Rent:
- $1719 (rent stabilized, usually goes up about $50/year, this rate reflects the new increased rate starting in May)

Utilities:
- Generally ~$100 a month for 10 months of the year, ~$200 for 2 months
- Internet/TV: $46/pp/month (I have a Netflix, Max, Paramount+, Prime and AppleTV subscriptions that you can use for free!)
- Gas: $30-50/month depending on time of year
- Electric: $30-100/pp/month (the only months where it is $100 is July and August because of the AC units, the rest of the year it is $35-50/month)

Move In Date:
- May 10th, 2025: Open to discussing an earlier move in if needed, since current roommate might move out earlier. I need to know by March 21st at the latest if you are moving in.

Current Listing in Building:
- The layout is slightly different for this apartment, but a general sense of the apartment, building, and fixtures. (https://streeteasy.com/building/497-st-marks-avenue-brooklyn/2l?utm_campaign=rental_listing&utm_medium=share&utm_source=web&lstt=GlVDHwxs4SJxa_PZambCCUXe7v3Cf9FmxfI3phd9NMt5Ajxct2rMKRoPdzbs42D4cKYkrVqTwRq6-k9x)

Room Details
- Room size: 11 ft. by 10 1/4 ft
- Currently has a full bed, 2 dressers, 1 bookshelf, and a desk and chair in it. The room could comfortably fit a Queen bed if you took out the bookshelf or a dresser.
- Faces the street.
- The bathroom associated with this room is detached from the room; it is on the right-hand side when you walk into the apartment.
- The room comes unfurnished.
- The closet is a good size; it is 1 ft 7 in deep, 5 ft wide, and 7 ft. 4 in tall with a shelf on top

Apartment Amenities:
- Full balcony with patio furniture and bistro lights
- Fully furnished kitchen and living room, but open to redecorating the common spaces based on new roommate preferences and incorporating your kitchenware/applicances
- Built in heating–A/C units, separate to each room
- Well constructed walls/doors/floors
- Stainless steel appliances, big windows and light hardwood floors
- Open galley kitchen with lots of storage and cabinets
- Dishwasher
- The bathrooms are large and have deep soaking tubs and very good water pressure
- Shared bookshelf
- Common space closet, for storing household items, paper products, vacuum, cleaning supplies, etc.

Building Amenities:
- Gym on ground floor (included in rent)
- Door person 10 am - 6 pm, 7 days a week
- Recreation room on the ground floor, includes sitting areas, large screen TV, pool table, and ping pong table.
- 2 elevators
- Super/management company take very good care of the building and are not only very responsive via email to any problems but take great preventative care of the building (re-painitng hallways, stairwells, deep cleaning hallway floors, etc.)
- Roof with patio furniture, and life-size chess board and views of the Manhattan skyline and Brooklyn
- Key fob access to building doors
- Indoor/outdoor garage (additional $225/month)
- Bike room
- Laundry in basement ($2.00 wash/$1.75 dry)
- The building was built in 2016, so a newer build and in good condition/built well for NYC construction standards.

Other Details:
- Apartment is right off Franklin Ave, close to the best restaurants in Brooklyn! A short walk to Washington Ave. and Vanderbilt too.
- The neighborhood is young professionals and families, very low key.
- We are a 15 min walk to the Brooklyn Museum, Botanical Gardens, Prospect Park, Brooklyn Public Library, and Grand Army Farmers Market.
- Key Food is right across the street, and Mr. Kale, Food Garden, and other stores within a 10 min walking distance.
- 10 min walk from the 23/45 and C, 5 min walk to the Brooklyn S.
- The apartment is south facing, gets gorgeous all-day light, and is very bright (great for growing plants).
- The street is quiet; the shuttle is nearby but you can barely hear it when it passes and you get used to the soft quick rumble in the distance.
- The only downside to the apartment is that the windows do not have screens. We still open up the windows in the warm months and it does not get very buggy, a fly here and there.

Why I am looking for a roommate:
- My dear friend and long time roommate is moving in with her boyfriend (love that for her), and I do not want to move out of our apartment! We got a great deal on it during COVID, and it’s such a nice apartment, and I do not want to lose it!

Type of roommate I am looking for:
- Someone respectful, communicative, kind, clean, and chill.
- We do not have to be best friends, but want us to get along with each other and to a certain degree enjoy each others company. If we end up being friends for life, great!
- Totally okay with you having friends over/dinner parties/partner, just request communication that it is happening.
- No smoking inside, no hard drug usage.

If you are interested in the space or have any questions, please email me and we can find some time to chat to see if you are a good fit and set up a tour!

About This Lister

About Kathleen (she/her)
- 32 year old female, single
- I work M-F 9-5 pm, 75% WFH (work from my room) and 25% from office
- I like to be at home and relax – some weeks I am home more, others I am not, and I travel a fair amount on the weekends.
- I do not have any pets.
- I am very clean and do not like to have stuff sitting around; but do not mind if you make a mess as long as you clean it up. Also, we are a no shoes household!
- I occasionally will have friends over/low-key dinner parties or people that I am dating, but will let you know they are coming over.
- Not a huge drinker, socially drinks, and I do not smoke.