SubletNY vs Leasebreak for NYC sublets and lease breaks
Leasebreak and SubletNY overlap more than any other pair on this list: both are New York marketplaces for stays of a month or more, both are free to search. Use Leasebreak when you want to take over someone's full lease (an assignment or a lease break), when you want a 12-month option alongside the short ones, or when you are happy to consider brokered listings. Use SubletNY when you want furnished sublets only, from leaseholders who confirmed their email, searched by your exact dates, with neighbourhood asking prices and a monthly index beside the listings.
Facts about Leasebreak are taken from the sources listed at the end and were last checked on October 28, 2026. Leasebreak is not affiliated with SubletNY.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Leasebreak | SubletNY |
|---|---|---|
| Who lists | Tenants offering sublets, lease assignments and lease breaks, plus landlords and brokers. A tenant posting a lease break is asked whether the landlord approved, and the answer is shown on the listing. | NYC leaseholders subletting their own place, plus clearly labelled reposts of public listings; reposts never enter the search index. |
| Cost to list | Free to post. Paid "featured" and premium upgrades exist (the terms describe a recurring premium charge; checked on the date below). | Free. |
| Cost to rent | Free to search. A listing posted by a broker or landlord may carry a brokerage or management fee, which must be disclosed and can be filtered out. | Free. No broker fee and no service fee; SubletNY does not take payments. |
| Stay length | 1 to 12+ months, including lease assignments and ordinary 12-month rentals. | 30 days or longer, by exact dates, so a search for "June 1 to August 15" only shows places free for those dates. |
| Verification | The landlord-approval answer is self-reported by the poster; the site's pages do not describe an identity check. | The lister confirms their email with a one-time code before the listing goes live; listings pinned outside New York City are rejected; reposts are labelled as such. |
| How you make contact | Through the listing on the site. | A contact form on every listing reaches the lister directly. Renters can also save a search and be emailed when a matching listing is posted. |
| Coverage | The five boroughs, with some New Jersey sublets. | Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, with a page per neighbourhood showing live counts and asking prices. |
When Leasebreak is the better choice
- Taking over a whole lease: assignments and lease breaks are Leasebreak's core, and SubletNY does not list them.
- A 12-month rental next to the short-term ones, or a brokered listing with inventory a tenant could not offer.
- Staten Island, the Bronx or New Jersey, which SubletNY does not cover yet.
When SubletNY is the better choice
- Furnished sublets only, from leaseholders who confirmed their email, with no brokered listings and no paid placement.
- Search by exact dates, a map, and a page per neighbourhood with live counts and asking prices.
- A monthly price index you can cite, and saved searches that email you when a match is posted.
Sources
Fees and policies change. If something here is out of date, email hello@subletny.com and I will correct it.
