This $1,650 A Month New York Apartment Has A Shower In The Kitchen And People See Perks Of Living Here
At first glance, this studio apartment in New York City might seem like a perfect catch. First of all, it’s located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, which is known to be one of the trendiest neighborhoods in NYC. Secondly, it has a relatively reasonable price tag of $1,650 a month. But there’s one thing that could make or break this deal. And that one thing is… a shower in the kitchen. Yep.
This bizarre little studio apartment made a quite a big splash here on the interwebs after Twitter user angelicaalzona noticed it and posted about it on her profile.
Take a look at this architectural masterpiece yourself
This studio apartment can be found listed on a webpage called StreetEasy. We have to admit, the description of this listing is quite hilarious, and it somehow manages to capture the vibe of this bizarre apartment in a perfect way. “Luxuries or weird ??! Kitchen or Bathroom vibes? You decide!” the description reads.
I mean, just think about how much time you’d save in the morning by eating your breakfast in the shower!
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“This is A old School loft apartment in Williamsburg, Weird but good priced if you don’t care (or do care and wanna be a weirdo!)” the listing continues. “This price for a spacious loft / apartment is rare for the area! Unit comes with separate kitchen with windows and sectioned off sleeping area with toilet.”
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“All you gotta do to call this home is deal with this bathtub situation :-),” the listing reads
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Even though many people seemed weirded out by this whole thing—surprise surprise—the apartment got scooped up in 2 weeks after being listed on the website! Apparently, the shower situation wasn’t such a big turn-off after all.
Image credits: StreetEasy
Image credits: StreetEasy
Many people were confused by this bizarre setup
Some seemed quite fascinated
And others… well, not so much
How do you feel about this studio apartment? Would the whole shower situation be a deal-breaker for you? Or maybe it’d be a cherry on top of this already great offer? Tell us in the comment section down below!
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I live just outside it and you couldn't pay me to live there. Not even if I had a free luxury apartment overlooking the park. I always feel relieved to leave when I go there.
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....waits for people to realize the bed and the toilet are in the same "room". Blegh
I have had a tub in my kitchen since I moved in in 1979. That was the way ALL the old tenements were. Hot water was made in the kitchen.
That's what I was wondering. I thought I had seen that before but didn't know why. Interesting.
Load More Replies... As a Dutchman I'm even more baffled about the number of locks on the frontdoor. The placing of that bathtub is ridiculous. You can't even keep an eye on what you're cooking when you are in there.
It’s NYC! You should see the windows. I’ve been to Brooklyn a few times, and it is no walk in the park. They try to sell it as trendy and upcoming when in reality it’s just filthy and dangerous. This goes for the rest of NYC as well.
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I've had a shower in my kitchen for years now (its pretty common in old multistorey houses in the netherlands that were later turned into appartements) Seriously though, you can't beat waking up and showering with the smell of freshly brewed coffee
Legit lived in a apartment smaller and weirder than this one in Alphabet city in the 90's. It was the hallway of a house and only 5 1/2 feet wide by 8 feet long, had the stairs just wall boarded off that led to the front door and upstairs. It had a open toilet/sink on top combo, no counter, tiny shower pan/curtain, and was long enough to fit me, a upright futon, a TV, and my big dog. I used a hotplate, toaster, and spent a LOT of time out of the place due to noise! I paid $850 a month. Probably still being rented to this day as a luxury studio....LOL!
This is relatively common in 19th (and early 20th C.) homes that are cut up into apartments. In this case the building probably started out as a 3-flat and later each was cut in half to make 6 apartments.
But this is exactly the problem; it should not be common at all. It is no way for a human to live.
Load More Replies... That's a "Frankfurt Bath". It was pretty common in german apartments in the early 20th century. Toilets were outside the building or in the stairwell and used by all inhabitants of a house. There were no bathrooms - the people had to wash themselves in a laundry tub/wash tub in the kitchen. The Frankfurter Bad was a solution to this. :)
there's a hit song called eating food in the shower, this is exactly what it's all about
That's considered a normal studio flat in London. It's very spacious so would probably cost about £2000 per month in central London.
The UK edition of Vice has a column about such hovels, "London Rental Opportunity of the Week", each time showing a worse side of humanity.
