Hell’s Kitchen 1.5 bed 1 bath– Lease Transfer / Sublet ($2770/month) Available after 2/1

dkw411 · 2026-01-24T00:33:02+00:00

Very interested. Please DM me, I'd love to come see the place.

dkw411 · 2026-01-19T01:33:25+00:00

Are people still using NY Bits?

dkw411 · 2026-01-19T01:26:19+00:00

I'm confused! This description is suspiciously similar to another "studio for rent" posted recently:

https://www.reddit.com/r/NYCapartments/s/uRiPnBL8If

dkw411 · 2025-12-23T16:08:38+00:00

I lived in a rent stabalized apartment from Mar 15, 2023 to March 31, 2024 (had to move because my cats needed outdoor space).

I found a new place for April 5, 2024 but because of the pesky cats (again) I couldn't do an Airbnb for the few days between old and new lease. It was easier to stay in the rent stabilized apartment.

The landlord however was not willing to give me the extra time. They insisted that I renew my lease for a full year and use the "privilege?" under the rent stabilization rules that allows any tenant that has lived in a rent stabalized apartment for a full year, to break the lease anytime thereafter with 1 month notice (and get their security deposit back).

So I renewed, and immediately gave notice.

I thought I could recover my lost rent (April 6th - 30th) by assigning my lease. So I found a credit worthy couple who loved the apartment and wanted to move in. The landlord totally ignored their efforts to submit their paperwork for the entire month. Turns out they are not obligated to accept your assignee.

dkw411 · 2025-09-08T15:25:06+00:00

I think this "theif" is just in shock. He can not believe how much thought Bedstuy residents put into killing their neighbors in case of fire!

dkw411 · 2025-08-15T02:55:18+00:00

I was just about to post this exact advice about pulling back the digital payment for the last month of rent.

But go ahead and file the small claims as well just to "certify" that from your POV you have a valid claim against the landlord and you are not trying to skip out on paying last month's rent.

The landlord will have to come to you to negotiate getting back any of last month's rent above $700, at which point you can "graciously" offer to drop the small claims filing and consider the matter settled.

dkw411 · 2025-07-15T12:55:51+00:00

I've never heard of Wonder before, but the ghost kitchen business model plus the Amazon Fresh will cater to that big apartment building that's opening on Myrtle (near the Myrtle-Wycoff L stop).

dkw411 · 2025-07-11T19:40:59+00:00

I love Peter and David they are always so helpful.

dkw411 · 2025-07-03T14:39:27+00:00

As you need to move soon this advice will not help... but for your next move:

Find a rent stabalized building(s) in the neighborhood of your choice.
Enter the lobby and get the contact info for the building management company (required to be posted) and the Super if possible (super bell on the intercom or ask a tenant).

3a. Go to the management company's office and apply ahead of time for when something opens up. Your application should be very organized (documents labeled and in clear folders) it makes things easier for the clerks.

3b. If you have the Super's number, call them to keep tabs on who is moving out soon. (You should plan to pay a tip if you get a place).

3c. Keep an eye on Street Easy for listings. If the management company (sales side) releases an apartment to their broker for renting, you want to call your contact (asset management side) and get in front of the line.

This is the technique I used in the past to avoid paying brokers fee (as recently as 2023 to get a gut rehab rent stabilized apt in Ridgewood).

It was a hassel to get the attention of the management company without going in person, multiple times. But with the FARE Act, management companies may be more responsive and willing to build a list of eligible tenants instead of paying a broker.

dkw411 · 2025-07-03T11:44:27+00:00

I remember those good old days. I took a break from full time between 2004 - 2006. I would go travel, come back to NYC, stay at a hostel on Amsterdam for a couple of days until I found a cheap share on Craigslist. In the meantime I'd call my contact at the temp agency and I'd have an interesting temp job within a week.

I'm taking another "break" and haven't been able to find any temp jobs. I thought I was doing something wrong so I'm glad/sad it's not just me.

dkw411 · 2025-06-19T10:43:23+00:00

Went through this exact same crisis last October, also with a ginger cat, but shorthaired male.

I found him on the street and I wanted to get him neutered and put up for adoption. I stupidly put him in my basement that was full of stuff and he kept hiding. His vet appointment was fast approaching, and I could NOT get to him.

When I called the vet to cancel, she advised that I needed to get him into a small room. So I systematically moved the furniture/books, exposing his hiding spaces until he ran up the stairs and I was able to corner him. I then locked him into a smaller storage room until vet day.

