Average rents increased more near a pair of Harlem subway stops than at any other stations in the city last year, according to an analysis by apartment listing site RentHop.
The largest rent increases in the city were recorded in the vicinity of the 155th Street station on the B and D lines in Harlem’s Sugar Hill section, on the site of NYCHA’s Polo Grounds Towers. Average rents in that area have surged 19.3% since last year, according to RentHop’s analysis of one-bedroom apartments listed on the platform between Feb. 1 and April 30 of this year.