I had friends that lived on the lower east side who had a 1/2 bath in the living room and the tub was in the kitchen. Hot water was only in the kitchen. And just a tub-no shower. I also used to have a friend who had an place with no bathroom or kitchen but it had a sink. It was supposed to be retail space but he lived there for awhile. He got very friendly with the restaurant next door and they let him use their bathroom and he ordered food from them every day.
Except this kitchen clearly doesn't make coffee for me, and probably doesn't sanitize the bedding every morning. I might pay this much for those features though.
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It’s pretty standard for tenements, which is what Williamsburg and the LES originally were, so, no biggie for the average NY’er...
“Hey, how do you make those radish rosettes?” “First, insert a knife into the centre and twist, then, to make them bloom, soak them in water for thirty to forty minutes.” “No problem there!”
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Has no-one seen where Bruce Willis' character lived in "The Fifth Element"? :)
But where is the toilet? And that is that long black pipe going up along that wall. What is beyond the door in the background? Where is a bedroom??
It’s a studio. There are no bedrooms in a studio. You just have one living area and that is it. Studios should’ve never been allowed. It’s no way for a human to live.
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I once saw a 2 room apartment in the heart of zurich, switzerland for renting. The bathroom was in the kitchen which would be ok if the bathroom walls wouldnt be entirely made of GLASS WALLS. So you could literally have guests over, could cook while you can watch them taking a sh1t ir shower next to the kitchen aisle. Besides that, thwre was a big window right next to the glass bathroom... At least it was a cheap apartment? Also it was praised for "young, single men apartment" lol
All I can say is "No DISHWASHER." Imagine trying to do dishes in that tiny sink. I would be utilizing that bathtub for more than bathing. I would be more concerned with the possibility of water damage and mold due to the hardwood floor...
If you're living there alone (or are a couple or family with little ones), what's the big deal? Space is at a premium and it's not all that uncommon in old buildings to have had tubs in the kitchen, at least this can be curtained or screened off! Now, if there was a toilet in the kitchen, I'd have more of a problem with that. That's a damn good price for an apartment, even a studio, in a metro area.
A family with little ones living in a shithole like that???? I wouldn’t even put my dog in there. Why exactly makes it a “damn good price”? That rent is a mortgage payment for a lot of people. And that means they have their own house with a backyard and all. This is a rip-off.
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Well, you can go down the hall and use the community head or have your own. And for 1,600 in NY, it looks like a no brainer to me!
Sorry, can't find any references about renting pricing in NY. 1650 is cheap? Just curious. Thanks in advance.
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The rent is listed as $1,850, not $1,650 (Article title says $1,650). Rent-114-W...fd-png.jpg 
Maybe, after got viral, the landlord upgraded the price
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You couldn’t pay me enough to live in NYC. I can’t believe people torture themselves and pay a ton of money to live in shitholes like these only to say they live in NYC. No wonder people are moving out of the city by the droves since the pandemic. You live a very sad life if you go home to that apartment, especially when you pay almost 2 grand for it.
I live just outside it and you couldn't pay me to live there. Not even if I had a free luxury apartment overlooking the park. I always feel relieved to leave when I go there.
Load More Replies... ....waits for people to realize the bed and the toilet are in the same "room". Blegh
I have had a tub in my kitchen since I moved in in 1979. That was the way ALL the old tenements were. Hot water was made in the kitchen.
That's what I was wondering. I thought I had seen that before but didn't know why. Interesting.
Load More Replies... As a Dutchman I'm even more baffled about the number of locks on the frontdoor. The placing of that bathtub is ridiculous. You can't even keep an eye on what you're cooking when you are in there.
It’s NYC! You should see the windows. I’ve been to Brooklyn a few times, and it is no walk in the park. They try to sell it as trendy and upcoming when in reality it’s just filthy and dangerous. This goes for the rest of NYC as well.
Load More Replies... I've had a shower in my kitchen for years now (its pretty common in old multistorey houses in the netherlands that were later turned into appartements) Seriously though, you can't beat waking up and showering with the smell of freshly brewed coffee
Legit lived in a apartment smaller and weirder than this one in Alphabet city in the 90's. It was the hallway of a house and only 5 1/2 feet wide by 8 feet long, had the stairs just wall boarded off that led to the front door and upstairs. It had a open toilet/sink on top combo, no counter, tiny shower pan/curtain, and was long enough to fit me, a upright futon, a TV, and my big dog. I used a hotplate, toaster, and spent a LOT of time out of the place due to noise! I paid $850 a month. Probably still being rented to this day as a luxury studio....LOL!
