Lucy Cohen Blatter

Veteran renters like us have seen a lot of small NYC apartments, and we have to admit this is one of the tiniest ones we've seen thus far. But it's also rather charming.

The $1,725 studio co-op is located on 81st between York and East End, so it's also a long walk (about 15 minutes) from the subway.

If you're a ballet/opera aficionado (or maybe a singer or dancer), this $535,000 co-op steps from Lincoln Center could be ideal. It's one of those be-a-tourist-in-your-own-city type of apartments, that also happens to be right near the subway, should you choose to take in culture outside the neighborhood.

Airbnb has been under fire for allegedly encouraging the warehousing of apartment rentals and, as a result, increasing rents for non-Airbnb apartments, too. Now, fresh off the heels of a December Airbnb report claiming that only about 5 percent of Airbnb users in New York City are renting out two or more units, a new independent report claims that the company purged more than 1,000 listings in order

If Mayor Bill De Blasio's Brooklyn-Queens streetcar plan happens, we'd imagine that real estate prices in those neighborhoods—including Astoria, Sunset Park, Greenpoint and more—will skyrocket. And since a project like this likely wouldn't be completed for about eight more years, now might be the time to get in cheap.