Affordable 1-bedroom apartments for rent in The Bronx

It means the apartments for rent shown here are asking at or below $2,800, which is Openigloo’s market-relative affordable threshold for 1-bedroom apartments in The Bronx. It is not an official affordable-housing program.

No. These are market-rate apartments for rent that meet a market-relative affordability threshold. They are not the same as income-restricted housing, subsidized housing, NYCHA, HPD, Section 8, or a housing-lottery unit.

Openigloo uses the 25th percentile of gross rents for 1-bedroom apartments in The Bronx — essentially the cheapest roughly 25% of asking rents in this scope — then clamps it to a safe floor and ceiling so the filter stays realistic.

The median rent is $2,347, while the affordable ceiling is $2,800. That gap can help you see how many current apartments for rent are priced below the broader market midpoint for this page.

Location, building age, amenities, lease length, utilities, deposits, broker fees, and application fees can all change your monthly or move-in cost. A unit can meet the $2,800 cap and still be expensive once those costs are added.

Ask whether there are broker fees, security deposit requirements, income checks, lease-break penalties, utility charges, or restrictions on guarantors. The asking rent alone does not show the full cost.

This page covers The Bronx as a whole, so neighborhoods like Mott Haven, Riverdale, Highbridge, and Kingsbridge Heights may have different rent patterns, building types, and commute tradeoffs. Narrowing by neighborhood can make the search more practical for your budget and route to work.