New York’s ‘Worst Apartment’ Video Gets Over 21 Million Views on TikTok

A video supposed to present the “Worst apartment ever” in New York – a small room rented for $ 1,650 – has ignited the TikTok social network, where it has been viewed over 21 million times.

With the bathroom and the toilet on the landing, the potential tenant will only be able to enjoy a small closet in the only room of this cramped apartment which costs the equivalent of 1,370 euros per month.

Contacted by Agence France-Presse, the author of the video, a real estate agent, did not want to give either the address of the studio, which he located in the district of Greenwich Village, or the name of its owner.

“Harry Potter lived in better”

Nevertheless: posted on the New York City Realtor account, and titled “Worst apartment ever in NYC !!! “, the video collected 2.6 million « likes » and comments galore on TikTok.

“So in plain language, you get a cupboard”, wrote Helen Blondel. “Harry Potter lived in better”, outbid Adam Granger.

The average rent in Manhattan was $ 3,790 last October, according to the Rent Café site, for an average floor space of 65 m², when the apartment in the video seems to be barely 10.

For Cameron Knowlton, the real estate agent who filmed the video, the apartment, free since October, should nonetheless find a buyer quickly, even if the ad is only circulating among real estate agents and has not been posted on any major site. real estate ads. Greenwich Village “Is one of the most desirable areas in the world, so there will be people to rent it”, he assured.

Several other much more spacious, en-suite studios at similar rents are however offered in Greenwich Village on major real estate sites.

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