Step inside the West Village apartment of Saturday Night Live’s Chloe Fineman and you instantly feel like you are in the heart of New York. The rent is $5,500 a month, the crown molding is what sealed the deal, and the quirks of city living are everywhere.
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Landing the Apartment
Fineman jokes that “a hundred million people applied” for the unit. She wrote her landlord a long letter, claimed she had been conceived on the block (not true), and dropped that she was on SNL. The landlord liked her energy and agreed, after Chloe offered $500 more to seal the deal.
Crown molding was her obsession, and it is what first drew her in. The cracks in the ceiling now double as her strategy to keep the rent low. “It’s falling apart, you cannot raise my rent,” she laughs. That is the most New York answer you will ever hear.
A Home Full of Art
The apartment is lined with paintings from her family. Her sister fills walls with massive canvases, while her mother’s art hangs nearby. She even keeps a fragile piece of silk from the 1970s hidden in the dark to preserve it. The place feels like a gallery as much as it does a home.
Her collection does not stop there. She proudly shows off Anna Delvey’s art sent from jail, a box of preserved bugs she finds beautiful, and family photos tucked among shelves of oddities. It is a space that feels both lived in and performed in, a reflection of her comedic world.
Practicing the Craft
Comedy also finds its place in the apartment. Fineman often sits on her couch and practices impressions by recording TikToks and sending them to friends for feedback. She has closets filled with costumes, wigs stuffed into the oven, and memories of writing SNL sketches like Forever 31 from her own living room.
A Few New York Quirks
Like every New Yorker, Chloe has her own city quirks. Her bed vibrates and lifts like a first-class airline seat. Her fridge is packed with True Fruit, which she proudly campaigns to be sponsored by. Her dog claims the couch as his own bed. And yes, she once spilled dog food while trying to give a tour.
She laughs about her lack of a fire alarm, her habit of steaming clothes while wearing them, and the reality of living in a building where the street noise of PR girls in the West Village sometimes requires yelling “hello” out the window to quiet them.
Life Between Comedy and the City
The apartment captures Chloe’s blend of performance and personality. From stripper shoes hiding at her SNL dressing room to wigs tucked away in the kitchen, every detail points back to the stage. Yet the West Village charm, the crown molding, and the cracks in the ceiling root her firmly in the city’s reality.
It is a home that feels as unpredictable and alive as New York itself.