What are the rental room prices in New York?

Here’s the snapshot for room prices in New York City (i.e., renting a bedroom in a shared place), based on the freshest roommate-market data:

City-wide average: about $1,500–$1,530 per month. rental index put the NYC metro average at $1,514 in Q1 and $1,530 in Q2.

(typical ranges for rooms):

Manhattan: roughly $1,200–$2,600+, depending on the neighborhood (e.g., $1,221 Fort George / $1,388 East Harlem vs. $2,204 Chelsea, $2,626 SoHo).

Brooklyn: about $1,000–$1,900 (e.g., $1,341 Bed-Stuy; $1,352 Bushwick; premium areas like Williamsburg ~$1,918).

Queens: about $1,050–$2,050 (e.g., $1,310 Astoria; Long Island City ~$2,059).

Bronx: about $1,050–$1,440 across its neighborhoods.

Furnished & co-living: expect ~$1,000–$1,400 for traditional furnished rooms; managed/flex co-living can run ~$1,600–$1,900 all-in.

Why rooms cost what they do (context): overall apartment rents (not rooms) hit record territory—e.g., Manhattan median ~$4,500+—which keeps room prices elevated city-wide.

Rule of thumb for budgeting:

Hunting deals under $1,000: look to The Bronx, upper Manhattan (Inwood/Wash Heights), and outer-Brooklyn/Queens pockets.

Target $1,000–$1,300 for most of Brooklyn/Queens options;

Expect $1,300–$1,700 (or higher) in Manhattan and prime Brooklyn areas.

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