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Listen, it’s not as though getting an apartment in New York has ever been easy. But one could probably argue it has never been harder than it is right now. The most god-awful studios are regularly renting for thousands and thousands of dollars with lines of interested tenants out the door. Here, we’ll find the actually worth-looking-ats, the actually worth-the-costs, and the surprisingly affordable-for-those-parquet-floors from all around the internet. 

Had to take another ill-fated trip to the Upper East Side for friends, which unfortunately for them (and maybe you, if you’re interested in the classic six), didn’t reap great results. Anything in the realm of consideration — meaning more than 650 square feet with a window that doesn’t look out onto a brick wall — is well over $10,000 a month. Depressed and hungry for charm, I hopped on the proverbial train back to Brooklyn to check out Boerum Hill, Bed-Stuy, and Crown Heights.

$6,800, 2-bedroom: Good parquet, great indoor pool, and an on-premises gym — there are worse places to end up than the Yorkshire Towers.

$7,500, 3-bedroom: Stunning, no notes, someone with means should rent this immediately.

$7,950, 3-bedroom: You cannot beat this view!!!! And the built-ins are fine.

$8,995, 2-bedroom: Sort of depressing, though that’s partly due to the stock photos. Maybe more affordable (for the area), and more space than I’ve been seeing up there.

$11,500, 1-bedroom: This one’s just for fun, but it is that, no?

$14,500, 3-bedroom: The Croydon is calling … and with a little less gray paint and a little more tungsten on the lightbulbs, this apartment could be a real showplace.

$15,000, 1-bedroom: Another one that’s just for fun because I love fun!! Definitely a very classy broad who once lived here. Perhaps it’s time to fill her shoes? In the Sherry-Netherland, obviously.

$5,700, 2-bedroom: Cuckoo to me that it’s $5,700, but that’s the price of doing Boerum Hill business, I guess. Besides the price point, this checks a lot of boxes for me (extremely underrenovated but charming floor-through with high ceilings and black-and-white checkered tiles in the kitchen).

$2,850, 1-bedroom: Call me an optimist, but something about the natural light on slide two feels promising.

$9,250, 4-bedroom: The going rate for a whole house these days, I guess. This one hasn’t been horribly renovated, and some of the original hardwoods are sending me.

$3,500, 1-bedroom: The staging is the pits, but the apartment (which is in a new condo building) is not half bad — the wall of windows in the living room and the terrace overlooking the church are what speak to me here.

$3,500, 1-bedroom: If I were you, I would knock down the wall that’s encroaching on the living room in a way that feels rude, honestly. Otherwise, a charming brownstone apartment with good bones.

$4,300, 3-bedroom: Best deal I’ve seen on the market in a long while.

$6,950, 2-bedroom: The big ugly window is a pass from me, and no, this is not the notorious chapel conversion in Greenpoint, but it does have similar attributes … shouldn’t be so hard to convert a beautiful church into a beautiful apartment, people.

$7,500, 3-bedroom: For the love of reclaimed wood! I, personally, am not a fan, but if you are, then this place is right up your alley.

$3,250, 2-bedroom: Stylistically all over the place, but it feels huge, so maybe worth the aesthetic chaos?

$9,995, 3-bedroom: Little rusty-dusty, but nothing an ambitious Swiffering can’t fix.

$3,500, studio: It’s an art gallery … a Pilates studio … and perhaps your future home!!

$5,000, 3-bedroom: The kitchen can’t be beat here…bury me in this kitchen.

$3,500, 2-bedroom: What do wainscotting, purple-tiled bathroom, and arched passageways all have in common? They are prewar details, correct! I’ve taught you so well.

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