Hey all,

For several years now, I’ve rented out my beautiful second bedroom here in Bed Stuy, sometimes choosing to go in a month-to month, short-term direction, at other times favoring more permanent arrangements. As is true with most things in life, there are upsides and downsides to both ways of going about things, and because I’m undecided as to how I want to organize my life this summer, I’ve posted two listings this week; one in the category of "rooms for rent" (its heading is “Beautiful lofted Bedroom on a Gorgeous Brooklyn Block”) and this one here.

If you’re interested in finding a great spot to stay while visiting New York, or need somewhere to land so that you can search for a housing situation that's more permanent (never easy to do from a distance), my enormous lofted bedroom is quiet, clean, and lovely. It’s outfitted with nice linens, a high-end mattress, a vintage kitchen table, a sofa, a writing desk, and some simple chairs. It comes equipped with a mini-fridge, toaster oven, electric kettle, coffeemaker, and microwave, all of which help to make the space its own autonomous thing (a folding screen placed near the entryway to the common area makes entering and exiting the rest of the apartment discreet). There’s a private en-suite bathroom (deep tub, large window through which the sunset can be viewed, a waterfall shower-head), but mainly it’s just a nice room in a nice apartment on a truly beautiful block. Limited kitchen access is possible and something we can discuss and sort through in advance or as we go.

The apartment itself is located in the historic district of Bed-Stuy (referred to as Stuyvesant Heights), where the community is diverse, the trees meet in the middle of the street, and the subway is less than two blocks away. (And it’s a lovely walk, too, past front-stoop gardens and stately homes.) The A train is one that can be relied on to swiftly get to many parts of the city—it can deliver me to my downtown office in under twenty minutes—and it's also a great train for getting out to Rockaway Beach or to JFK, in the other direction. There's a Citi-bike dock around the corner, and street parking has never been a problem for me.

Those who have stayed in the room over the years have commented on how peaceful it is, and how well they slept, and have also frequently said that it’s larger than the photographs suggest. (There are several odd angles that make it hard to properly capture its dimensions.) It would genuinely be an ideal arrangement for someone in need of a serene spot to land in while figuring out what might come next in their lives.

I'd consider a weekly situation (475 per week), although I prefer a one month committment. Things could also end up being long-term if our sensibilities line up and things feel right to us both. When my lease is up at the end of November, I’m not sure what I’ll be doing; if the rent doesn’t become exorbitant (it’s already high), we could continue on, or you could take over the lease. The best approach for me in this moment is to stay flexible.

About This Lister

I’m on the editorial staff of The New Yorker—our set-up is currently hybrid—and also a writer on the last phase of a book I’m under contract to deliver, so my days here are focused and subdued. I'm very clean, pretty quiet, but also a middle-aged surfer (I grew up on the coast of California) who loves to cook for my family and friends when it's time to get away from too many sentences and too many screens.

(There's more about who I am in my other post.)