RentReboot NYC Rental Index · October 2026
Average Rent in NYC
Median asking rents for apartments newly listed in September 2026, by borough, size and neighborhood, from the monthly RentReboot NYC Rental Index.
In September 2026, new NYC listings asked a median $3,650 a month for a studio, $4,300 for a one-bedroom and $4,600 for a two-bedroom. These are median asking rents, so half the new apartments of each size asked more and half asked less. The October 2026 RentReboot NYC Rental Index counted 15,314 apartments first listed that month. By borough, the median one-bedroom ran from $2,530 in the Bronx to $5,200 in Manhattan.
- Studio
- $3,650
- 2,620 new listings
- One bedroom
- $4,300
- 5,589 new listings
- Two bedrooms
- $4,600
- 4,557 new listings
The index comes out in the first week of each month, and this page updates with it. The next edition is due in early November 2026.
Median asking rent by borough and size
Each figure is the median asking rent of apartments newly listed in September 2026, by borough and number of bedrooms. A median needs at least 50 listings of that size, so smaller samples are left blank.
| Area | Studio | 1 bed | 2 beds | 3 beds | 4 beds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York City | $3,6502,620 listings | $4,3005,589 listings | $4,6004,557 listings | $4,2002,076 listings | $4,700472 listings |
| Manhattan | $3,9891,579 listings | $5,2002,694 listings | $6,7341,605 listings | $7,750639 listings | $9,995121 listings |
| Brooklyn | $3,375625 listings | $3,7851,589 listings | $4,3501,717 listings | $4,300630 listings | $4,990158 listings |
| Queens | $3,125310 listings | $3,050982 listings | $3,399912 listings | $3,500595 listings | $4,000128 listings |
| Bronx | $2,49393 listings | $2,530284 listings | $3,000277 listings | $3,550155 listings | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) |
| Staten Island | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | $3,40057 listings | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) |
Citywide medians mix boroughs: 69.2% of new three-bedroom listings were outside Manhattan, against 51.8% of one-bedrooms, so the citywide three-bedroom median sits below the one- and two-bedroom medians. Compare sizes within a borough.
In Queens, new studios asked more than one-bedrooms: 45.5% of the studios were in Long Island City, against 31.9% of the one-bedrooms.
Change since the last edition
The October 2026 edition does not publish a change from August 2026. RentReboot added many sources in early September, and sources tracked in both months shifted toward cheaper areas, so the comparison would measure the change in sources, not in rents. A change will appear once two editions in a row share a stable set of sources.
What this means for your budget
Many NYC landlords ask for a yearly income of at least 40 times the monthly rent. At the September 2026 medians, that is $146,000 a year for a studio, $172,000 for a one-bedroom and $184,000 for a two-bedroom.
| Area | 1-bedroom median | Income at 40x | 2-bedroom median | Income at 40x |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York City | $4,300 | $172,000 | $4,600 | $184,000 |
| Manhattan | $5,200 | $208,000 | $6,734 | $269,360 |
| Brooklyn | $3,785 | $151,400 | $4,350 | $174,000 |
| Queens | $3,050 | $122,000 | $3,399 | $135,960 |
| Bronx | $2,530 | $101,200 | $3,000 | $120,000 |
No law sets the 40x rule, and landlords apply it differently. Many count roommates' incomes together, and many accept a guarantor who earns about 80 times the rent. Staten Island had too few new one- and two-bedroom listings for a median.
Work out the ceiling for your own income with the 40x rent rule calculator, see how a guarantor changes the math, or check what $3,000 rents in each neighborhood.
Average rent by NYC neighborhood
The table covers the 40 neighborhoods where at least one size (studio, one- or two-bedroom) had 50 or more new listings in September 2026. Each name opens that neighborhood's rent page. A blank cell had too few listings for a median.
