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Sublets in Midtown
Sublet Buddy has 2 sublets in and around Midtown right now, from $2,250 to $3,300 a month, all for stays of 30 days or longer.
Manhattan · New York
Summer
Private Room in Hell’s Kitchen
About 15 min walk to Midtown
$2,250 / month
≈ 3 months · $6,732 total
Manhattan · New York
Spring Semester
Private Room in Murray Hill
About 15 min by transit to Midtown
$3,300 / month
≈ 4.9 months · $16,274 total
Living in Midtown
Midtown is the center of Manhattan, roughly from 34th Street to 59th Street: Times Square, Bryant Park, Grand Central, Rockefeller Center and the largest concentration of offices in the country. Housing is mostly high-rise, from older doorman buildings to new towers, with smaller walk-ups toward the edges in Hell’s Kitchen and Murray Hill. Bryant Park is the neighborhood’s backyard, and Central Park begins at 59th Street.
People sublet here to walk to work. Streets are busy and bright at all hours, so check the floor and the window exposure before you commit.
Trains and Typical Trips
Nearly every subway line stops in Midtown, at Times Square–42nd Street, Grand Central, 34th Street–Herald Square, Penn Station and Rockefeller Center, along with Metro-North, the Long Island Rail Road, NJ Transit and the PATH. Most Park Avenue, Bryant Park and Times Square offices are a walk. Hudson Yards is one stop on the 7, and the Financial District is about 15 to 20 minutes.
Typical subway times in normal service, station to station. Check a trip planner for your own addresses.
What a Stay Costs
Rent on Sublet Buddy is priced by the month and charged by the night, so you pay for the nights you stay and nothing more. A night costs the monthly price times 12, divided by 365.
The middle price on this page is $2,250 a month. A stay from June 1 to August 31, 2027 is 91 nights, which comes to $6,732 in rent. Renters pay no fee to Sublet Buddy on top of that, and there are no security deposits: $5 secures an agreed deal and is credited to the first rent payment.
How That Compares with Manhattan Rents
For context, the median asking rent for an apartment in Manhattan was $5,375 a month (Realtor.com, Q3 2026), and the average room rent was $1,866 a month (SpareRoom, Q2 2025). Those figures are for regular leases. A sublet is a shorter stay in a place that is usually already furnished and set up, so compare the total for your dates, not only the monthly number.
Sources: Realtor.com, Q3 2026; SpareRoom, Q2 2025.
Getting Around from Midtown
Midtown is in Manhattan. Measured from the middle of the neighborhood, it is about 5 min walk to Midtown; about 10 min walk to CUNY Graduate Center; about 15 min by transit to Baruch College; about 15 min by transit to Fordham; about 15 min by transit to FIT; about 15 min by transit to Hunter College. These are estimates from straight-line distance adjusted for city streets, not routes, so check a transit app for your own trip.
This page includes places within about a mile of the center of Midtown, so you will also see listings just over the line in Murray Hill, Hell’s Kitchen, Kips Bay and Flatiron. Each listing shows its own neighborhood and an approximate map point. The exact address is shared once a deal is secured.
How Subletting Here Works
Every place is a sublet of 30 days or longer, posted by the person who lives there or their broker. Listers verify their identity through Stripe before they can post; the “ID verified” mark means identity only, not a background check or a review of the place.
You message the lister through Sublet Buddy, agree on dates and price, and pay rent through the site. Rent is held until your move-in date. Before you commit, ask to see the landlord’s written approval of the sublet, and see the place in person or on a live video call.
Have a place in Midtown sitting empty?
An empty room over a summer, a semester abroad or a winter break is rent paid for nothing. At $2,250 a month, three months away is $6,750 in rent on a room nobody is using. Listing it takes a few minutes, and you choose the dates and the price. Listers pay a Concierge Fee of 10% of each rent payment (8.5% with a creator code). Get your landlord’s written approval before you sublet.
Questions
Can I walk to work from a Midtown sublet?
For most Midtown offices, yes. The district is about a mile and a half from end to end.
Is Midtown noisy to live in?
Avenues and the blocks near Times Square are loud. Higher floors and side streets toward the rivers are calmer.
How many sublets are available in and around Midtown?
2 right now, from $2,250 to $3,300 a month. The count changes as places are listed and rented.
What is the shortest stay?
Thirty days. Sublet Buddy is for sublets of 30 days or longer, not nightly or weekly rentals.
Are there fees or deposits for renters?
Renters pay no fee to Sublet Buddy and there are no security deposits. $5 secures an agreed deal and is credited to your first rent payment. Rent is charged every 30 days from move-in and prorated by the night.
What does “ID verified” mean?
The lister passed an identity check run by Stripe (a government ID and a matching selfie). It confirms identity only. It is not a background check and not a review of the place.
Is subletting allowed?
It depends on the lease and the building. In New York, tenants in buildings with four or more units can ask their landlord for permission to sublet under Real Property Law 226-b. Ask the lister for the landlord’s written approval before you pay. This is general information, not legal advice.
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General information, not legal advice. Get your landlord’s written approval before you sublet.