Spider-Mans NYC home would cost millions more than a even a superhero could afford
The Big Apple’s cost of living is a real supervillain!Spider-Man couldn’t afford to live in New York City in real life — as sky-high 2026 prices and unaffordable real estate would force the web slinger to live like a friendly neighborhood homeless man, experts said.Peter Parker would have to find an uncool corner of Astoria, Queens — where he seems to live in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” while Aunt May’s comic book home in Forest Hills would cost millions, a property expert told The Post.“That is a hot area in Forest Hills,” said Kayla Lee, an associate real estate broker at Serhant about the Ingram Street home near the Jackie Robinson Parkway where Parker lived with his aunt in the comic books.“That block is now selling for $1,200 a foot or above, so the pricing, depending on the size, are approximately $2.5-to-4 million,” Lee added.Either way too it’ll cut into the spider-purse as the cost of living is way too much for a pro bono crimefighter whose day jobs are delivering pizzas and working part-time as a photographer for the local paper.Hopefully May got good death benefits from Uncle Ben.She and Peter would need $300K “at a minimum” to afford a 30-year mortgage at the charming home — one which Lee said would come without big homeowner association fees.Lee feels the more realistic nabe for Spidey would be trendy Astoria, which the Marvel Cinematic Universe shifted as a setting and newer home for the recent Tom Holland franchise films.Spider-Man still would neither be in the lap of luxury nor a hip area.
He would likely find a budget studio far from the N/W trains above bustling 31st Street, instead going closer to the East River near Hallets Cove along Vernon Boulevard, the broker added.He could pull a modest $1,800 abode, and if web travel to Manhattan and the other boroughs doesn’t cut it, Spider-Man could park a car for a monthly $250. “Although it’s going to be very affordable, it’s not always going to fly [off the mark...