Average rent in Sunnyside, Queens
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| Beds | Budget (10th) | Median | High-end (90th) | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,961 | $2,350 | $2,600 | 54 |
| 1 Bedroom | $2,300 | $2,695 | $3,354 | 180 |
| 2 Bedrooms | $2,870 | $3,399 | $4,117 | 105 |
| 3 Bedrooms | $3,490 | $4,225 | $4,870 | 40 |
| 4 Bedrooms | $4,120 | $4,250 | $5,140 | 10 |
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
- Air conditioning
- Private outdoor space
- In-unit laundry
- Doorman
- Building gym
Reported apartment size
- 1 bedroom
- 2 bedroom
Nearby subway routes
An MTA station is within 500 meters in a straight line of 312 of 388 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 September 30, 2026.
DHCR-listed buildings with tracked listings
7 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 Leaseswap 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 September 30, 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 389 tracked listings, the most commonly reported features are: Laundry in building was reported in 222 of 389 tracked listings (57%). Elevator was reported in 190 of 389 tracked listings (49%). Dishwasher was reported in 165 of 389 tracked listings (42%). 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 312 of 388 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 54 listings from public rental listings Leaseswap tracks on StreetEasy, NYBits, LeaseBreak and others over the last 6 months. Updated September 2026. That is 13% below the Queens median of $2,700 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 180 listings from public rental listings Leaseswap tracks on StreetEasy, NYBits, LeaseBreak and others over the last 6 months. Updated September 2026. That is 7% below the Queens median of $2,895 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 $3,399 per month, based on 105 listings from public rental listings Leaseswap tracks on StreetEasy, NYBits, LeaseBreak and others over the last 6 months. Updated September 2026. That is 3% below the Queens median of $3,500 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 $4,225 per month, based on 40 listings from public rental listings Leaseswap tracks on StreetEasy, NYBits, LeaseBreak and others over the last 6 months. Updated September 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 10 listings from public rental listings Leaseswap tracks on StreetEasy, NYBits, LeaseBreak and others over the last 6 months. Updated September 2026. That is 6% below the Queens median of $4,500 for the same apartment size.
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