Manhattan's median rent hits $4K, best sites for finding a roommate, & more

By Austin Havens-Bowen | June 17, 2022 - 1:30PM

This week readers visited Brick Underground to make sense of New York City's rental market. In May, Manhattan's median rent hit $4,000 for the first time ever, according to the Elliman Report. To qualify for a one bedroom at that rent you'd need to show earnings of at least $160,000.

Our article on the best websites for finding a roommate in NYC was also a hit this week. Among the sites featured are Diggz and SpareRoom.

Here are this week's top five posts:

1) Manhattan median rent hits $4,000 for the first time ever

2) The 12 best sites for finding a roommate in NYC

3) Good Cause Eviction protection stalled in the final legislative session. Here's why

4) I wanted to buy a studio by myself, but my co-op wouldn’t let me unless it was in my husband’s name too

5) Affordable housing lottery opens for 53 studio apartments for seniors on the Upper West Side

Austin Havens-Bowen

Staff Writer

Staff writer Austin Havens-Bowen covers the rental market and answers renters' questions in a column called Realty Bites. He previously reported on local news for the Queens Ledger and The Hunts Point Express in the Bronx. He graduated from Hunter College with a BA in media studies. He rents a one-bedroom apartment in Astoria with his boyfriend and their two cats.

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