[RayCo]

Best I know are padmapper or streeteasy. From my experience, 50% of craigslist posted apartments are fake.

A few other thoughts for $1k a month: -are you willing to have roommates? if yes, this will greatly increase your odds of finding a suitable place quickly. -are you willing to go to Brooklyn or Queens? If yes, this will also increase your odds. -if it is Manhattan, Upper East Side, Lower East Side, Chinatown, or Harlem will be your best bets. You should not expect to find a one bedroom or even a studio at that price in Manhattan.

Hope this helps, let me know if you have followup questions.

[m_marker]

Thanks for ur comments. I don't mind Queens or Brooklyn provided I can get like a 30min commute to lower Manhattan. Do u thin $1k will get me something?

[RayCo]

Based on 30min commute to lower manhattan, I'd say go Brooklyn. With roommates $1k will get you something, without roommates you'd have to push your commute to longer than 30 minutes, maybe more like 45. Quickly glancing at Streeteasy, cheapest studio in Brooklyn I could see that would give you a 30 minute commute is about 1400.