Craigslist rentals near my current location on the iPhone?

September 13, 2009 8:02 AM

Is there an iPhone app (or location-aware website) that will show me Craigslist rentals near my current location?

Amazingly, every app I've looked at is either:
1. City-wide Craigslist listings that doesn't show stuff near me, or
2. Apartment listings near me, but not sourced from Craigslist.

I can't believe a need this obvious hasn't been addressed yet. Am I wrong?

posted by waxpancake to Technology (8 answers total)

Response by poster: Oh, and two notes:

1. Craigsphone only uses the GPS in San Francisco, not NYC, where I'm looking.
2. PadMapper is completely broken. No listings at all.
posted by waxpancake at 8:03 AM on September 13, 2009

Response by poster: Actually, Craigsphone GPS works for identifying which neighborhood in Manhattan you're in, but I'm in Brooklyn.
posted by waxpancake at 8:09 AM on September 13, 2009

If I understand you correctly you're looking for apartment rental listings in NYC.

The iPhone has an app for Streeteasy.com. This will allow you to search streeteasy's real estate listings (rental or sale).

However, I do not believe that Streeteasy has Craigslist ads as part of its database.
posted by dfriedman at 8:27 AM on September 13, 2009

Housingmaps.com has a New York section. It's slow on my iPhone but it's not Flash, so it does work.
posted by immlass at 8:40 AM on September 13, 2009

Yes. Padmapper
posted by craven_morhead at 10:15 AM on September 13, 2009 [1 favorite]

Padmapper is broken? I used it just earlier today.
posted by bluedaisy at 10:17 AM on September 13, 2009

Best answer: Hey guys, PadMapper dev here.

Thanks for letting me know about the PadMapper iPhone app being broken, it was indeed... it was the result of a stupid mistake when migrating servers.

I just fixed it, and it appears to be working here (also NYC). Please let me know if it gives you any sass where you are.
posted by TopHat Monkey at 11:32 PM on September 13, 2009

Huh. The internet is pretty cool sometimes.
posted by craven_morhead at 7:46 AM on September 14, 2009 [1 favorite]