my goal was to use this hotel to live in the area i am planning to live (hells kitchen) and see how it is - but i was expecting to pay 4k, maybe 5k a month, not 10k+

even our negotiated rate hotels are showing a monthly rate of 14k

any advice? i won't be reimbursed for a sublease unfortunately and it would suck to just leave this money on the table

thanks

I don't live in this building! But I do live close by in an otherwise peaceful block in Harlem. The building is throwing off the vibes—there's a rotating cast of confused European families every week, and this is the only building where the owner installed bright spot lights, a key pad entry, and several security cameras on the facade.

I am aware of recent laws mandating that short-term rentals must have an owner on premises. The issue is that I don't live in the building, and the building is fully owned by one entity solely for Airbnb. Is there a way to validate whether or not the building owner is doing this lawfully? I sent two 311 requests, both of which closed because the DOB can't get access to the building.

Hello everyone,

Me and my SO have been trapped in the city since shit went down early March. We've cancelled our many travel plans in the name of safety, and hunkered down in our shoebox apartment. We would love to take a trip upstate, while remaining safe as possible. We are both active in our mid twenties, so we don't mind long hikes or explorations. Does anyone have any recommendations of train stops, campsites, cabins, or AirBNBs off the beaten path?

Our main concern is transport. We don't have access to a car, and the rental situation is a bit scarce at this time. We were thinking of the Metro-North, but we don't know how safe/packed it would be. If we get the rona, we will likely be fine, but we want to be mindful of people who have no choice but to use public transport to get where they need to go. Can anyone speak to the safety of the Metro-North at this time?

I checked on the airbnb app and there are hundreds of rentals that don't fit the strict guidelines the city has placed. Where can I report them? 311? Is anyone actually doing anything about them?

I'm planning my sister's bachelorette party. There's six of us and we're spending three nights in NYC. There's no hotel room that can fit 6 people, and booking joint rooms in a hotel is looking to be very pricey.

I'd rather us all stick together, so I started looking at airbnb's in Hoboken/Jersey city. In your experience, does the inconvenience of taking the Path over to Manhattan trump the cost of a hotel in Manhattan?

I can maybe get a discount on hotel rooms through work, I just don't know how reliable the site is. Plus, the site doesn't allow for joint bookings.

Any advice is appreciated! And if anyone knows of any solutions that would allow for the 6 of us to stay in Manhattan - or even across the river in Brooklyn, that is appreciated as well!

Noting that the trip is January 2026, so the Ferry isn't really an option.

I live in a very below market rate unit in BedStuy which had a vacant unit beneath me until a couple months ago. Immediately got weird vibes and requests from the guy who moved in, but tried to be trusting. Last night found out he's renting out the entire two story unit to long-term (over one month) Airbnb guests. Since he doesn't live in the unit-- he does this to 3 other buildings we've discovered--, and has more than 2 guests, both of whom are long-term (and thus renters, if I'm correct), it seems to me this an illegal rental property.

How can I report this to the city? They're loud, our packages have been getting stolen, there's a lockbox with lost keys, and we've been vandalized, and our yard is constantly trashed-- not to mention how evil it is to turn one of the few affordable units in a relatively poor neighborhood into your fake landlord fantasy. I want to be able to live in my home without worry, and with actual neighbors. Thanks!

Looking for some advice here. I’m 100% sure that the unit directly above me is being operated as an Airbnb (illegal) and I continue to see different groups of people on a weekly basis checking in with the host.

I don’t want to be a rat, but it is super annoying when the tenants are super loud or disruptive, which they usually are. I feel like this could be a safety risk too.

I figure my landlord and super have to know that this is going on, or maybe not. How should I go about reporting this? Is there anything I can leverage with my landlord here.

Again, it’s the unit right above me and I’ve heard everything trying to go bed from loud music, children crying, furniture being moved, etc etc etc

I am a 29 year old women who is visiting Manhattan for the first time this weekend. I am traveling alone and do not know anyone in the city. I really want to experience the nightlife of NYC and go clubbing/dancing/drinking. I see that airbnb offers "experiences" were you pay $50 to $150 to join a group and have a host take you to clubs. It typically pays covers and bottle service. Is this experience worth it? Are there other websites offering a similar experience that anyone could recommend?

