@@emasters8619 well it was actually a cellar. Not necessarily a wine cellar, but a cellar nonetheless. They used to be housing for the poorest of the poors back before the tenement laws were passed. Wet, rat infested, cold and miserable. Now for the low price of 5000$.
There's more light than most subterranean apartments, and it's nicely fitted out, but I'd still be concerned about the possibility of flooding. And it's not cheap!
That looks like an illegal unit. The entire apartment is below the curb level. Usually they make the ground floor units a duplex with the below grade space to be legal.
I'm not a fan of basement apartments at all. It's dungeon like. Even with the windows and natural light. I think it's the bricked ceilings. Usually I'm a sucker for some original brick work but this is a little much. I'd just feel like I was the "Man in the Iron Mask" if I lived there. It might be better if they painted the bricks on the ceiling white.
It looks like a dungeon....but i'm sure there will be some takers. That out door space doesn't seem to have alot of light so it would probably be creepy at night...
Def need some old wine barrels in there. Along with old Victorian medical equipment, a small alchemy lab. And an absinthe fountain. Even if it’s just for decor.
Access to a "court yard" and view of the garbage cans...? They probably paid the homeless people to leave for the afternoon so that they could clean up the alley and take the picture just for the realestate agency. You'd have to be desparate, plus it is bloody expensive. Wow
I think that I saw this on Cash Jordan’s channel earlier. The ceiling is unforgettable. Plus the outdoor space. But… dungeon living doesn’t appeal to everyone.
that apartment is EXTREMELY unique/gorgeous/ solid / private /clean and deeply SAFE !! sign me UP right now because this is definitely my style of living OFF the grid in NYC !!!!
This honestly looks extremely cozy to me. Black out shades on all the windows, replace the wood with carpet, and you’d basically have my dream dungeon. I hate cities, but if I were to live in one, I’d look for something like this.
I ❤️ the apt. it's private, secluded, big enough, looks 2 bedroomish, outdoor space, other than the lector ceilings, I guess. but it is nice in a brownstone
This probably was a storage area before. Or the cellar where they kept things for maintenance. The coal to heat the apartments and the excenarater ( not spelled right) the old buildings could throw their garbage down a shoot and it would get burned up and the apartment maintenance would clean it out.
I lived in the basement of a brownstone, when you open the door, all you saw was a huge space it used to be the kitchen. And there was a that used to be used as the maid's kitchen. the whole room sloped to the middle of the room, where there was a huge drain. Then you would go through a very small walkway and there would be a little kitchen that was 9 x 9. We had the whole backyard as well. I was payed $400 a month rent in 1980.
i will never understand why people insist to move to new york and pay this for a tiny ass apartment when you can go other places and basically use that money for a mortgage, on a nice house, with land…
The idea of a somewhat hidden entrance, brick walls and ceilings, and a semi-private courtyard sounds amazing... if it wasnt for being $5k, next to bins, and in NYC
i would not be able to sleep let alone stay even a single minute in that room. the mere thought of having all those bricks or the whole building collapse gives me anxiety.
Why would anyone live in New York. Yall are paying triple my mortgage to live in a basement, where my money is buying me a 3 bed 3 bath house with a large back yard
I had my own backyard with a huge tree, garden space, fire pit and no neighbors for 6 years in Manhattan (I’m not going to say where bc I might move back there in the future). It was a loft 1 bedroom rent stabilized apt for $1475 with tall ceilings and it included gas and electricity. I left because no dishwasher, no laundry room in the building, the super took forever to do repairs and the building is old so there was always repairs that needed to be done.
flooding, roaches rats noize and smell from the garbage, constant dust from the brick ceiling on everything, good luck using your "private space" where every sound is amplified into each apartment in the building. not to mention it's just one long hallway.
only concern for me is that all the brick walls would mean you don’t have a lot of places to mount things on the wall?? idk if that’s true but that’s my assumption
5K 🤦🏾♂️. As a New Yorker all I can say is we are putting mortgage money into a place we will never own plus utilities 💀. Fine with we get the convenience of stores near but the trade off are nuts.
So $5k a month to get flooded out, can't open windows because right by the trash and others have access to your apartment thru the back. And the kitchen is literally in the front hallway, so people will be walking by your stove. HARD PASS!! Only pro is that with the brick, there will be no sounds fron beighbors above.