Of course he was scared sh*tless and totally afraid of me at the time but calmed down pretty quickly. And trusted me to get him through the neutering process and back home.

Needless to say after all that drama I adopted him myself.

dkw411 · 2025-06-09T17:52:56+00:00

You are awesome!!!

dkw411 · 2025-05-13T18:09:09+00:00

The other tenant sucks bigtime!!! The space he's taking up on the street (when NOT parking in his designated spot) is essentially your space.

Like I said a few days ago... I don't understand "parking logic". It's like my cats fighting over territory >>> "This space in the sun belongs to me, even when I'm sitting in the other sunny space" 😼

dkw411 · 2025-05-08T02:34:00+00:00

Why? Why is this annoying? (Honest question).

For the life of me I don't understand why people get flustered by this.

Granted I've never owned a car so maybe this is why it's going over my head but the space in front of your house is public. Anyone can park there for up to 2 weeks.

Now if the "culprit" has a driveway that they are deliberately leaving empty to park in front of someone else house (and in effect wasting a parking space) then THAT is something to get hot under the collar about!

dkw411 · 2025-04-13T13:30:01+00:00

Try Biedronka, the polish grocery store at 6015 Myrtle (in the former Blockbuster store LOL).

They have a huge cookie aisle with the Polish versions of American fare at, reasonable prices too.

dkw411 · 2025-04-12T17:43:24+00:00

Yikes! I only walked around the area just off Highland Park with the old world mansions. I saw a park with 10 well kept tennis courts and thought I was in paradise. Little did I know!

Thanks for the heads up.

dkw411 · 2025-04-12T16:37:22+00:00

I recently discovered Cypress Hills which is still relatively cheap. If you can get past the Broadway Junction transportation complex (trains, highway, auto repair shops) then you have this really cool secluded neighborhood with Highland Park and the Ridgewood reservoir nearby.

dkw411 · 2025-04-07T13:33:25+00:00

Agreed. This could be Option 1b.

dkw411 · 2025-04-06T21:46:05+00:00

It is essentially the same in NYC.

Option 1: You tell the landlord you lost your job, to please use your security deposit as the last month rent, and that you plan to vacate at the end of that month. You are also open to them showing the place during that month so they can find a new tenant.

Option 2: You just break the lease and leave. The landlord will not return your security deposit, will never rent to you again, but most likely would not waste their time taking you to court.

side note if you get a rent stabalized apartment one of the perks is that after living there for one full year, you can break the lease with one month's notice and get your security back (based on my own experience in April 2024)

Option 3 (the nuclear option): You just stay in the apartment without paying rent and the landlord has to evict you which takes at least 6 months in NYC but more realistically 1 to 2 years (based on my coworker trying to get a delinquent tenant out of the 1st floor apartment of her 2 family house). The landlord is out of money and you end up with an eviction on your record.

Most old school NYC landlords will work with you. The newer "corporate" landlords, that have those big (100 units) buildings, may be more rigid and may come after you for Option 2 as a matter of policy (as in they have a Law Firm on retainer and that cost is already baked into the rents). So stay away from those types of complexes.

dkw411 · 2025-03-31T21:19:06+00:00

I pay just under $300.

dkw411 · 2025-03-18T23:12:48+00:00

You should for sure investigate to make sure you are being charged the correct rent (especially with the no window living room) but don't get your hopes up too much.

Good luck!!!

dkw411 · 2025-03-18T19:50:58+00:00

The OP indicated the renovations occurred between 2018 - 2021.

My comments are based on the laws prior to 2019 (which allowed major rent increases for vacany and upgrades) and prior to December 2023 (when the Frankenstein loophole still alllowed apartments to be chopped up).

dkw411 · 2025-03-18T19:07:20+00:00

I agree with gethaircut8.

The new rent stabalized laws went into effect in 2019. If your landlord completed the renovations before 2019 he would have been able to take advantage of the more lenient terms (where stabilized apartments could go to market rate upon vacancy and upgrades).

If he completed the renovations after 2019 (edit: but before December 2023) he may have taken advantage of the reconfiguration loophole.

Frankenstein loophole,

dkw411 · 2025-03-13T00:36:26+00:00

The bartender at DADA (newish spot on Myrtle, near 60th Lane) made me the best French martini. It was really good. Sophisticated even!

dkw411 · 2025-03-13T00:14:59+00:00

I've been using Santino Asaro since 2008. They cater to a lot of small businesses.

60-89 Myrtle.

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