This is relatively common in 19th (and early 20th C.) homes that are cut up into apartments. In this case the building probably started out as a 3-flat and later each was cut in half to make 6 apartments.
But this is exactly the problem; it should not be common at all. It is no way for a human to live.
Load More Replies... That's a "Frankfurt Bath". It was pretty common in german apartments in the early 20th century. Toilets were outside the building or in the stairwell and used by all inhabitants of a house. There were no bathrooms - the people had to wash themselves in a laundry tub/wash tub in the kitchen. The Frankfurter Bad was a solution to this. :)
there's a hit song called eating food in the shower, this is exactly what it's all about
That's considered a normal studio flat in London. It's very spacious so would probably cost about £2000 per month in central London.
The UK edition of Vice has a column about such hovels, "London Rental Opportunity of the Week", each time showing a worse side of humanity.
I had friends that lived on the lower east side who had a 1/2 bath in the living room and the tub was in the kitchen. Hot water was only in the kitchen. And just a tub-no shower. I also used to have a friend who had an place with no bathroom or kitchen but it had a sink. It was supposed to be retail space but he lived there for awhile. He got very friendly with the restaurant next door and they let him use their bathroom and he ordered food from them every day.
Except this kitchen clearly doesn't make coffee for me, and probably doesn't sanitize the bedding every morning. I might pay this much for those features though.
Load More Replies... It’s pretty standard for tenements, which is what Williamsburg and the LES originally were, so, no biggie for the average NY’er...
“Hey, how do you make those radish rosettes?” “First, insert a knife into the centre and twist, then, to make them bloom, soak them in water for thirty to forty minutes.” “No problem there!”
Load More Replies... Has no-one seen where Bruce Willis' character lived in "The Fifth Element"? :)
But where is the toilet? And that is that long black pipe going up along that wall. What is beyond the door in the background? Where is a bedroom??
It’s a studio. There are no bedrooms in a studio. You just have one living area and that is it. Studios should’ve never been allowed. It’s no way for a human to live.
Load More Replies... I once saw a 2 room apartment in the heart of zurich, switzerland for renting. The bathroom was in the kitchen which would be ok if the bathroom walls wouldnt be entirely made of GLASS WALLS. So you could literally have guests over, could cook while you can watch them taking a sh1t ir shower next to the kitchen aisle. Besides that, thwre was a big window right next to the glass bathroom... At least it was a cheap apartment? Also it was praised for "young, single men apartment" lol
All I can say is "No DISHWASHER." Imagine trying to do dishes in that tiny sink. I would be utilizing that bathtub for more than bathing. I would be more concerned with the possibility of water damage and mold due to the hardwood floor...
If you're living there alone (or are a couple or family with little ones), what's the big deal? Space is at a premium and it's not all that uncommon in old buildings to have had tubs in the kitchen, at least this can be curtained or screened off! Now, if there was a toilet in the kitchen, I'd have more of a problem with that. That's a damn good price for an apartment, even a studio, in a metro area.
A family with little ones living in a shithole like that???? I wouldn’t even put my dog in there. Why exactly makes it a “damn good price”? That rent is a mortgage payment for a lot of people. And that means they have their own house with a backyard and all. This is a rip-off.
Load More Replies... Well, you can go down the hall and use the community head or have your own. And for 1,600 in NY, it looks like a no brainer to me!
Sorry, can't find any references about renting pricing in NY. 1650 is cheap? Just curious. Thanks in advance.
Load More Replies... The rent is listed as $1,850, not $1,650 (Article title says $1,650). Rent-114-W...fd-png.jpg
Maybe, after got viral, the landlord upgraded the price
Load More Replies... You couldn’t pay me enough to live in NYC. I can’t believe people torture themselves and pay a ton of money to live in shitholes like these only to say they live in NYC. No wonder people are moving out of the city by the droves since the pandemic. You live a very sad life if you go home to that apartment, especially when you pay almost 2 grand for it.
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