Dude I live in Manhattan and I’m not one of those people who thinks every apartment is a rip off but that unit is total garbage. No shot anyone should be spending 5k on that
I own a 2600sqf house on 4 acres and my mortgage is only $1570 with escrow per month. I can't imagine paying 5k a month to borrow a good looking dungeon.
Why anyone aspires to live in a densely populated city is just beyond me. Overcrowded, ridiculously expensive, obnoxiously loud, and generally filthy. It is simply no way to live.
If it wasn't for the fact that apt is in NYC, I would love it. Cute apartment and that little court yard would be perfect for potted plants, however being in NYC you know damn well that vermin, both rodent & human kind would constantly be destroying or stealing your plants.
Almost $5,000 to live in a dungeon
BUT it's a COOL Dungeon! With a private space to hand out!
I was thinking "wine cellar."
@@emasters8619 well it was actually a cellar. Not necessarily a wine cellar, but a cellar nonetheless. They used to be housing for the poorest of the poors back before the tenement laws were passed. Wet, rat infested, cold and miserable. Now for the low price of 5000$.
New Yorkers are the dumbest among us
😅😂😅
Id be laying in bed at night looking at those bricks wondering if they are going to kill me.
My exact thoughts😂
@@lybo1581 Me too! I feel claustrophobic looking at it!
Right?!
Right?!
@@daveshoemaker7137I do too!! I couldn't do it
The smell from the garbage in summer would be something else! It feels like an Edgar Allan Poe apartment
LOVE THOSE OLD BUILDINGS!
Even Edgar Allen Poe would not live there.
My first thought too would be the smell.
There's more light than most subterranean apartments, and it's nicely fitted out, but I'd still be concerned about the possibility of flooding. And it's not cheap!
I'd rather commute to and from NJ and buy a house than rent for $5k.
*"The courtyard is your own space."*
Umm... no. It's NYC. That courtyard belongs to the rats.
The courtyard looks like a dark ally. It's scary.
My thoughts EXACTLY!!
😂🤣🤣😂🤣🤣😂😂
And roaches
Hehehe 😂 those dirty rats...
The brick ceilings, is just too much like a crypt!
These are the apartments that flood out and you die.
Shhh. Don't tell them the Truth. LOL
There's a suspicious number of ground floor and basement apartments for rent--newly renovated.
For $5k/mo 😂😂😂
IKR? Didn't these used to be illegal?
@@MizJillyIf it has no secondary egress.. it is.
Fabulous apartment but that location is a death trap. Hell no. I’d be so paranoid at night coming from work. No way.
Is that a prison cell? Suddenly I'm depressed
cold, damp, muggy and rats..... welcome to my city
yes yes!
You forgot the giant water bug roaches
And definitely roaches. Right by the garbage? Yep, roaches. No thanks
A bedroom near the garbage below street level=fear of rats.
and not reg rats...NY rats
@@tonymalone9389 Yeah...I wouldn't take them on with a taser and boxing gloves!
No doubt.
You might be ok
@@tonymalone9389 We’ve got the rat thing down lol
That looks like an illegal unit. The entire apartment is below the curb level. Usually they make the ground floor units a duplex with the below grade space to be legal.
Periodt! Been in that situation twice In nyc never again
As long as there is egress, does that matter?
You just know someone has drowned in there
The law in NYC is that the full height of a standard window must be 100% above ground. Does carving out a window well make it legal?
I'm not a fan of basement apartments at all. It's dungeon like. Even with the windows and natural light. I think it's the bricked ceilings. Usually I'm a sucker for some original brick work but this is a little much. I'd just feel like I was the "Man in the Iron Mask" if I lived there. It might be better if they painted the bricks on the ceiling white.
$5000 a month - to live like a mole.
ha ha ha ha dead lol
@@alim3611😂 🐹
Wait it's 5k a month or 5k to buy
WHERE can you buy an apt, anywhere for $5,000 a month? @@vampire216ful
I'd be worried about falling bricks
...from the Pyramid's tomb ceiling
Me, too! Whole building might fall in on you!
I was going to say!
And leaks.
😂😂
The brick ceilings give me anxiety. I would be paranoid they would collapse at any moment.
'Umm...hello 911. There are fallen bricks on my head. Can you send me someone?'
I would be paranoid one would fall on my face in the middle of the night.
@@patdonnelly9392Lmao 😆
The best part of this apartment has got to be not hearing the upstairs neighbors through the brick ceilings.🤗
It looks like a dungeon....but i'm sure there will be some takers. That out door space doesn't seem to have alot of light so it would probably be creepy at night...
