Julie

I rented in a one-bedroom in Kips Bay for four years, and moved to the Upper East Side (Yorkville specifically) just under two months ago. 

I was living in a small walk-up building, with only four apartments, on 30th Street and Second Avenue. It was pretty loud -- I was right by a bus stop, and two doors down from a small gourmet grocery store, so there were always early deliveries.