<p>airbnb.com
Type in Manhattan, NY, click off “private bedroom”, or maybe “shared bedroom”, put some dates and cost parameters on, then search.
If you’re outside of NYC, you can actually get something this way, with patience. These are at budget-vacationer rates.</p>
<p>Other people have used Craigslist.</p>
<p>Illegal sublets - a new law was passed in the past year. But I was told by my NYC son (hope he’s correct) this was aimed at people who were subletting many apartments throughout an entire year as a sequence of sublets, a week or month at a time. This creates a rooming-house situation in what should have be private apartment buildings. I think if you make one arrangement with someone who’s trying to sublet on a one-time basis, you’re not the target and shouldn’t have that problem.</p>
<p>Renters subletting without landlord’s permission should be avoided, I believe, in case there’s any accident or fire in the apartment - liability. If a group situation is found (for example, by Craigslist), inquire how it’s being handled to notify the landlord. I’m sure many students aren’t doing it correctly, so you have to decide if you want to pass on those situations.</p>
<p>also: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1147108-summer-housing-nyc.html?highlight=new+york+summer+housing[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1147108-summer-housing-nyc.html?highlight=new+york+summer+housing</a></p>
<p>Here’s a good site to calculate public transit from any point to everwhere else. [HopStop.com</a> - New York Transit Directions: Subway, Train, Bus, ferry, Bike & Taxi](<a href=“http://www.hopstop.com/?city=newyork]HopStop.com”>http://www.hopstop.com/?city=newyork)</p>
<p>Hopefully, Manhattan will work out, but if not also look in boroughs which are not too many subway stops away in Brooklyn (Williamsburg, Park Slope are nice), Queens (Astoria, Long Island City), or New Jersey by Path train (Hoboken might work). Try hard for Manhattan, though; it’s just one summer and will be more convenient if it can be found.</p>
<p>For years I’ve suggested on these boards that students coming for such short amount of time try to contact nearby churches or synagogues to see if the minister or office knows any empty-nest or active-elderly congregants on Social Security who’d like to make some easy money by renting out their own child’s bedroom for a few months. To me, that makes sense because the furniture and trophies are all right there
and it’s a move-in situation with a reliable host.</p>