NYC Prices Up by 14% Since Last Year

In addition to skyrocketing rent and gas prices, New Yorkers are being nickel and dimed to death, shelling out 21 cents more for a box of Corn Flakes and 29 cents more for a six-pack of beer. It even costs more to treat a headache than it did in 2010.

Costs are creeping upward for everything from a coffee-cart cup of Joe to a carton of milk to a take-out dinner.

A Post analysis found that rent has risen 5 percent and a sampling of New Yorkers’ common purchases have jumped about 14 percent.

The average price of a regular gallon of gas in New York City was $4.21 Friday, compared with $3.08 a year ago, according to the American Automobile Association.

“I’m not going to be driving over the summer,” fumed Rutgers University Professor Elizabeth Grosz, 58, who said she spends $18 a day driving from Union Square to her job at the New Jersey college. She said her pay has been frozen for three years.

Rents are climbing, too.

The average price of a one-bedroom apartment in a Manhattan doorman building last month was $3,529 up from $3,360 a year ago, according to The Real Estate Group New York.

When her landlord hiked the rent on her Manhattan apartment by $140 a month, 26-year-old Anna Rygiel said she decided to flee to Brooklyn.

She also said groceries cost about $20 more a week than they used to.

TRANSPORTATION
Monthly unlimited MetroCard
2010: $89 2011: $104

15-gallon gas fill-up
2010: $46.20 ($3.08/gal. regular) 2011: $63.15 ($4.21/gal. regular)

UTILITIES
January average Con Ed apartment bill
2010: $65.19 2011: $72.69

CLOTHING
J. Crew cotton women’s shirt
2010: $69.50 2011: $72

Boys’ blue jeans
2010: $24.50 2011: $34.50

RENT
Average Manhattan one-bedroom, doorman building
2010: $3,360 2011: $3,529

ENTERTAINMENT
Cable/Internet bill
2010: $122 2011: $129

GROCERIES
4-pound chicken
2010: $7.08 ($1.77/pound) 2011: $11.96 ($2.99/pound)

1 pound ground beef
2010: $3.59 2011: $4.99

Head iceberg lettuce
2010: $2.16 2011: $2.49