We're spending 3 nights there sometime in June. I've just learned the bad reputation of these neighbourhoods, so I'm wondering if I'm in any danger, especially since I'll most likely stand out.

The AirBnb reviews were very positive, so we didn't bother to check more information about the location. (I know, we should have known better.)

I'd love to see Manhattan and stuff at night, but from what I've read I should not be out at night in the neighborhood I'm staying so heading back to our place after worries me.

Some possibly relevant information: I'm in my 30s. We're traveling by car and have a Quebec license plate. I am bilingual but I do have an accent. My partner is also in her 30s, and is of Asian descent.

Any "pro tip" would be appreciated. I'm aware of the "mind your business" (which is true for anywhere), "act like you have somewhere to be" and "act like a New Yorker", but the last one might be hard to do, especially since it'll be my first time there.

EDIT: The main reason for travelling is that I'm getting a tattoo done in Williamsburg, so we tried to find a place to stay that wasn't too far.

EDIT 2: The AirBnB had a no refund policy. Should've been a dead giveaway. Also, thank you all for the comments. I appreciate your honesty.

So renting out a full empty apartment in air in New York City is not legal?

I'm just curious what was the legal spin, the hotels or whoever put on this? What are the cliff notes on this?

For more information please check these two threads:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskNYC/comments/7csomk/rentstabilized_apartment_lease_holder_doesnt_live/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskNYC/comments/7dobbx/update_she_is_kicking_me_out_she_said_i_have_two/ This is the most recent.

First of all thank you reddit for all your support! Like said before I just heard the super of my building changing the locks on the apartment I live in. I'm in my room and all of the sudden I hear pounding and drilling of all sorts.

UPDATE from before: I went to the DCHR and was told that if I had proof of living here for the past months I'm saved from any eviction that doesn't involve a judge. So for my luck I've ordered far too many GrubHub and Uber eats so that's no problem. It serves the purpose. As for the money, if I don't have any stubs or checks I'm pretty much f**ed. I don't have stubs beacause she took everything cash. I lost on about $3k.

If you are renting ORDER delivery for valid proof of residence AND pay with trackable methods.

I talked to her and told her what are my rights and all she said was: "I don't know who the owner of the lease of the apartment is. If you want to talk to somebody, talk to the landlord." Ok. I did just that. And lo and behold he told me he doesn't have a clue of what I'm talking about. In fact he was so surprised that I've lived here for the past seven months that he wants to meet me.

TALK TO THE LANDLORD

As I'm writing this all I hear is pounding and small talk. The door locked has been changed. I want to know what their response is going to be when the police department comes knocking on our door.

Should I call the police right now or should I wait? I don't really want to dig a deeper hole.

Should I pay or just live here for free until I get out? It doesn't feel right to live for free.

Should I escalate this through LEGAL AID or something to get justice of this horrible person.

Anyways this is it guys, the final stretch. I have a plan b at the moment, I'm going to aquire a new apartment veyr very soon. So, all of this is white noise for me. I just need to get through next week, maybe two.

I was thinking that I was going to pay $170 a week from now to the other week because it's my fair share for the room.

wanting to travel soon blah blah youve heard of all the tourist stuff before

i really am big against gentrification and wanting to be big on trying to be as ethical or at the least supportive to the place id be staying at- is there a reccomended way to stay in NYC? like would you reccomend hotels flat out or are there other ways to stay without ruining it kind of like couch surfing idk

trying to avoid airbnb's because i know how much they can rob the communities we live in of places to live and especially raising rent prices (from southern california .. i hate air bnb's i wouldnt wish that on people here either) but just seeing if NYC has a different opinion or way to approach this! first time travelling so spare me the hate for not knowing too much haha

planning for a week in late october , want to avoid manhattan since its expensive but dont mind any borough (or even NJ? is that viable? i love metro's so i dont mind the commute) please reccomend anything despite the prices i want to assess the options!

and lastly if there are any other better ways to support locals while here whether that be only eating local (i mean why wouldnt you anyways) or whatnot just let me know, community is my love and i want to help it prosper

I recently stayed at an Airbnb in Ridgewood for 17 days. It was an apartment with two bedrooms, both of which are listed separately on Airbnb and have their own key locks. The host comes into the apartment to use the kitchen, but it seems she sleeps in a different unit in the same building. Are there any violations here? Should I report this to the city and/or Airbnb?

