Apartments in good cause buildings for rent near X38 Sea Gate / Bensonhurst - Midtown Manhattan Express in Midtown, Manhattan

It means the apartments are in buildings that fall under a tenant-protection category tied to limits on certain rent increases or non-renewals. It is not a neighborhood or a guarantee that every lease term will be the same.

There are 83+ apartments for rent on this page, and the median rent is $5,272. Use that as a rough benchmark, but the actual monthly cost can be higher once fees and utilities are included.

No. Good cause is a market-based tenant-protection category, not income-restricted housing, subsidized housing, NYCHA, HPD, Section 8, or a housing-lottery program.

Openigloo uses the building’s good cause status as the filter. It is a scope-based tenant-protection classification, so the page shows apartments for rent in buildings that match that status within Midtown Manhattan near this transit line.

Confirm the lease length, renewal terms, broker fee, security deposit, utilities, and any building rules that could affect your monthly budget. Even with tenant protections, the asking rent is only part of the total cost.

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