Really!! That's the best part of the place. A secluded courtyard! Day or night.
5k for a basement?
Spiders hide well on bricks.. just not my cup of tea!
And roaches. Considering it's right by the garbage.
There’s no spiders in NYC
@@annieukekwe620 The rats and roaches eat them all!
😂😂😂😂👍 GREAT 🎉
Def need some old wine barrels in there. Along with old Victorian medical equipment, a small alchemy lab. And an absinthe fountain. Even if it’s just for decor.
Dr. Jekyll?😮
@@marciloni12 it’s historical. Make your livelihood, furniture and decor revolve around that. With some historical accuracy
Don't forget a room for the Groundskeeper 😅😅😅
Looks like illegal space and by the garbage ...ewwww no
A smelly, creepy apt only Clarice Starling would love
Diagon Alley in the backyard okayyyyyy
OMG..what a dungeon...you couldn't pay to live there ...:((
When your entire apartment is a firewall.
You better not suffer from SAD (seasonal affective disorder) if you take that apartment or you'll become depressed as hell after a while.
Access to a "court yard" and view of the garbage cans...? They probably paid the homeless people to leave for the afternoon so that they could clean up the alley and take the picture just for the realestate agency. You'd have to be desparate, plus it is bloody expensive. Wow
😂😂😂
Looks like a crypt or tomb!
When you move into the family plot prematurely 😅
Looks very nice ,but claustrophobic for me😮
I think that I saw this on Cash Jordan’s channel earlier. The ceiling is unforgettable. Plus the outdoor space. But… dungeon living doesn’t appeal to everyone.
I'm not a fan of basement apartments, given the danger of flooding. I'd also be afraid of all that brick and stone. Was the rent mentioned?
$5K a month
@@didralamond8145 That's crazy!
There’s rats running up and down that apartment already
I'd die in there. Ceiling is way to low
no way would I feel safe under a brick ceiling
I actually like this 1, I love the brick ceiling though it seems like the place is gonna fall apart any moment.
I'd be afraid it would collapse and bury me alive!😮
"Honey, I love this . . . oh."
So, in the summer you're in an oven.
it's the basement, it probably stays cooler down there.
Great for keeping cool in the Summer, I bet.
My thought as well
Yes indeed
Ummmm...ok 😳😳😳 looking at it in the day time ok the nasty trash🤮🤢NO.. BUT AT NIGHT...☠👻IT'S A NO FOR ME. SUPER CREEPY 😳💀💩
What about flooding?
And the best of all, your roomies will be the rats
awful avoid at all costs
Basement apartments are EXTREMELY COLD in the winter!
Me: omg that’s so cute
OP: it’s 5k
Me: never mind
Check it’s not a mud flood building
Probably very damp with all the exposed brick!
This is a brick lined tunnel!
I love how NY realtors are so adept at downplaying things that are jarring/alarming 🙄
that apartment is EXTREMELY unique/gorgeous/ solid / private /clean and deeply SAFE !! sign me UP right now because this is definitely my style of living OFF the grid in NYC !!!!
I just couldn't pay $5000 a month for an underground brick room that would never be mine.
No kidding! That is almost 4 times my monthly house payment.
What? It is "mine" - a coal mine.
Only thing crazy is the price and the person that pays that 😂😂😂😂😂😂
This honestly looks extremely cozy to me. Black out shades on all the windows, replace the wood with carpet, and you’d basically have my dream dungeon. I hate cities, but if I were to live in one, I’d look for something like this.
Omg...where is the torture equipment...? Nopitty nope nope
That is the maintenance level of the building, meant for the super’s office, storage and the garbage bin storage, service alley etc.
I ❤️ the apt. it's private, secluded, big enough, looks 2 bedroomish, outdoor space, other than the lector ceilings, I guess. but it is nice in a brownstone
New York apt prices are a disgrace for what you are offered.
It should be cheaper because the space is not ideal but that's nyc for you!
This probably was a storage area before. Or the cellar where they kept things for maintenance. The coal to heat the apartments and the excenarater ( not spelled right) the old buildings could throw their garbage down a shoot and it would get burned up and the apartment maintenance would clean it out.
You’re doing a beautiful job of showing the world why no one in their right mind would EVER live in NYC.
That architecture is phenomenal - you can feel the history. Hopefully the integrity is still sound. Love quirky apts & homes!
