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Manhattan · February 2026
Best & worst months to sign a lease
Potential savings: ~16% by timing your move to January.
Asking rent per bedroom type — switch tabs to see each with effective (concession-net) rent.
Monthly counts over the last 7 years · all data sources
§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 11G, 11th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 11G, 11th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BASE CABINET UNDER SINK IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 16K, 16th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH CODE SECTION 24 RCNY CHAPTER 12. WG TO INSTALL = 8, WG TO REPLACE = 0, WG TO REPAIR = 0 IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 9D, 9th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
§ 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 9D, 9th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
This stretch of central Harlem is deeply residential — modest brick buildings, longstanding churches, and a tight-knit community that has weathered decades of disinvestment and is now seeing renewed attention. Harlem Hospital and the 135th Street branch of the NYPL anchor the area.
PLUMBING — TOILET
PLUMBING — TOILET
PLUMBING — TOILET
PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS