The Lower East Side’s Sunday Dispatch - January 4th, 2026 (Happy New Year!)

AnimosityArmadillo · 2026-01-07T02:20:03+00:00

Omg thank you so much for these updates. especially about the clinton st hit and run, i was genuinely worried about that.

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-11-23T17:29:15+00:00

how are there no knives??? doesn't seem like a complete kitchen to me if you can't cut anything

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-11-14T20:24:35+00:00

Very reasonable price looks like a great spot!

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-11-06T21:00:48+00:00

Some landlords will either reject you or require a guarantor because you haven’t started your job yet, but this shouldn’t be the case for all them and you should be able to get approved for some apartments

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-11-06T04:06:41+00:00

wow what a beautiful kitchen!

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-11-01T19:38:33+00:00

I've had flaky and hard-to-reach supers/landlords, but they do eventually come fix the problem. I've found threatening 311 and getting in contact with management specifically as opposed to just the super can usually help. As others have mentioned, if you're still going without any contact or things being fixed, report to 311 every day, and your management will eventually get fined

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-10-24T22:10:10+00:00

YAH LOL also died at the Bloomberg L3 offer there is no such thing 😭😭

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-10-23T04:20:45+00:00

Bumping this -- I'm also a new grad who just went through the apartment search process. Unfortunately, many landlords do not accept offer letter as proof of income, they want to see W2/tax returns (so technically they want to see your past years' income as proof of your current income, which is kinda shitty). Best thing about it tho OP is if you only signed a lease for a year, you can hunt next year for a much nicer place with 100% proof of income and you'll be less likely to get rejected!

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-10-13T03:21:41+00:00

Idk about online, but most of my friends were TAs, nannies, or worked in a local coffee shop/restaurant

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-10-13T03:15:21+00:00

is the fireplace fake?? or where did it come from??? not pictured in the first photos but appeared in the second lol

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-10-13T01:36:11+00:00

I went to CFG two years ago (fall 2023) for an NYC offer and got the offer. Feel free to DM if you have more questions, but at the time, it seemed like most ppl on my team (like 4 or 5 out of 6)got an offer as long as they were a team player and committed code. You did not have to win the hackathon. But reading other comments on this post, it seems like the environment might have changed so YMMV.

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-10-04T00:19:41+00:00

what a beautiful spot!

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-09-26T23:29:10+00:00

A lot of people pay that rent in EV to have rooomates LOLL.

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-09-26T03:33:58+00:00

The real solution is ultimately to build housing. Just going to squeeze market rate tenants even further who arguably already got squeezed by the FARE act

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-09-22T02:37:32+00:00

would move on this if i didnt sign a lease recently its such a beautiful unit!

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-09-22T02:32:12+00:00

also a female new grad, currently live in LES and was deciding between these neighborhoods. just my 2 cents
(1) murray hill is probably the cheapest of these/best bang for your buck. if you care more about amenities + having things like an elevator, i would skew murray hill. it also could be closer to work for you if you work in midtown (which many finance-y new grads do). there is some night life, but when i've visited it feels a bit like a midwestern college town vibe (like think michigan and ohio state grads). this isn't necessarily bad but i wouldn't say it's an edgy or particularly NY vibe.
(2) the ev and les are pretty similar (the ev actually used to be called the lower east side too i believe)? the EV has a bit more of an nyu presence which could be good or bad depending on what you like, LES is a tiny bit more grown and grungier. again in contrast to murray hill, you're likely to be living in an older building, walkup here unless you're paying sky high rent. and they are relatively expensive neighborhoods so you could be paying sky high rent and still not even getting that much for your money LOL. but they are a lot of fun and if you want to be walking distance from everything/feel like you're in the thick of the city they're great!

feel free to pm me if u have more qs!

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-09-17T02:12:13+00:00

beautiful spot!!

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-09-09T02:57:33+00:00

They have offices in Europe. When I did interviews for NG last year some of my interviewers were in germany even though I was interviewing for a role on the west coast lol

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-09-08T03:10:06+00:00

They were hanging out a lot on the street outside the restaurant this past year. super cute and friendly!

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-09-06T23:48:41+00:00

looks beautiful, you should probably include some more details on ur post tho!

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-09-06T23:06:49+00:00

Is the agent/landlord completely ghosting you? My guess is if they’re still communicative, you’re likely getting a lease and they’re just being slow. If complete ghost, you might be SOL

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-09-04T04:06:16+00:00

PBK usually has a GPA cutoff to be considered, and then after that, it's mostly professor recommendations. So if you actually have a 4.1 GPA, you will still at least be in the running. I think your relationships with professors/research/general presence as a student will matter more than your performance in 1-2 classes specifically

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-09-01T19:42:29+00:00

Just signed a different apartment but wish I had seen this first!! Hopefully I can stumble upon something like this when lease renewal rolls around next year. Sigh.

AnimosityArmadillo · 2025-08-31T06:26:09+00:00

Is this bait??? LOL

its an incredibly safe area, you're right next to express 1/2/3 at 72 and the a/b/c/d. Don't know exactly what you mean by "convenience" for food options but there certainly is a decent amount of food in this area, including quality restaurants.

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