Your home can be more than just a place to live.
What if your home offered more than just a place to live? Imagine if you didn’t have to take care of any chores or utility bills and just pay one price for everything.
How about getting to live with a group of people who have the same interests as you? Best of all, imagine being able to do all of this while living in Brooklyn.
Having roommates can be an eye-opening experience about how living with others is. You might want to be independent and that’s probably the best choice, but if you’re tight on the budget then coliving is definitely an option.
And you might not want to aim for places like Manhattan as the rent there can be particularly high plus the apartments tend to rent out as soon as they are available.
Here, however, it is easier to find a place to live since there are plenty of great rooms in Brooklyn out there.
Brooklyn vs. Manhattan
Living in Manhattan might be a bit too expensive for a single room and the space might not be so great. After living several years downtown people have realized that they could’ve saved so much in rent by just living in Brooklyn.
Conditions
Plus the houses can be greener and the neighborhood can be quieter.
The rent tends to be cheaper also. You can get an apartment of two rooms in a Park Slope where you can get one room, with two or three other friends. If you don’t mind larger groups of people then an apartment with three or even four rooms can be just as good.
You will have to share the kitchen, the living room, the bathrooms, and the basement or attic if you’re on top or base floor.
In Manhattan it can be particularly difficult to find such options while in Brooklyn it is easier. Shared rooms or apartments are like a thing here and you will most definitely get a private room within a week or two of searching for it.
Prices
In Brooklyn you can expect to pay somewhere around $1,300 a month in rent, adding up to that an additional $50 or $100 every month for any extra utility you might need to use.
That might sound like a lot of money, but trust me, with the prices that are in Manhattan, this is more like heaven. This is like the least rent you can get the chance of paying if you want to stay in New York.
And the rent might slowly drop if you start doing some of the stuff yourself like the laundry.
Another thing about paying for rent in Brooklyn that’s better than Manhattan is that you don’t have to live in a cramped space. Imagine living in a tiny apartment with two roommates and a shared bathroom and not really having any kind of privacy.
The Most Affordable Neighborhoods In Brooklyn
One of the most affordable neighborhoods in Brooklyn is Gerritsen Beach. Here you can expect to pay an average rent of $1,700 per month but imagine splitting that in two and voila, $850 each.
Then you have the option to live in Madison, where the average rent per month is kind of the same as Gerritsen Beach with a difference of $100 or so.
Marine Park is also a very nice place with an average rent of $1,800 for a one-room apartment which can comfortably be shared between two people.
If you’re looking for other awesome deals, and not to mention larger houses, then make sure to check out listings for Bergen Beach with an average rent of $1,500 per private room.
Finally, neighborhoods like Flatlands and Floyd Bennett Field offerings where the rent for a single private room goes up to $1,800 and for a two-bedroom or a shared apartment in total it can go up to $3,000.
The Most Expensive Neighborhoods In Brooklyn
Okay, now you should definitely also know the most expensive neighborhoods in Brooklyn. Who knows, maybe you can afford to live there and even if you don’t, maybe you aspire to.
So, starting from the least expensive neighborhood in Brooklyn when it comes to renting is Carroll Gardens. Here you can expect to pay $3,800 for a one-bedroom apartment.
The second least expensive neighborhood for renting in Brooklyn is Red Hook. Red Hook can warmly welcome you if you can manage to pay a sum of $3,900 per month for that one-bedroom apartment. Again, totally achievable if you decide to share.
Finally, Greenpoint, a very expensive neighborhood of Brooklyn where rent for a single bedroom apartment can go up to $4,200. You can somehow pull this off if you decide to stay with three people in an environment perfect for two.
The Popular Neighborhoods Of Brooklyn
Everyone knows that the most popular neighborhood in Brooklyn is Williamsburg. Here you can easily get a private room which you can find on RentCafe listings for an average of $3,500 a month.
The next on the list is Park Slope, where rent for single-room apartments have an average price of $3,200 per month.
Another famous neighborhood in Brooklyn is Bushwick where the rent for a single room is around $3,100.
If you don’t want to pay that much or if your budget is limited under $1,500 then two of you can easily rent a one-room apartment at Clinton Hill and expect to pay a rent of $2,800 on average.
Finally, the “infamous”, Bedford-Stuyvesant, which is a tough neighborhood with rents that average around $2,900 per month.
Final Thoughts
Paying rent in Brooklyn can be pretty convenient based upon the neighborhood and the price that you agree to pay. If you manage to find a good house for a good price in a good neighborhood that’s just great.
Brooklyn all in all is an awesome place with a lot of rent opportunities for newcomers.
