Average rents in NYC neighborhoods
If you're a renter looking to move or a property owner trying to figure how much the average room rent is in your city, we've put together a list of the average roommate rents across NYC's four most popular boroughs: Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan.
If you're looking further afield than NYC, check out our list of average rents in key US cities too.
Average rents are updated every quarter - last updated April 2026
Brooklyn
Neighborhood
Average Monthly Room Rent
Bay Ridge / Fort Hamilton $1,155
Bedford - Stuyvesant $1,370
Bensonhurst $1,035
Brooklyn $1,350
Bushwick $1,384
Canarsie $1,268
Clinton Hill $1,540
Crown Heights $1,402
Cypress Hills $1,337
Downtown Brooklyn $2,611
East Flatbush $1,236
East New York $1,318
East Williamsburg $1,734
Flatbush - Ditmas Park $1,262
Flatlands $1,101
Fort Greene $1,841
Gowanus $1,665
Greenpoint $1,698
Kensington and Parkville $1,153
Midwood $1,099
Ocean Hill $1,224
Park Slope $1,708
Prospect Heights $1,820
Prospect Lefferts Gardens $1,472
Prospect Park South $1,570
Sunset Park $1,300
Williamsburg $1,975
Manhattan
Neighborhood
Average Monthly Room Rent
Alphabet City $2,104
Central Park $1,890
Chelsea $2,621
Downtown $2,452
East Harlem $1,412
East Village $2,106
Financial District $2,462
Fort George $1,216
Hamilton Heights $1,302
Harlem $1,455
Hell's Kitchen $2,202
Hudson Yards $2,440
Inwood $1,294
Kips Bay $2,318
Lenox Hill $1,781
Lower East Side $1,826
Manhattanville $1,292
Midtown $2,100
Midtown Center $2,648
Midtown East $2,212
Midtown South Central $1,745
Morningside Heights $1,716
Murray Hill $2,149
Roosevelt Island $1,721
Stuyvesant Town $2,129
Theater District $2,374
Upper East Side $1,968
Upper West Side $1,911
Uptown $1,423
Washington Heights $1,228
West Village $2,603
Queens
Neighborhood
Average Monthly Room Rent
Astoria $1,356
Corona $1,073
East Elmhurst $1,104
Elmhurst $1,103
Far Rockaway $1,107
Flushing $1,094
Forest Hills $1,286
Fresh Meadows $1,076
Jackson Heights $1,202
Jamaica $1,152
Kew Gardens $1,154
Long Island City $1,913
Maspeth $1,109
Ozone Park $1,104
Rego Park $1,115
Ridgewood $1,290
Sunnyside $1,188
Woodside $1,106
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