Depends what you consider a "studio apartment" to be.
For most it's not some huge NY loft above Central Park or Soho, but an all-in-one, cramped, small space single room apartment that's usually the cheapest option, and is around 300-600sq feet.
For most it's not some huge NY loft above Central Park or Soho, but an all-in-one, cramped, small space single room apartment that's usually the cheapest option, and is around 300-600sq feet.
You could get cheaper, but you'd be far away from the actual city (at which point you might as well just live somewhere else).
However NYC as a whole has high sales and income taxes though. Including City income tax.
Brooklyn is where you live when you move to The City without a lot of money - like for grad school.
Rent is (probably) higher in Park Slope or Williamsburg though which are more "desirable" areas of Brooklyn.
I'm sure natives can chime in.
That said I regret badly going to uni and wasting my time drinking with my buddies.