For most single New Yorkers, the tyranny of living in a small space, or worse, a shared space, is all too familiar.
And with the number of single New Yorkers growing, the demand for more of these spaces is inevitable.
Enter My Micro NY, the citys first micro-apartment complex, at 335 East 27th Street, with 55 units ranging from 260 to 360 square feet. The building will begin leasing studios this summer for around $2,000 to $3,000 a month.
My Micro NY, made of prefabricated modular units built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, will be stacked into place this spring. The apartments will come with kitchenettes, wheelchair-accessible bathrooms, ceilings over nine feet high and big windows. And to help make living in a small space more palatable, tenants will have access to storage units and common spaces scattered throughout the building.
To allow this building to come to be, the city had to waive current zoning and density rules that limit apartments to no less than 400 square feet.
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The many two- to four-bedroom units on the rental market actually better respond to the housing landscape of the 1950s, when homes were designed for families, and not for today, said Sarah Watson, the deputy director of the Citizens Housing and Planning Council. Her organization has developed an initiative, Making Room,that explores expanding New Yorks housing options.
That means focusing on all the single people in the city.