Financial District Apartment Needed

August 31, 2009 5:26 PM

We are looking for an apartment in NYC Financial District. One bedroom, max. $2,000. Any ideas? Thanks a lot guys
posted by lumidine to home & garden (9 comments total)

Better luck asking this on streeteasy.com. I think your price is a bit aggressive even in this economy.
posted by dfriedman at 5:27 PM on August 31

Seriously?
posted by chalbe at 5:28 PM on August 31 [1 favorite]

(no offense if you're not familiar with craigslist. Check out that link and of course you can adjust the max rent.)
posted by chalbe at 5:29 PM on August 31

Those Craigslist listings appear to be for studios and convertible 1 bedrooms.
posted by dfriedman at 5:46 PM on August 31

Are you willing to use a broker? Citi Habitats is pretty good.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 5:53 PM on August 31

LOL. Um, no, not even close. In the financial district? The averag is probably closer to $6000.
posted by Aversion Therapy at 8:32 PM on August 31

Does Battery Park City count as the financial district? One of my friends recently got a place there for $2500 because they were fairly desperate for renters. It was either one or two bedroom.
posted by smackfu at 5:58 AM on September 1

You're probably better off going slightly uptown from the financial district - check out chinatown and little italy.
posted by melissasaurus at 7:28 AM on September 1

Thanks for all your answers

I have been doing research and yes, seriously. Here' s one example:

http://www.anchornyc.com/page.cfm?page=details&id=120263

To answer all the other questions:
I am not using Craiglist because I am not a fan- to say the least.
I am using a broker.
Battery Park City counts.
We are looking at that area because hubby works there.
Thanks for the streeteasy.com tip.


For the ones who can and want to, the Financial District is a good deal right now.

Once again, thanks for all your answers and I'll see you around.
posted by lumidine at 12:04 PM on September 4