I love living low but flooding would be my concern
I lived in the basement of a brownstone, when you open the door, all you saw was a huge space it used to be the kitchen. And there was a that used to be used as the maid's kitchen. the whole room sloped to the middle of the room, where there was a huge drain. Then you would go through a very small walkway and there would be a little kitchen that was 9 x 9. We had the whole backyard as well. I was payed $400 a month rent in 1980.
I would love it! It looks so cool!
i will never understand why people insist to move to new york and pay this for a tiny ass apartment when you can go other places and basically use that money for a mortgage, on a nice house, with land…
The idea of a somewhat hidden entrance, brick walls and ceilings, and a semi-private courtyard sounds amazing... if it wasnt for being $5k, next to bins, and in NYC
Nope i will pass
i would not be able to sleep let alone stay even a single minute in that room. the mere thought of having all those bricks or the whole building collapse gives me anxiety.
Why would anyone live in New York. Yall are paying triple my mortgage to live in a basement, where my money is buying me a 3 bed 3 bath house with a large back yard
Yep thats those old city apts..very old building with the yard. But they upgraded that apt nicely😊
I wonder what that means... Very old. I live in a building in Germany which was built in 1875 and it's the youngest one in my street.
Those jagged bricks will be a nice hiding spot for all kinds of NYC insects.
I had my own backyard with a huge tree, garden space, fire pit and no neighbors for 6 years in Manhattan (I’m not going to say where bc I might move back there in the future). It was a loft 1 bedroom rent stabilized apt for $1475 with tall ceilings and it included gas and electricity. I left because no dishwasher, no laundry room in the building, the super took forever to do repairs and the building is old so there was always repairs that needed to be done.
I love the brick...I bet it would be quiet..would want a more sturdy door with no windows to knock out...its cute though and different. Well done.
That don’t look safe lol
flooding, roaches rats noize and smell from the garbage, constant dust from the brick ceiling on everything, good luck using your "private space" where every sound is amplified into each apartment in the building. not to mention it's just one long hallway.
Welcome home, Harry!⚡✨
GORGEOUS! ❤️ THE CEILINGS
Nope! If it floods, you get all the water!
only concern for me is that all the brick walls would mean you don’t have a lot of places to mount things on the wall?? idk if that’s true but that’s my assumption
5K 🤦🏾♂️. As a New Yorker all I can say is we are putting mortgage money into a place we will never own plus utilities 💀. Fine with we get the convenience of stores near but the trade off are nuts.
I feel clostrophobic looking at brick ceilings. It makes me feel like its going to collapse.
“It’s right by the garb-“ 😂😂 yes the nice view of the garbage
So $5k a month to get flooded out, can't open windows because right by the trash and others have access to your apartment thru the back. And the kitchen is literally in the front hallway, so people will be walking by your stove. HARD PASS!! Only pro is that with the brick, there will be no sounds fron beighbors above.
Dude I live in Manhattan and I’m not one of those people who thinks every apartment is a rip off but that unit is total garbage. No shot anyone should be spending 5k on that
Brick ceilings makes the rooms feel like a tunnel.
I own a 2600sqf house on 4 acres and my mortgage is only $1570 with escrow per month. I can't imagine paying 5k a month to borrow a good looking dungeon.
Imagine paying almost $5k a month to live in a modern oubliette. 🤯
$5000 a month in Nashville gets you a penthouse overlooking the city.
You can tell there's a problem when the camera has the world's widest angle. He practically invented a new angle just to make this place look bigger.
That’s insane how do people live in New York. 5000 can get you a 2 story with a pool in the backyard in Texas.
Hum... bet that's an old mud flood building
very cool. love the brick.
5000$ for rats and garbage by my bedroom window. I'm in.
I really like it…
I actually love it. So cozy. ❤
Why anyone aspires to live in a densely populated city is just beyond me. Overcrowded, ridiculously expensive, obnoxiously loud, and generally filthy. It is simply no way to live.
If you are doing that well in life, that you can afford $5,000 p/m, who would be willing to live in a basement by the bins? $60,000 per year?
Bedroom reminds me of Hannibal Lecter's cell
That's what they're asking. That doesn't mean anyone will pay it.
It's interesting. My biggest concern would be winter flooding.
If it wasn't for the fact that apt is in NYC, I would love it. Cute apartment and that little court yard would be perfect for potted plants, however being in NYC you know damn well that vermin, both rodent & human kind would constantly be destroying or stealing your plants.
For just 5000 bucks, You can open your bedroom window and smell some garbage.
Anyone else scared of living under ground??? I think it's leftover anxiety from growing up in FL, below ground means flooding