NYC apartment hunt
StreetEasy and Facebook on one board
The best NYC hunt is almost always split: StreetEasy for brokered apartments, Facebook for rooms and sublets. Most renters run both tracks in parallel because neither source alone covers the full market.
What each source is good at
StreetEasy is strong for whole apartments with brokers, clear photos, and standardized fields. Facebook groups are messy but early — lease takeovers, roommate situations, and no-fee rooms often appear there first.
Craigslist and niche boards add a third lane. The friction is not the sources themselves; it is repeating the same search in each place.
The filter problem
Facebook has no real bed filter for "room only." StreetEasy does not show group posts. Each site uses different neighborhood names and price formats.
Stoophunt normalizes beds (studio, 1BR, room, sublet), price, neighborhood, and posted date across sources so one filter set applies everywhere.
Workflow that actually works
Set your max price and neighborhoods once on Stoophunt. Scan new posts daily. When something fits, tap through to the original listing and message from there.
Pair the board with alerts so you do not have to manually refresh — especially for Facebook posts that move in hours.