Thursday, March 23, 2017

Is this studio the East Village at its best?

Just a quick look at a new listing for a studio on Fifth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B.

It's a short, simple description:

East Village At Its Best* This Apartment is located between Ave A & B. Its a perfect size to divide into a separate bedroom and living room. It also features exposed brick, hardwood floors, high ceilings and other cute detail.

And here we are...



Not sure how this qualifies the neighborhood at its best ... You can find more photos at the listing. And the best has an asking rent of $2,000 monthly. The unit is available starting May 1.

19 comments:

DrGecko said...

It's not that expensive for a fully furnished apartment with that comfortable - and curated - lived-in look. It even includes one or two blow-up sex dolls. (It's pretty clear that they're not maids.)

Giovanni said...

No, that's the East Village at its Meh-st.

RubberBunsandLiquor said...

Are we looking at something specific in the photo? Am I missing it?

Anonymous said...

I almost lived in this apartment 7 years ago. It was $1450 then and overpriced. $2,000?!

Anonymous said...

What is the arrow pointing to? I can't see in detail.

pinhead said...

She can stay, but I'm not feeding her.

EV Arrow said...

When the recruiter called me, she said that the blog author simply wanted an arrow pointing from the words "East Village at its Best" to the studio in general, not something specific.

Plus, specific requests for arrow pointing costs extra. Like the TV set? Tack on another $5 to my invoice.

Cosmo said...

This place is actually nicer than mine, ha. But I would question the recommendation to (likely illegally) divide the room.

Anonymous said...

I will stage this apartment for only 5k with lots of animal skins and gold AK-47 lamps

Anonymous said...

The Grieve is in Ardor's back pocket! This doesn't stop at Albany...

Not the worst for the entry level "live alone" price points. Just hope you can keep making a little more each year to afford the systematic increases.

Scuba Diva said...

Looking at that room makes me feel rich.

sophocles said...

Perfect size to divide? Do they mean horizontally or vertically? Not only exposed brick, but an exposed wardrobe on the left. Don't they usually make the bed before the broker takes the money shot?

Anonymous said...

ARDORNY is a bs r.e. broker. They were merged with Habitat and the head guy was allowed to keep a set of brokers under the ArdorNY brand under his mgnt. But they are tacky pushy types, not any different than a lot of independent rental broker's in Manhattan.

Anonymous said...

Looking at that room makes me feel like a minimalist. I can only imagined these pictures were taken as the present tenant was packing to move out.

Anonymous said...

Wouldn't $2000 rent make it stabilized?

Anonymous said...

Nice one.

NOTORIOUS said...

Actually, this apartment is on 10 Cloverfield Lane. They should correct that.

Anonymous said...

There hasn't been a V train in how long?

Unknown said...

I moved into that building right after the gut renovation (it used to be a crack house) in 1996....that apartment was $999. It went up $100 every year until I moved out in 2001 ($1399 at that point).