Affordable 1-bedroom apartments for rent in Manhattan
This page shows 577+ affordable 1-bedroom apartments for rent in Manhattan, with asking rents at or below $4,500/month. You can narrow by neighborhood across the borough, including areas like the East Village, Hell's Kitchen, Yorkville, Lenox Hill, and Kips Bay. Openigloo helps you compare renter-first signals like building reviews and filter options before you apply. Affordable here means market-relative affordable apartments, not income-restricted housing, subsidized housing, housing-lottery units, NYCHA, HPD, or Section 8, and the full monthly cost still matters beyond rent.
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What to check before for 1-bedroom affordable apartments in Manhattan
- Expect a Manhattan-wide 1-bedroom search with 577+ apartments for rent and a median rent of $3,740.
- The affordable filter on this page caps asking rent at $4,500/month, so compare units within that budget before adding fees.
- Use neighborhood filters to focus on places like East Village, Hell's Kitchen, Yorkville, Lenox Hill, or Kips Bay.
- For 1-bedroom apartments, plan around the unit count, rent level, and your total monthly budget, not just the asking rent.
- Check building reviews, landlord patterns, broker fees, deposits, and utility costs before applying.















