Virginia K. Smith

Looking to rent a place in New York for a little under $2,000 a month? In the name of making the search easy, we've rounded up options in your price range in all five boroughs, from Manhattan studios to roommate-friendly outer-borough and uptown shares.

New York renters live in fear of landing on the infamous tenant blacklist, a document that's sold to real estate companies with information about court disputes between landlords and tenants. It's not a huge surprise, then, that a lot of brokers seem to conveniently "forget" to mention to prospective renters that the landlord will be checking into their background, including whether or not they've earned a spot on the list.

Why the rent is so damn high, where to find new bars, and other key lessons for Bushwick newbies (Bushwick Daily)

In NYC's luxury buildings, you'll pay a whopping 65 percent more to live in a building with a doorman (WSJ, previously)

Greenpoint has long lost its rep as Williamsburg's cheaper, sleepier cousin, and has the prices to prove it. And while this one-and-a-half-bedroom has plenty of details that could charm renters—hardwood floors, tin ceilings, a funky little decorative fireplace—a railroad layout for $2,000 a month is not exactly a quirky outer-borough bargain, either.