If Carrie Bradshaw, a character from “Sex and the City,” still lived in her one-bedroom apartment on the Upper East Side, it would cost a little more than it was worth when she first lived there.
The fashionista writer allegedly paid only $ 700 a month for the flat she rented at 245 E. 73rd. The problem? It really doesn’t exist. The last door of the block, near Second Avenue, is number 243.
Most of the catches seen in the hit show were actually filmed in the West Village, on the bank of 66 Perry St.
But if you wanted to get a one-bedroom apartment and a bathroom in the Upper East Side neighborhood today, you’d have to cough up at least $ 3,000 a month, according to John Walkup, co-founder of real estate data analytics company. UrbanDigs. Since there is no doorman, no elevator and it is in a pre-war town house, the average price would be considered a bit cheaper than other options in the tuna neighborhood.
“To buy the apartment: depending on post-reopening sales, it would cost between $ 550 and $ 600K,” Walkup explained. “Renting the apartment: it would cost between $ 3K and $ 3.5K a month.”
On the other hand, if you look at a trendy West Village place, Walkup says a place like the one filmed on the show would cost $ 880,000 to own and, on average, about $ 4,100 rent.
As fans of the show know, a reboot titled “And Just Like That …” is underway, airing on HBO Max. Only this time, the series will be without the beloved Samantha Jones, played by Kim Cattrall.
Cattrall, 64, has expressed his decision to leave the franchise for good after the latest film, “Sex and the City 2”, which was released more than a decade ago.
Sarah Jessica Parker, 55, Kristin Davis, 55, and Cynthia Nixon, 54, will reprise their roles as Carrie, Charlotte York Goldenblatt and Miranda Hobbes.