What you’ll get across NYC for $3,500 a month

By Sara Alessi | September 3, 2015 - 12:30PM

Three-bedroom apartments (or smaller) await across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island if you’re ready to hit the rental market with a budget of $3,500 a month.

UPPER WEST SIDE, MANHATTAN: A one-bedroom, one-bath corner unit with a renovated eat-in kitchen and prewar details including refinished hardwood floors on a high floor of an elevator building at 878 West End Avenue (at West 103rd) that allows pets on a case-by-case basis. $3,500/month

CENTRAL HARLEM, MANHATTAN: A three-bedroom, two-bath condo with a full-size washer and dryer and 14-foot ceilings in an elevator building that’s a three-minute walk from the A, B, C and D trains and five minutes to the 1 and 3 trains at 313 West 143rd Street (between Bradhurst and Frederick Douglass Boulevard). $3,500/month, heat, hot water and cooking gas included, no broker's fee

WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN: A one-bedroom, one-bath condo with a garbage disposal and a washer and dryer in a doorman building with a pool and fitness center at 80 Metropolitan Avenue (between Wythe and Kent). $3,500/month, 15 percent broker's fee paid by tenant

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN: A renovated three-bedroom, one-bath with marble countertops in the kitchen, LED recessed lighting throughout and new Fujitsu ductless airconditioners in a building that allows small pets, is close to Greenwood Park, and is on a tree-lined block at 672 Sixth Avenue (at 20th). $3,500/month

FORT GREENE, BROOKLYN: A renovated two-bedroom, one-bath with oversized windows, stainless steel appliances and a dishwasher in a pet-friendly elevator building close to Fort Greene Park, the Atlantic Avenue trains and the Barclays Center with a live-in super at 25 Lafayette Avenue (at Ashland). $3,500/month

HUNTERS POINT, QUEENS: A furnished one-bedroom, one-bath floor-through in a townhouse where pets are allowed on a case-by-case basis with a private backyard that includes WiFi, cable and a cleaning service; it's near the G, E, M and 7 trains at 4508 11th Street (between 45th Avenue and 45th Road). $3,500/month

ASTORIA, QUEENS: A recently renovated three-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bath on the second floor of a two-family house with two balconies, granite counters and hardwood floors, at 24-25 43rd Street (between 25th and Astoria Boulevard). $3,500/month; heat, hot water and gas included

LONGWOOD, BRONX: A gut-renovated three-bedroom, two-bath with granite countertops, marble baths, a dishwasher and washer and dryer hookups in a pet-friendly townhouse at 1024 Faile Street (between Aldus and East 165th). $3,500/month

SAINT GEORGE, STATEN ISLAND: A 1,600-square-foot, two-bath loft co-op that’s a combination of two apartments with views of the Statue of Liberty; it comes with a parking space and is in an elevator building near the St. George Ferry Terminal at 10 Bay Street Landing (at Murray Hulbert). $3,500/month

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