| Neighborhood | Studio | 1 bed | 2 beds | New listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan | ||||
| Battery Park City | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | $5,500 | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | 159 |
| Central Harlem | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | $3,125 | $3,790 | 204 |
| Chelsea | $4,763 | $6,595 | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | 297 |
| Downtown Manhattan | $4,174 | $5,676 | $6,993 | 2,158 |
| East Village | $3,860 | $4,195 | $5,725 | 303 |
| Financial District | $4,015 | $5,388 | $7,000 | 706 |
| Flatiron | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | $6,223 | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | 182 |
| Greenwich Village | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | $5,995 | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | 111 |
| Hell's Kitchen | $3,989 | $4,996 | $6,654 | 477 |
| Hudson Yards | $4,300 | $5,219 | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | 187 |
| Kips Bay | $3,675 | $5,070 | $6,665 | 337 |
| Lenox Hill | $3,650 | $5,400 | $8,795 | 345 |
| Lincoln Square | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | $6,000 | $8,627 | 234 |
| Midtown | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | $4,918 | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | 172 |
| Midtown East | $3,628 | $5,100 | $6,800 | 920 |
| Midtown West | $4,053 | $5,075 | $6,818 | 671 |
| Murray Hill | $3,613 | $5,200 | $6,425 | 297 |
| Tribeca | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | $6,595 | $8,547 | 207 |
| Turtle Bay | $3,495 | $4,995 | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | 188 |
| Upper East Side | $3,516 | $5,100 | $7,495 | 850 |
| Upper Manhattan | $2,550 | $3,025 | $3,500 | 437 |
| Upper West Side | $3,520 | $5,465 | $7,851 | 614 |
| West Village | $4,550 | $5,598 | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | 195 |
| Yorkville | $3,475 | $4,895 | $6,578 | 361 |
| Brooklyn | ||||
| Bedford-Stuyvesant | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | $3,308 | $3,700 | 421 |
| Bushwick | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | $3,369 | $3,795 | 462 |
| Crown Heights | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | $3,428 | $4,400 | 305 |
| Downtown Brooklyn | $3,638 | $4,505 | $5,999 | 350 |
| East New York | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | $2,800 | 204 |
| Flatbush | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | $3,066 | $3,500 | 395 |
| Gowanus | $3,475 | $4,525 | $6,900 | 333 |
| Greenpoint | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | $4,633 | $6,500 | 176 |
| Park Slope | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | $4,124 | $5,600 | 251 |
| Stuyvesant Heights | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | $3,013 | $3,598 | 167 |
| Williamsburg | $4,000 | $4,500 | $5,335 | 522 |
| Queens | ||||
| Astoria | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | $3,228 | $4,054 | 401 |
| Flushing | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | $2,250 | $3,150 | 156 |
| Hunters Point | $3,748 | $4,523 | $6,510 | 426 |
| Long Island City | $3,700 | $4,500 | $6,470 | 642 |
| Bronx | ||||
| Mott Haven | – (Fewer than 50 new listings) | $3,100 | $3,300 | 235 |
Every neighborhood figure, including rent-stabilized and free-month shares, is in the monthly NYC Rental Index.
How these figures are made
The RentReboot NYC Rental Index follows apartments first listed in the five boroughs each month on the rental sources RentReboot uses for published analysis: rental marketplaces, brokerage websites, and landlord and building websites. Each apartment counts once, at its first asking rent, and only if no tracked source showed it in the previous 60 days.
Room shares, furnished rentals, classified-board listings, uploads of existing inventory, and asks under $1,000 or over $25,000 are left out. A median needs at least 50 apartments, and no single building counts for more than 10% of a figure. These are asking rents, not signed leases.
Neighborhood pages also show older listing history: the final asking rents of apartments that rented in the two years to September 2026. That history has not updated since September 2026.
The full methodology and CSV download are on the index page, and RentReboot's research methodology covers how listings are collected.
Every NYC neighborhood rent page
Each page shows the neighborhood's index figures when the index publishes them, then its older listing history.
- Annadale
- Arden Heights
- Arrochar
- Arverne
- Astoria
- Auburndale
- Bath Beach
- Battery Park City
- Bay Ridge
- Bay Terrace
- Bay Terrace (Queens)
- Baychester
- Bayonne
- Bayside
- Bayswater
- Bedford Park
- Bedford-Stuyvesant
- Beechhurst
- Beekman
- Belle Harbor
- Bellerose
- Belmont
- Bensonhurst
- Bergen Beach
- Bergen/Lafayette
- Boerum Hill
- Borough Park
- Briarwood
- Brighton Beach
- Broad Channel
- Bronx
- Bronxwood
- Brooklyn
- Brooklyn Heights
- Brookville
- Brownsville
- Bushwick
- Cambria Heights
- Canarsie
- Carnegie Hill
- Carroll Gardens
- Castle Hill
- Castleton Corners
- Central Harlem
- Central Park South
- Chelsea
- Chinatown
- City Island
- City Line
- Claremont
- Clearview
- Cliffside Park
- Clifton
- Clinton Hill
- Co-op City
- Cobble Hill
- College Point
