Affordable rent-stabilized studio apartments for rent in Chelsea

This page shows 15 affordable rent-stabilized studio apartments for rent in Chelsea, Manhattan. It combines a studio bedroom filter with a market-relative affordability threshold and rent-stabilized status.

No. Affordable on Openigloo is a market-relative filter, not an official affordable-housing program. It selects apartments with asking rents at or below the 25th percentile of gross rents for this scope, capped at $4,400.

The threshold is set from the 25th percentile of gross rents for Chelsea studio apartments in this scope, then clamped to a safe floor and ceiling. Here, that produces a $4,400 maximum asking rent.

The median rent is $4,002, which is close to the $4,400 ceiling, so a small change in fees or lease terms can affect your monthly budget. For studios, also factor in how the layout works for sleeping, cooking, and storage.

Confirm the current legal rent, renewal terms, any recent increases, and whether the apartment has extra fees or concessions. Rent-stabilized status does not remove move-in costs such as deposits, utilities, or broker fees.

Across this scope, the most active nearby neighborhoods include East Village, Hell's Kitchen, Yorkville, Lenox Hill, and Kips Bay.

Location within Chelsea, building age, amenities, lease length, and upfront costs can all change the real monthly budget. A lower asking rent can still be expensive once utilities, fees, and deposit requirements are added.