Since 2000, the median rent rose about 10 percent, to $909 from $823 a month.

Median monthly rent hit a high of $907 in 2008.

A family of four now receives $270, 30 percent below the median rent in the city.

Bay Ridge was next with a median rent of $975.

Median rents for the group's homes in both towns are $600 to $700 a month.

In 2006, the median gross rent paid for housing was $1,660 a month.

Adjusted for inflation, the increase in median rent between 2002 and 2005 was 8 percent.

The median rent in 2006 was $171 per week.

But in 1991, the median rent in the city was $475.

For New York, the median rent is $600 a month.