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Rental Round-Up: Independence From Bad Deals!

Justin Fox

Jul 1, 2016 — 2 min read

Are you sick of paying too much for too little? Do you want to live in a place so patriotic, it’s literally named after a Revolutionary War hero? Are you just plum sick of the Stamp Act? Check out these Fourth of July deals!

This backyard might be bigger than the apartment itself. (Courtesy Farhan Malik/Zealestate Group.) — This backyard might be bigger than the apartment itself. (Courtesy Farhan Malik of Zealestate Group Inc.)

110 Lafayette Avenue, APT 1F
Available: Now
Price: $1,965/month
Size: Studio
Details: “A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing,” said our hippest Founder. You’ll have a surplus of space once you account for the backyard space in this terrific deal. Just don’t have a mouthful of peanut butter when the broker calls you back.
Contact: Farhan Malik of Zealestate Group Inc, (929)277-8844

I'd stay here like Thoreau on Walden Pond. (Courtesy Imani Q'ryn of Imani Q'ryn Realty.) — I’d stay here like Thoreau on Walden Pond. (Courtesy Zillow/Imani Q’ryn of Imani Q’ryn Realty.)

182 Carlton Avenue, APT 3
Available: Now
Price: $2,600/month
Size: 1.5 bedroom/1 bathroom
Details: It’s not unusual to love Carlton… Avenue. This sunny 1.5 bedroom has an eat-in kitchen, so you can dunk as much tea as you’d like. Speaking of the Revolutionary War, remember how Ben Franklin wanted the national bird to be a turkey? (At least according to 1776.)
Contact: The listing says to contact Marylin Fleming, however the listing was posted by Imani Q’ryn of Imani Q’ryn Realty, (718) 797-3947

Arches so stately, you'll think Franklin brought them back from Paris! (Courtesy Zillow/William Berger-Bailey of Brooklyn Properties of 7th Ave Inc) — Arches so stately, you’ll think Franklin brought them back from Paris! (Courtesy Zillow/William Berger-Bailey of Brooklyn Properties of 7th Ave Inc)

312 Carlton Avenue, APT 4A
Available: Now
Price: $2,518/month
Size: 1 bedroom/1 bathroom
Details: This rent-stabilized gem is on the top floor of a tree-lined block. More importantly, this apartment is so spacious, it comes with 3(!!!) closets. There’s so much space, you’ll probably feel like you’re in Alaska.
Contact: William Berger-Bailey of Brooklyn Properties of 7th Ave Inc, (914) 433-3132

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