Rent-stabilized studio apartments for rent near M7 Harlem - 14th Street in Manhattan

It means the apartment is in a regulated category with limits on certain rent increases and renewal terms. It is not a neighborhood label, and you should still verify the apartment’s status and lease terms before applying.

No. Rent-stabilized on Openigloo is a regulatory category, not an official affordable-housing program. These apartments can still have market rents, so check the asking rent, monthly fees, and lease terms.

Rent-stabilized refers to rent regulation. Affordable on Openigloo is market-relative and uses a percentile-based rent filter, which is different from income-restricted, subsidized, NYCHA, HPD, or Section 8 housing.

For affordable pages, Openigloo uses the 25th percentile of gross rents for the page’s scope, then clamps that value to a safe floor and ceiling so it stays realistic. That is a pricing filter, not a housing-program label.

Check the studio layout, natural light, storage, kitchen size, and bathroom setup, then confirm the commute, walk-up or elevator access, and any building rules that could affect daily life.

Ask about broker fees, security deposit, utilities, application fees, pet rules if relevant, and any rent-stabilized lease language. The full monthly cost matters beyond the asking rent.

Studio inventory can move quickly, and the median rent on this page is $4,158 across 380+ apartments for rent. Compare that with your budget before you schedule tours, since the asking rent is only one part of the monthly cost.