NYC landlords want tenants who earn 40 times the monthly rent. Here are 7 workarounds

Renters with shaky credit or borderline incomes lost one workaround to assuage a landlords concerns putting down … presenting it again as part of our winter  Best of Brick  week  … 1 Find a personal or institutional guarantor … A … be willing to look beyond the score if they need to fill apartments At some point they have to decide Do they have …

By Jennifer White Karp |December 30, 2025 - 9:30AM
Why you should check reviews from current tenants before you sign a new lease

…  which is also a listing site has been doing this since 2000and newer listings and review platform  openigloo said … Brick Underground After all when you rent in NYC you give a landlord a lot of information about yourself And very often … up general information about the building the names of the property owners and a snapshot of violations pulled from the …

By Brick Underground |December 15, 2025 - 1:45PM
What it's like to live in Queens surrounded by cemeteries

… When searching for an apartment in New York people typically have a few key features … Cemetery two in a chain of cities of the dead that stretches from Bushwick to Rego Park Being hemmed in … a peninsula but surrounded by graveyards The two streets near my place lead to graveyards So when I say I live in a …

By David Colon |October 31, 2025 - 9:30AM
Tenants of bankrupt Crown Heights buildings want repairs and a chance to buy their units

… up six flights of stairs when the elevator stopped working battled regular invasions of roaches and mice and … Crown Heights building is one of 93 properties across New York City that an entity connected to local landlord … District of New York If you live in a rentstabilized apartment in one of these buildings the bankruptcy and …

By Celia Young |October 29, 2025 - 9:30AM