Roughly how much would an apartment in New York City cost me per month?

You could look into staying at an NYU dorm. They open up their housing for the summer to their own students as well as college age people interning or working in the city during the summer months. If there's two people you can apply to room together. Lowest cost is $165 per person per week and highest is $360 per person per week, depending on which dorm you stay in. There are various options for the dorms and rooms you can apply for, like number of roommates and whether or not your room has air conditioning. These options affect the cost. You do get access to NYU's facilities if you stay at their dorms, including their two gyms and the library. Applications begin in February. Here's the link to info about NYU's summer housing:http://www.nyu.edu/summer/housing/ Here's the cost breakdown for 2011:http://www.nyu.edu/summer/housing/overview_rates.htm Edit: And, as others have mentioned, NYU's dorms are spread around the middle of downtown Manhattan, all in great locations. They also all have security guards and require a magnetic key card to get into the buildings, so they are very safe.

a few notes: Cameron Little's suggestion on NYU dorms is a good one for price, safety, proximity to fun stuff and length of stay so definitely look into that The suggestions to stay in Harlem, Brooklyn, or Astoria are also good suggestions in terms of getting something decent for your money bbut still being in a fun interesting neighborhood A sublet is definitely the way you want to go and be prepared to give a hefty security deposit and a ton of documentation All that being said, you should be able to find something decent for approx. $2k.  The bigger it is (a real 2 bdrm) the farther away from the middle of Manhattan you will have to get to find something nice. My recommendation would probably be Harlem - Fairway supermarket is on 125th street and Whole Foods on 86th so somewhere in between you should be able to find some Columbia student looking for a summer sublet tenant.  Good luck.

The short answer is between $1000 and $3000 a month. But that's not quite right. You're not looking to sign a lease for a year which is what most landlords want. You're also looking for a place that is furnished too given that you probably don't want to buy a bed, toaster and dump it all when you leave. You need a sublet. The good news is a lot of people in NYC leave for a month or two and try to get someone to look after their place. Sometimes they want a lot of money and sometimes they want you to look after the cat. I recommend looking at http://Airbnb.com and search for month listings. For example: http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/14718 On the surface that is not a bad deal (good neighborhood etc) but is still $2100 a month. You could probably do better but you'll need to search. I think its reasonable to expect a livable 1 or 2 bedroom sublet for less than $1200 a month, if you're willing to skimp on the luxuries :) http://newyork.craigslist.org/search/sub?query=&srchType=A&minAsk=&maxAsk=1200&bedrooms=1&hasPic=1 Good luck

It really depends on where you want to live. If you want to live in the trendy east village/lower east side, expect to pay $2200 and up for a small two bedroom without much fancy extras. Moving further away from manhattan will get you cheaper rent. Upper east/west side gets a little cheaper (but not much), going to brooklyn gets cheaper once you get a couple of subway stops out, and the apartments out there are generally larger than manhattan. If you really want to save, check out New Jersey - stuff over there usually drops in price way faster than brooklyn, but transportation options are more limited. Queens is also more affordable, but takes longer to get to the "fun" spots (ie. lower manhattan). Feel free to post more information on what you'd like to do and where you'd be hanging out and you might get more focused answers.

Based on what you want, I would recommend checking out Astoria, a neighborhood in Queens that is one subway stop away from Manhattan.  You  pay half of the Manhattan prices (see Eunji's post), and its a decent neighborhood with a good community.  On wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astoria,_Queens

In South Slope, you can get some serious deals if you're willing to live "south" of Park Slope. A 2BR can run you $1700 to $2200. It's a safe hood with close subway access. Also, if you need help navigating the rental market, check out http://nyrentalbible.com. There's an ebook you can download written anonymously by brokers designed to help you save money.

There is an online calculator from the New York times that would answer all your questions..you really should check it out if here: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/business/buy-rent-calculator.html?_r=0 or one of the various other online calculators to see what investement(buying/renting) would be more profitable for you specific case by providing details... The other users already provided rough estimates of the prices but you really should check out http://www.primehomesny.com/brooklyn-real-estate/

The number dropped on our collective heads as lightly as an anvil: $4,042. That was the average price of a two-bedroom rental in Manhattan, according to Citi Habitat’s April 2014 market report. And even after the following month’s numbers provided modest relief (less than 2 percent’s worth of relief — it dipped to $3,998), it will still cost renters an average — not for anything fancy, mind you — of $48,000 a year to live in Manhattan with an extra room. The overall average wasn’t much better ($3,451).Of course, for many New Yorkers, those obscene numbers is nothing approaching their actual budget. Most real estate pros recommend a rent that’s one-fortieth of your yearly salary, which means if you take home the city average ($84,100 in the private sector, according to 2012 stats from the New York State Department of Labor), you should be paying just over $2,000 a month in rent.