kitchen on the left.
A living room area with hardwood floors and white walls. Narek Hovsepyan, courtesy of Keller Williams NYC
Flatbush

Also renting for $3,000/month this three-bedroom apartment in Flatbush has one and a half bathrooms, hardwood floors, a dishwasher, and in-unit washer/dryer. It’s located on a two-story house on Clarendon Road, between East 32nd Street and New York Avenue, near the 2 and 5 trains at Beverly Road.

A bathroom with beige tiles.
A room with a washer/dryer and hardwood floors.
A kitchen with white cabinetry and an island.
A living room with a floor-to-ceiling window, white walls, and hardwood floors. Nicholas Sanni/Citi Habitats
Upper East Side

This Upper East Side studio is also renting for an even $3,000/month. It has one bathroom, a walk-in closet, in-unit washer/dryer, and hardwood floors. The building has a ton of amenities including a coffee bar, a bike room, and a common roof deck, deemed “rooftop club.” It’s located on Lexington Avenue, between East 97th and East 98th streets, a six-minute walk to Central Park, and near the 4 and 6 trains at 96th Street.

A living room with hardwood floors, a light grey couch, a white and grey rug, a TV, and several paintings hanging on the wall.
A room with a large bed, exposed brick, and white walls.
A living room area with a light grey couch, a white and grey rug, a TV on the wall, and a round table with chairs on the right side.
A bedroom with a medium-sized bed, white walls, three windows, and a light grey rug. The Sarnell Team/Citi Habitats
Harlem

This Harlem two-bedroom apartment is renting for $3,000/month. It has one bathroom, a living room area, hardwood floors. The building offers free laundry, according to the listing, with washer/dryers on each floors, and allows pets. It’s located on West 127th Street, between Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, mere steps from Sylvia’s, and near the 2 and 3 trains at 125th Street.

A living room with hardwood floors and a kitchen with white cabinetry on the right side.
A room with two windows, hardwood floors, and white walls.
A room with two windows, white walls, and hardwood floors.
A room with a large closet, white walls, and hardwood floors. Courtesy of REAL New York
Bedford-Stuyvesant

And, finally, this two-bedroom apartment in Bed-Stuy is also renting for $3,000/month. It has one bathroom, a living room area, in-unit washer/dryer, a dishwasher, and hardwood floors. It’s located on Bedford Avenue, between Dekalb and Lafayette avenues, near the G train at Bedford-Nostrand.

Poll

Which NYC apartment would you choose for $3,000/month?

This poll is closed

  • 18%
    Kips Bay
    (170 votes)
  • 11%
    Flatbush
    (111 votes)
  • 22%
    Upper East Side
    (216 votes)
  • 33%
    Harlem
    (313 votes)
  • 13%
    Bedford-Stuyvesant
    (130 votes)
940 votes total Vote Now

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