Average rent in Sunnyside, Queens
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| Beds | Budget (10th) | Median | High-end (90th) | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,988 | $2,350 | $2,644 | 63 |
| 1 Bedroom | $2,300 | $2,695 | $3,296 | 199 |
| 2 Bedrooms | $2,900 | $3,400 | $4,198 | 105 |
| 3 Bedrooms | $3,470 | $4,200 | $5,010 | 38 |
| 4 Bedrooms | $3,930 | $4,250 | $7,735 | 14 |
Apartments for rent in Sunnyside
The newest listings in Sunnyside from StreetEasy, NYBits, LeaseBreak and others. Each one opens on the site that posted it.
Features reported in listings
- Laundry in building
- Elevator
- Dishwasher
- Private outdoor space
- Air conditioning
- In-unit laundry
- Doorman
- Building gym
- Listings indicating some pets are allowed
Reported apartment size
- 1 bedroom
- 2 bedroom
Nearby subway routes
An MTA station is within 500 meters in a straight line of 337 of 418 geocoded listings. These are the most commonly nearby weekday routes, based on each listing’s nearest station. Straight-line distance does not measure walking access.
- 7 route
Weekday route data retrieved from the MTA Subway Stations dataset on October 28, 2026.
DHCR-listed buildings with tracked listings
10 indexable building pages have a listing address matched to the DHCR building registry. A building match does not confirm the status of any apartment in it.
Showing the 5 linked buildings with the most listing history.
Based on Buzzedin listings tracked during the last 6 months. Feature shares count explicit affirmative reports over all tracked listings; a missing detail is unknown, not a negative. Apartment size is based on listings that report square footage. Updated October 28, 2026.
Sunnyside’s physical character is shaped by both its commercial streets and its planned residential district. Queens Community Board 2 describes Sunnyside as a commercial and residential neighborhood beside Long Island City, Astoria, Woodside, and Maspeth. Within that wider area, Sunnyside Gardens has a distinctive arrangement of low-rise row houses and apartment buildings organized around interior garden courts. The Landmarks Preservation Commission’s account explains how the courts, planting, and building placement form a deliberate site plan. That preserved area has a different scale from the busier streets beyond its boundaries.
The historic district is a place to notice how shared green space and architecture work together. Its buildings face both the public street grid and landscaped interior courts, so the outward-facing block and the garden side offer different views of the same development. City records identify the district as a planned residential community, and its designated map makes clear that the preservation area covers selected blocks rather than all of Sunnyside. Sunnyside Gardens Park is another named open-space reference in Community Board 2’s park inventory. These places can help orient a search, but nearby blocks outside the district have their own building forms and street patterns.
Queens Public Library’s Sunnyside branch stands on Greenpoint Avenue and adds a civic destination along the commercial fabric. Shops and other services are distributed along the neighborhood’s avenues, while the garden district sits within a more residential setting. The community board’s overview and the landmarks materials document these differences without suggesting that the whole neighborhood shares one architectural style. For apartment hunters, looking at the exact block in relation to Sunnyside Gardens, the library, and the commercial streets provides a clearer sense of the immediate surroundings. Sunnyside’s blend of planned courtyards, apartment buildings, and active retail corridors is best understood through those concrete places.
Sources: Queens Community Board 2: Sunnyside, NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission: Sunnyside Gardens Historic District manual, NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission: Sunnyside Gardens designation report, Queens Community Board 2: Parks, Queens Public Library: Locations
A one-bedroom apartment in Sunnyside is 7% below the Queens median for that apartment type.
Common questions
- What makes Sunnyside Gardens distinctive?
- The Landmarks Preservation Commission describes a planned layout of low-rise homes and apartment buildings arranged around landscaped interior courts.
- Where are Sunnyside’s civic and open-space landmarks?
- Sunnyside Gardens Park appears in Community Board 2’s park inventory, and Queens Public Library lists its Sunnyside branch on Greenpoint Avenue.
- Which apartment features are reported in Sunnyside?
- Across Sunnyside's 419 tracked listings, the most commonly reported features are: Laundry in building was reported in 252 of 419 tracked listings (60%). Elevator was reported in 226 of 419 tracked listings (54%). Dishwasher was reported in 180 of 419 tracked listings (43%). These counts include explicit affirmative reports; listings without a mention are unknown, not negative.
- Which subway routes are near listings in Sunnyside?
- The nearest MTA station is within 500 meters in a straight line of 337 of 418 geocoded listings. The most commonly nearby weekday routes are 7. This is geographic proximity, not a walking-access or current-service guarantee. Source: MTA Subway Stations dataset.
- What is the median rent for a studio apartment in Sunnyside?
- The median asking rent for a studio apartment in Sunnyside, Queens is $2,350 per month, based on 63 listings from public rental listings Buzzedin tracks on StreetEasy, NYBits, LeaseBreak and others over the last 6 months. Updated October 2026. That is 15% below the Queens median of $2,750 for the same apartment size.
- What is the median rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Sunnyside?
- The median asking rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Sunnyside, Queens is $2,695 per month, based on 199 listings from public rental listings Buzzedin tracks on StreetEasy, NYBits, LeaseBreak and others over the last 6 months. Updated October 2026. That is 7% below the Queens median of $2,900 for the same apartment size.
- What is the median rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Sunnyside?
- The median asking rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Sunnyside, Queens is $3,400 per month, based on 105 listings from public rental listings Buzzedin tracks on StreetEasy, NYBits, LeaseBreak and others over the last 6 months. Updated October 2026. That is 4% below the Queens median of $3,550 for the same apartment size.
- What is the median rent for a three-bedroom apartment in Sunnyside?
- The median asking rent for a three-bedroom apartment in Sunnyside, Queens is $4,200 per month, based on 38 listings from public rental listings Buzzedin tracks on StreetEasy, NYBits, LeaseBreak and others over the last 6 months. Updated October 2026. That is 8% above the Queens median of $3,900 for the same apartment size.
- What is the median rent for a four-bedroom apartment in Sunnyside?
- The median asking rent for a four-bedroom apartment in Sunnyside, Queens is $4,250 per month, based on 14 listings from public rental listings Buzzedin tracks on StreetEasy, NYBits, LeaseBreak and others over the last 6 months. Updated October 2026. That is 6% below the Queens median of $4,500 for the same apartment size.
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