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Stoophunt vs Craigslist NYC
Craigslist is the oldest lane in NYC apartment hunting — direct landlords, odd-hour posts, and duplicate listings that also show up elsewhere. Stoophunt does not replace Craigslist; it surfaces Craigslist next to everything else so you stop maintaining separate search URLs.
What Craigslist does well
No-fee and off-market posts from landlords and tenants. Rooms, sublets, and whole apartments in separate categories (roo, apa, sub).
Still active for NYC despite the dated UI — especially for budget hunts and late-night drops.
Where Craigslist falls short
Three separate searches for rooms, apartments, and sublets. Scam risk requires extra vigilance. No cross-source view with StreetEasy or Facebook.
Refreshing Craigslist manually means you miss posts that also landed on Facebook an hour later.
How Stoophunt uses Craigslist
Stoophunt pulls Craigslist NYC rooms, apartments, and sublets into one feed with normalized price, beds, and neighborhood filters.
When a listing matches, you open the Craigslist post directly. One board for the daily scan; Craigslist for the reply.