Who Rents Here?
More fun with demographics! The average brownstone Brooklyn renter in the first quarter of this year was a twentysomething artsy freelancer who makes $50,000 a year, says the Eagle. The profile is based on data from a firm called Ideal Properties Group. More: 33 percent of new Brooklyn renters were in the entertainment business, 24…
More fun with demographics! The average brownstone Brooklyn renter in the first quarter of this year was a twentysomething artsy freelancer who makes $50,000 a year, says the Eagle. The profile is based on data from a firm called Ideal Properties Group. More: 33 percent of new Brooklyn renters were in the entertainment business, 24 percent in art, design and architecture, 10 percent in legal work, 9 percent in advertising, media and public relations, and 7 percent in sales. (How about finance?) According to Ideal’s report, fewer new renters are coming from across the river: In the first quarter of 2006, 53 percent were from Manhattan, compared to 24 percent in Q1 2008. The vast majority of renters surveyed had roommates.
As Brooklyn Grows, More People—And Young Ones—Are Renting [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
“Probably the 40 min journey into Manhattan from PS.”
Hmmm…I live in Park Slope and door to door I’m at Union Square in 20 mins and Times Square in 30. Do it every week multiple times.
One day I week I go all the way up to 96th and it’s 40 mins from my front door on the 2/3 train at Grand Army Plaza.
50K even, computer programmer at a nonprofit. We’re everywhere!
I like how that income figure doesn’t jive with the asking rents at all, though…
Here’s a little anecdote for you…
I’ve been trying to date a lot more, and I’m on this website and have been meeting a bunch of people. Yesterday, for like the 3rd time in a month I got a note from someone outside of NYC saying..
“Seriously…why are ALL the hot guys in Brooklyn…”
I’ve been to Hoboken. Once. For a one night stand a few years ago. Never going back.
I didn’t move to NYC to live in the Garden State. If I wanted to live outside NYC, there are places 1000 times nicer than NJ.
And there’s no way in hell it was 15 minutes. I remember my “ride of shame” taking well over 30 mins.
11:06 here.
I know no one with a trust fund. Everyone I hang out with lives in brooklyn but none are from brooklyn and none have trust funds. Actually I dont even know what a trust fund really is.
also hoboken does not have the same train access as brooklyn and queens. The trains dont run as often and you have no options.
Oh and have you been to hoboken? Its worse than murray hill.
i make about 75k a year, live in park slope, work in the music industry, live alone, am in my early 30’s.
i’d never consider new jersey. it’s not on my radar. i love brooklyn and want to stay.
I agree with 10:59. For those working in Manhattan the rent/ameneties ratio is out of line unless you put a huge premium on the label of “living in Brooklyn” when you talk to your friends back in Toledo
more like:
“twentysomething artsy freelancer who “earns” $50,000 a year in interest income from a 1.5 million dollar trust fund.”
welp this article fits me and most everyone I know if your going for anecdotal info. Im 23 and work at a record company making alittle over 30k a year. I rent with 3 other people in prospect heights and pay 800 a month for a large 3 bedroom with an extra “guest” room that we use for storage and desk space. Suprisingly a large chunk of my friends are teachers who all live in the park slope/prospect heights area. I dont save alot but have a 401k and have enough money to eat out at decent resturants, go to shows, and drink more than I should.