Affordable rent-stabilized 1-bedroom apartments for rent in Manhattan

It includes 1-bedroom apartments for rent in Manhattan that are rent-stabilized and meet Openigloo’s affordable filter, with 197 apartments for rent on the current snapshot.

Here, affordable means market-relative affordable apartments, not official affordable housing. It selects apartments with asking rents at or below $4,500 on this page.

No. This is not income-restricted, subsidized, NYCHA, HPD, Section 8, or housing-lottery housing. It is a market-relative affordability threshold based on asking rent in Manhattan for 1-bedroom apartments.

Openigloo sets it using the 25th percentile of gross rents for the Manhattan borough for 1-bedroom apartments, then clamps it to a safe floor and ceiling so the result stays realistic.

Because asking rent is only part of the total monthly cost. Fees, utilities, deposits, and any broker fee can change what you actually pay, even in a rent-stabilized building.

Confirm the lease term, renewal details, move-in costs, and any building-specific fees. For rent-stabilized apartments, also verify the unit’s status and the rent history if it matters to your budget.

In this snapshot, Hell's Kitchen, followed by East Village, Yorkville, Lenox Hill, and Kips Bay.