Brooklyn
Rental brokerage in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
Pear NYC leases apartments in Bed-Stuy for building owners. It has the lowest median asking rent of the seven Brooklyn neighborhoods where we work, at $3,600 in August 2026, but it is rising: one-bedrooms asked $3,250, up 10% from a year earlier. With 1,557 rentals listed, it is also one of the largest markets.
The market
What do apartments in Bed-Stuy rent for?
The all-units median asking rent in Bed-Stuy was $3,600 in August 2026, up 6% from a year earlier. One-bedrooms asked $3,250, up 10% from a year before, the second-fastest rise of the seven neighborhoods, and two-bedrooms $3,650, up 7% from a year before.
Supply held roughly steady: 1,557 rentals were listed, down 5% from a year earlier. A large market with rising asks rewards an owner who prices against current comparables, and punishes one who is still pricing against last year's.
| Unit size | Median asking rent, August 2026 | Change since August 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | $2,700 | flat |
| One bedroom | $3,250 | +10% |
| Two bedrooms | $3,650 | +7% |
| Three or more bedrooms | $4,495 | +7% |
| All units | $3,600 | +6% |
1,557 rentals were listed in Bed-Stuy on StreetEasy in August 2026, down 5% from a year earlier.
Source: StreetEasy Data Dashboard, August 2026. These are asking rents on listed units, not signed leases.
Our listings
Apartments we have listed in Bed-Stuy
From our own Bed-Stuy listings, shown as they were marketed. Furnished rooms are virtually staged.
On the ground
What do renters in Bed-Stuy look for?
Bed-Stuy's rental stock is largely brownstones and brick rowhouses, including those in the landmarked Stuyvesant Heights Historic District, with small walk-up apartment buildings mixed in. Many rentals are floors of a townhouse rather than units in a large building. Renters are also choosing the neighborhood: restaurants and cafes along Tompkins Avenue, Lewis Avenue and Nostrand Avenue, and Herbert Von King Park.
A floor-through in a brownstone is a different product from an apartment in a building, with more character and often more space. A listing should say which it is in the first line and show the details that come with it.
Straight answers
Bed-Stuy owner questions, answered directly
Are rents going up in Bed-Stuy?
Yes. The all-units median asking rent was $3,600 in August 2026, up 6% from a year earlier, and one-bedrooms rose faster, to $3,250, up 10% from a year earlier.
How many apartments are for rent in Bed-Stuy?
1,557 rentals were listed on StreetEasy in August 2026, down 5% from a year earlier. It is one of the larger markets of the seven Brooklyn neighborhoods we lease in, so a listing is competing with many others and has to be priced and photographed to stand out.
Is a brownstone floor-through priced like an apartment in a building?
Not in Bed-Stuy. A floor-through in a townhouse usually offers more space and more character than a unit in a walk-up building, and renters compare it with other floor-throughs. Say which it is in the first line of the listing and price it against the same kind of unit.
Elsewhere in Brooklyn
Where else does Pear NYC lease?
Bed-Stuy is one of seven Brooklyn neighborhoods where we do most of our leasing. All of them, with current rents.
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Own a rental in Bed-Stuy?
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