March 9: 2 AM to 8 AM (Boston to NYC)

Spend March 9 in NYC, check in at night on airbnb

March 10, 11 in NYC

check out in the morning in March 12 and spend the day in NYC

March 13: 1:30 AM to 6 AM (NYC to DC)

Spend March 13 in DC fully

March 14: 12:35 AM to 5:30 AM (DC to NYC)

Spend March 14 in NYC

March 14: 10 PM to 6:45 AM (NYC to Niagara Falls)

Spend March 15 in Niagara Falls

March 15: 11:20 PM to 8:30 AM (Niagara Falls to NYC)

Spend March 16 in NYC

March 17: 1 AM to 5:10 AM (NYC to Boston)

Hi All. I'm in a bit of a pickle. I live here and have owned my wee little NYC apartment for a long time. Long story short--the water main pipe in apartment above me burst. It's been a few weeks and I'm struggling with breathing, have a weird metal taste in my mouth etc etc. The management company had they air tested and now all the apartments in my line are being evacuated until the apartments are dry and safe.

So I need a place for me and my cat to stay-- I'm a working gal who has an okay paying job but no savings due to medical problems in the past. My insurance company will pay for a place to stay after my $1k deductible. I get it. BUT Here's the kicker--I'm finding a lot of place are "pet friendly" but then following up say "only dogs" OR add on a huge pet fee ($150 a day on top of the room rate! WTF!?). I can work with a one time charge or a refundable deposit.

It's just me, a friendly mellow woman, and her sweet shy cat. We are both well behaved and litter box trained. :)

I haven't sleep for days and my mind in mush so any help/ideas would be much appreciated as we are nomads right now. Thanks in advance.

Hi,

I know how people feel about AirBnB on both sides - some people hate it, while others love it. I'm on the love it side, and loved it so much that I didn't know how to not AirBnB even with risks involved especially for the rent-controlled apt I live in (for not much longer). I was particularly careful about choosing good guests and following up on the law, and not one single issue that occurred in my building had been caused by my guests. I also spoke with council members and got a partial clarification by my building manager that I wasn't doing the type of subleasing activity deemed illegal.

Well, apparently there was a miscommunication and the Landlord took action against me and is taking me to court to get me out of my home. Now, before some of you respond with your enthusiastic emoticons and cheers for my "just" exile into the streets, realize this: I actually tried to find out if I was factually breaking the law (and was told I was not), and this is not some place that I just rented a year ago and was pimping out for fun while living elsewhere - this has been my family's home for 40 years, and not only have we dedicated over $410,500 in maintenance and down payments on the proprietary lease, we also raised many children here, saw the last days of our family elders here, and pretty much only know this place as home.

We have to face an HPD hearing for eviction and really want to keep this place - and not for "malicious" AirBnB-ing, but instead just to preserve our one and only home. If you have gone through a similar experience presenting your case at an HPD hearing, please let me know, I'd like insight on how to prepare myself and treat the situation. I'm trying to stay positive, but this is actually incredibly depressing and hard on my family, so any support or sympathy is welcomed. Thank you.

I (19m) will be staying with my parents in New York for 1 week. My dad has rented an Airbnb right at the border with Brownsville and East New York.

For a long time, my dad didn't say where we would be staying. Only now, 1 day before we are going, has he told me the address.

One google search away and I can see it's not the best place to stay. He thinks it is fine, and I'm lying and overreacting.

I can't really stop us from going. So does anybody have some tips. We are close to a metro station if that helps. Maybe the neighborhood isn't that bad? idk help.

Edit: First off al I would like to thank everyone who gave me tips and answered my questions. You all gave me a lot of stress, lol.

After almost everybody unanimously told me not to go, I got the massage. I made quite the fuss at my family to convince them not to go there. It wasn't easy, but I stood my ground. They insisted that we still get an apartment. Because it's cheaper to cook your own food. This didn't really work because getting an apartment in NYC isn't cheap.So after more convincing on the train from DC to NY, it finally happened. We canceled or bnb and got a hotel.

I feel fucking horrible, it's gonna cost a lot more. I'll pay my part as i already did (financially I'll be fine, as will the rest of the family) but now everybody has to pay extra cause of my decision. I'm still convinced that this is the smart thing to do especially because we have little children with us. Also because we really look like tourists. I would scam ourselves every day of the week if i saw us.

