Hi everyone!

In April I am going to attend the NYFA for the two-month film-making course: since I'm from Italy, I'm starting to look for housing. I was wondering if someone on this board could give me some advice on finding accomodation in NYC!

I looked up some student residences on the net, but they seem to be rather on the expensive side...

Thanks for your help!!

Housing in New York is going to set you back a few; there's just no getting around that. I would recommend going to Craigslist (http://newyork.craigslist.org/), checking under the "sublets" section, and doing the best you can.

If price is indeed a concern, consider subletting a room in a two- or three-bedroom apartment up in Harlem or in one of the less popular parts of the outer boroughs. My guess is, you could make a share happen for about $700 p/month, give or take.

As for a one-bedroom in midtown? Absolute minimum, $1700-$1800 p/month.

--IA

Thanks for your suggestions, Icarus!
I asked the NYFA for advice and they said that they provided dorm style accomodation. Do you know anyone who attended NYFA and chose this possibility? They told me a "double" would be around $1250 and $1400 p/month.

For the record, I don't know anything about NYFA or their housing options. But my general impression is one of...

WHAT?!?!?! If by "double" in a "dorm-style accommodation" they mean the normal thing--two people to a bedroom in an SRO--then $1250-$1400 sounds like a f*ing stick-up. You could get that price subletting in a share in a good neighborhood--with a "single" bedroom in a "real life-style accommodation."

Although the dorm pricing sounds expensive, I don't think you can do better than that in New York unless you find a family to stay with---like some kind of student exchange program.

Amy
New York Hotel

I live in NY and pay $1200 for a one bedroom apt in Queens. If you go for the dorm, you're paying for convenience I guess but it sounds pretty steep.

I'm going to back-up Icarus' suggestion of looking at Craigslist for sublets. http://newyork.craigslist.org/ Roommates can be an adventure, but I bet you can find some good stuff, although postings for April might not be up until Feb or March.