{"id":282485,"date":"2026-06-30T17:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/282485\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T17:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:26:07","slug":"rental-prices-up-across-the-board-in-queens-in-may-2026-report-qns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/282485\/","title":{"rendered":"Rental prices up across the board in Queens in May 2026: report \u2013 QNS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Studios, one-bedroom units and two-bedroom units across Queens all experienced year-over-year increases in average monthly rent in May 2026, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mns.com\/queens_rental_market_report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">report<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">M.N.S. Real Estate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The overall rent across the 11 Queens neighborhoods included in the report rose 6.4%, from $2,948 in May 2025 to $3,136 in May 2026.\n<\/p>\n<p>Studios experienced the biggest jump in average rent over this period of time, having gone up 9.75%, from $2,395 in 2025 to $2,628 in 2026. This represents the highest average rental price over the last 13 months. <a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/neighborhoods\/rego-park\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rego Park<\/a> had by far the most significant climb in price for these units among the 11 Queens neighborhoods. Studios went up in the neighborhood from $2,383 last year to $3,129 this year.<\/p>\n<p>One-bedroom units rose 6.46% in rent, from $2,840 in 2025 to $3,023 in 2026. As was the case with the average rent for studios, this marks the highest rental price for one-bedroom units over the last 13 months. <a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/neighborhoods\/forest-hills\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Forest Hills<\/a> had the biggest boost in average price for these units, from $2,659 last year to $3,101 this year.<\/p>\n<p>Two-bedroom units had the smallest jump in average rent among the three unit types. There was a 4.13% increase in rent, from $3,608 in 2025 to $3,757 in 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/neighborhoods\/sunnyside\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sunnyside<\/a> saw the most growth in the price of two-bedroom units, from $2,946 last year to $3,447 this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/neighborhoods\/long-island-city\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Island City<\/a> had the most expensive units across all three categories. The average prices there were $3,770 for studios, $4,410 for one-bedroom units and $6,487 for two-bedroom units in May 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The most affordable studios were in <a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/neighborhoods\/elmhurst\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elmhurst<\/a>, at $2,137. <a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/neighborhoods\/flushing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flushing<\/a> had the cheapest one-bedroom units, at $2,655. <a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/neighborhoods\/jackson-heights\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jackson Heights<\/a> had the least expensive two-bedroom units among the neighborhoods, with an average rent of $3,179.<\/p>\n<p>Ten of the 11 neighborhoods included in the report experienced an increase in the overall average rental price year-over-year. The one outlier was <a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/neighborhoods\/jamaica\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jamaica<\/a>, where the average rent dropped 6.5%, from $2,958 in May 2025 to $2,766 in May 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Studios, one-bedroom units and two-bedroom units across Queens all experienced year-over-year increases in average monthly rent in May&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[6034,6035,9,24,63,122,124,123,564],"class_list":["post-282485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-average-rental-prices","tag-m-n-s-real-estate","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-rent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}