- Columbia St Waterfront District
- Concourse
- Coney Island
- Corona
- Country Club
- Crotona Park East
- Crown Heights
- Cypress Hills
- Ditmars-Steinway
- Ditmas Park
- Dongan Hills
- Douglaston
- Downtown Brooklyn
- Downtown Manhattan
- DUMBO
- Dyker Heights
- East Elmhurst
- East Flatbush
- East Flushing
- East Harlem
- East New York
- East Newark
- East Shore
- East Tremont
- East Village
- East Williamsburg
- Eastchester
- Edenwald
- Edgemere
- Edgewater
- Egbertville
- Elm Park
- Elmhurst
- Eltingville
- Emerson Hill
- Far Rockaway
- Farragut
- Fieldston
- Financial District
- Fiske Terrace
- Flatbush
- Flatiron
- Flatlands
- Floral Park
- Flushing
- Fordham
- Forest Hills
- Fort George
- Fort Greene
- Fort Hamilton
- Fort Lee
- Fresh Meadows
- Fulton/Seaport
- Gerritsen Beach
- Glen Oaks
- Glendale
- Gowanus
- Gramercy Park
- Graniteville
- Gravesend
- Great Kills
- Greenpoint
- Greenwich Village
- Greenwood
- Grymes Hill
- Guttenberg
- Hamilton Beach
- Hamilton Heights
- Hammels
- Harrison
- Hell's Kitchen
- Highbridge
- Hillcrest
- Historic Downtown
- Hoboken
- Hollis
- Homecrest
- Howard Beach
- Hudson Heights
- Hudson Square
- Hudson Yards
- Huguenot
- Hunters Point
- Hunts Point
- Inwood
- Jackson Heights
- Jamaica
- Jamaica Estates
- Jamaica Hills
- Jersey City
- Journal Square
- Kearny
- Kensington
- Kew Gardens
- Kew Gardens Hills
- Kingsbridge
- Kingsbridge Heights
- Kips Bay
- Laconia
- Laurelton
- Lenox Hill
- Lincoln Square
- Lindenwood
- Little Italy
- Little Neck
- Locust Point
- Long Island City
- Longwood
- Lower East Side
- Madison
- Malba
- Manhattan
- Manhattan Beach
- Manhattan Valley
- Manhattanville
- Mapleton
- Marble Hill
- Marine Park
- Mariners Harbor
- Maspeth
- McGinley Square
- Meiers Corners
- Melrose
- Mid-Island
- Middle Village
- Midland Beach
- Midtown
- Midtown East
- Midtown South
- Midtown West
- Midwood
- Mill Basin
- Morningside Heights
- Morris Heights
- Morris Park
- Morrisania
- Mott Haven
- Mt. Hope
- Murray Hill
- Murray Hill (Queens)
- New Dorp
- New Dorp Beach
- New Jersey
- New Lots
- New Springville
- Newport
- Noho
- Nolita
- NoMad
- North Bergen
- North Corona
- North New York
- North Shore
- Norwood
- Oakland Gardens
- Oakwood
- Ocean Hill
- Ocean Parkway
- Old Howard Beach
- Old Mill Basin
- Ozone Park
- Park Slope
- Parkchester
- Paulus Hook
- Pelham Bay
- Pelham Gardens
- Pelham Parkway
- Pomonok
- Port Morris
- Port Richmond
- Princes Bay
- Prospect Heights
- Prospect Lefferts Gardens
- Prospect Park South
- Queens
- Queens Village
- Red Hook
- Rego Park
- Richmond Hill
- Richmondtown
- Ridgewood
- Riverdale
- Rockaway All
- Rockaway Park
- Rockwood Park
- Roosevelt Island
- Rosebank
- Rosedale
- Rossville
- Saint George
- Schuylerville
- Seagate
- Secaucus
- Sheepshead Bay
- Shore Acres
- Soho
- Soundview
- South Beach
- South Harlem
- South Jamaica
- South Ozone Park
- South Richmond Hill
- South Shore
- Springfield Gardens
- Spuyten Duyvil
- St. Albans
- Stuyvesant Heights
- Stuyvesant Town/PCV
- Sunnyside
- Sunset Park
- Sutton Place
- The Heights
- Throgs Neck
- Todt Hill
- Tompkinsville
- Tottenville
- Tremont
- Tribeca
- Turtle Bay
- Two Bridges
- Union City
- University Heights
- Upper Carnegie Hill
- Upper East Side
- Upper Manhattan
- Upper West Side
- Utopia
- Van Nest
- Vinegar Hill
- Wakefield
- Washington Heights
- Waterfront
- Weehawken
- Weeksville
- West Brighton
- West Chelsea
- West Farms
- West Harlem
- West New York
- West Side
- West Village
- Westchester Square
- Westchester Village
- Westerleigh
- Whitestone
- Williamsbridge
- Williamsburg
- Windsor Terrace
- Wingate
- Woodhaven
- Woodlawn
- Woodrow
- Woodside
- Woodstock
- Yorkville
Questions about rent in NYC
What is the average rent in NYC?
New NYC listings asked a median $3,650 for a studio, $4,300 for a one-bedroom and $4,600 for a two-bedroom in September 2026, according to the October 2026 RentReboot NYC Rental Index (15,314 new listings). RentReboot reports medians because a few very expensive listings pull an average up. These are asking rents, not signed leases.
What is the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in NYC?
New one-bedroom listings asked a median $4,300 a month in September 2026: $5,200 in Manhattan, $3,785 in Brooklyn, $3,050 in Queens and $2,530 in the Bronx. Staten Island had too few new one-bedroom listings for a median.
What is the average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in NYC?
New two-bedroom listings asked a median $4,600 a month in September 2026: $6,734 in Manhattan, $4,350 in Brooklyn, $3,399 in Queens and $3,000 in the Bronx. Staten Island had too few new two-bedroom listings for a median.
How much do you need to earn to rent in NYC?
Under the 40x rule many NYC landlords use, the September 2026 median one-bedroom ($4,300 a month) takes a yearly income of $172,000. A median studio takes $146,000 and a two-bedroom $184,000. In the Bronx, where the median one-bedroom asked $2,530, it takes $101,200.
Are rents in NYC going up?
The October 2026 edition does not publish a change from August 2026. RentReboot added many sources in early September, and sources tracked in both months shifted toward cheaper areas, so the comparison would measure the change in sources, not in rents. A change will appear once two editions in a row share a stable set of sources.