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The document provides a comprehensive guide on different types of apartments available for rent in New York City, including studios, duplexes, and garden apartments. It outlines key features and considerations for each type, such as space, layout, and potential issues like security and pests. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of understanding apartment terminology and the requirements for a room to be classified as a bedroom.

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Types of Apartments - RentHop

The document provides a comprehensive guide on different types of apartments available for rent in New York City, including studios, duplexes, and garden apartments. It outlines key features and considerations for each type, such as space, layout, and potential issues like security and pests. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of understanding apartment terminology and the requirements for a room to be classified as a bedroom.

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How to Rent an Apartment in NYC Types of Apartments

How Much Rent Can I A ord? As you may have concluded on your own by now, there are a lot of options when it comes to
What Neighborhood Is Right For Me? renting in New York. Similarly, there are also a plethora of choices when it comes to apartment
types! Depending on your price range, choice of neighborhood, and living situation (roommate,
Different Types of Apartments signi cant other, family, etc.), you will also need to make a decision on what type of apartments
Rent Stabilized vs Rent Controlled
to live in.

Here’s a list of common apartment type terminology you’ll come upon:

Studio: A one-room apartment that comes with a kitchen and a full-size bathroom. Variations
Finding A ordable Housing
of a studio include an alcove studio or a convertible studio.
Features & Amenities Alcove Studio: The same as a regular studio but generally has an L partition in the living

Best Time To Look For An Apartment


room. This creates the perception of more space and is really nice to use for a sleeping area.
Convertible Studio: A studio big enough such that one could build a wall to create a
Agents & Brokers
bedroom.
Fee vs No-Fee Convertible (Flex): An apartment that has enough space to be converted into an additional
bedroom. Example: A large one bedroom apartment that has enough space to be walled o
to create a 2nd bedroom may be advertised as a convertible two-bedroom (two bedroom
ex). Watch out —Some apartments may not allow you to put up a dry wall or may have
Avoiding Bait & Switch
additional charges that come with installing a dry wall!
Scams & Fraudulent Listings Loft: One large room with high ceilings. These usually exist in commercial buildings that have

Viewing the Apartment


been renovated to residential apartment units.
Duplex/Triplex: Apartments with two or three levels respectively. The second or third oor
Application Process
may be used for sleeping quarters only. Junior 1 bedroom: This is a slight step up from a studio
Signing the Lease and usually includes a separate sleeping room or ¾ room.
Junior 1 Bedroom: This is a slight step up from a studio and usually includes a separate
sleeping room or 3/4 room.
Garden Apartment: A garden apartment has access to a backyard and almost always is on
Moving Into A New Apartment
the ground oor, but sometimes can also be on the basement level. These are especially
Renter's Rights and Insurance important to check out before signing anything – being partially underground is not ideal.
Garden apartments can also be problematic for security reasons, and they tend to have more
Are Renovations Allowed?
pests.
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Railroad Apartment: These are found in smaller and older buildings and are named for their
How Much Should I Tip My Doorman? straight oor plan. There are usually three or four rooms that are all connected without a
hallway, forming a long and thin rectangle. Bedrooms can be on either side or in the center.

For additional types of apartments, see our handy chart below:


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Can I Sublet My Apartment?

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Use our stats and trends to see the average rents for a studio, 1 BR, and 2 BR in each
neighborhood in Manhattan.

Important to note: In NYC, a bedroom is de ned as a living space used for purpose of sleeping. A
bedroom must have a minimum oor space of 80 square feet and have at least one window. A
room cannot be counted as a bedroom if you must pass through it in order to reach other parts
of the apartment.

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