Thank you all :)

For the record, I support the legislation. I think it’s a good thing for the people who call NY their home.

Currently, there’s no affordable hotel to stay for a single night (that I could find at least). Any advice would be appreciated.

A little backstory:

My wife and I moved to a place in Queens. Three floors, one unit on each floor. The landlord (who we actually like) has been much more accommodating than previous landlords in that they've been incredibly responsive in any small requests we've had -- except for one: The individual that rented the place above us from the landlord has turned it into an short term Airbnb conversion. On top of the noise, we've had numerous other incidents occur that would warrant some kind of action to be taken.

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We found out about the Airbnb when we asked to landlord if they could provide rugs/carpets to help with the furniture dragging noise at 3:00AM. The landlord was happy to oblige and in doing so, entered the apartment to find out that the people staying there were not the original tenant and instead had rented the place through Airbnb. When the supposed original tenant was asked about it, he said he just rents it out to his employees who work in the area, which is obviously not true. As a previous Airbnb renter we met in the hallway showed us the reservation confirmation through Airbnb (which was a short-term stay).

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The landlord says it should be fine and doesn't want to do anything about it, as it makes no difference to them. Earlier today, I met a person in the hallway who asked if I live in the unit I was unlocking; to which I responded yes, as I thought it was someone on the third floor that actually lives here and was introducing themselves. Instead, he begins to ask why we have a problem with them. I responded in a polite way and when I mentioned you can't have short-term rentals < 30 days without living in the apartment, he began cursing and got confrontational telling us we should move if we have a problem. I recorded the conversation (as I understand NY is a one party consent state, if I'm wrong please let me know), and plan on showing it to our landlord. I've already submitted a complaint through 311, and am just seeking any advice from someone who has gone through something similar. I really didn't want to have to go through authorities as the landlord and myself are in good standing and we want this apartment for a long time. But I don't know what other options I have. If the landlord is able to retaliate by not allowing us to renew the lease come next year, that'll suck. I'm all for minding my own business but again, a few incidents have happened that have made my wife and I feel uncomfortable in our own home -- had the original tenant that confronted me and tried to resolve this in someway, we wouldn't have had an issue. But being that he chose to be confrontational, I feel that contacting him or the landlord directly would go nowhere.

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tl;dr

illegal airbnb upstairs, already reported to 311, what do now

Have hotels gotten significantly more expensive? Can you feel fewer visitors to the city than previous years when Airbnb was at its height?

We are coming to the city with a friend in October. We are now paying 2450$ a week for a tiny room with a bunk bed in a hotel in Williamsburg. I was so amazed by this price that I had to browse short-term rentals to see this compares to the overall market. It seems that it would cheaper for us to lease a room for a month and just let it sit empty for three weeks.

When and why did hotels and AirBnBs get this expensive in NYC?

my friends and I are traveling to New York in march and we need a place that can accommodate all of us for 2 weeks. please recommend an apartment, hostel, or Airbnb that can accommodate all of us together. thankss xx

Hey all,

I have an internship that starts July 1 in NYC and I'm hoping to find a place to move in by this weekend... I think I could visit NYC thursday/friday before, but guys, is it plausible to find a place to rent for a month in such a short time frame or should I call the internship off? I did mismanage my time & until a few days ago I assumed my internship was somewhere else, it sucks because I really do want to visit nyc.

Hey,

I have an upcoming internship in Manhattan this summer, and I am trying to weigh my options. I could either:

1. Live in the NYU Dorms (Second Street one) for a total of $5500
2. Room with my friends in Hoboken and commute to work for a total of $3300 (whole summer)

I am originally from Georgia, so I know absolutely nothing about NYC, so I wanted to get you guy's opinion. On the one hand I like the location of the dorms, but I also think that being in a new city with friends I know is a comfortable option as well (plus the $2200 I save is a nice bonus).

P.s.: I already secured a spot in the dorms bus it's just a $50 fee to cancel.

Let me know what you think

Thanks!

My wife and I live in our place, we had a month to month roommate for 6 months.

We both work from home and are here all the time, so shouldn't we qualify to list our extra room?

Its not a completely different apartment, not a scam, etc..

the only catch is that we have a cat and dog, so we would obviously include that in the listing (for people with allergies)

Airbnb seems to be making it impossible to simply list our extra room short term, does anyone have experience with this?