Median one-bedroom rent: $1,600.

Mr. Mohabir said that in the communities he serves a one-bedroom rents for at least $700.

Over all, one-bedroom rents start at $3,200 a month; two-bedrooms can average $6,500, brokers say.

Median one-bedroom rent: $550.

Median one-bedroom rent: $800.

Median one-bedroom rent: $1,450.

Within the historic district, a one-bedroom rents for $1,200 to $1,400, said Suzanne DeBrango, an agent at the Aguayo & Huebener Realty Group.

On one side of 96th Street is the 1,484-unit Normandie Court, where one-bedroom rents start at $1,295 a month.

The typical two-bedroom rental apartment costs about $1,500; a one-bedroom rents for about $1,300.

Studio rents start at $1,500, one-bedroom rents at $2,000, and two-bedroom rents at $3,500.