Big Apple Moving has provided moving and storage services in New York City since 1979. That covers a one-room apartment across Brooklyn, an office relocation in Midtown, a cross-country move to California, and everything in between – plus the packing, the storage unit, and the junk removal at the end. This page lists every service we offer and links to the detail on each one.
Moving Services
Most of what we do is moving people between homes and businesses in and around New York. These are the services people book most often.
Residential Moving
Apartment and house moves across all five boroughs, from studios to brownstones. Our crews handle walk-ups, elevator buildings and the certificate of insurance your building will ask for. Residential moving
Local Moving
Moves within New York City and the surrounding counties, usually completed in a single day and priced by crew size and hours. Local moving
Long Distance Moving
State-to-state relocations from New York, with a single crew and a clear delivery window rather than a shared-load guess. Long distance movers
Commercial and Office Moving
Office, retail and business relocations planned around your operating hours so the business keeps running. Commercial moving
Interstate Moving
Licensed interstate moves with the federal registration and insurance those moves legally require. Interstate moving
International Moving
Overseas relocations including customs documentation, freight booking and destination handling. International moving
We also handle full-service moves, same-day and last-minute moves, late-night moves for buildings with restricted hours, small moves, senior moves and military moves.
Prefer the price fixed before moving day rather than billed by the hour? See our flat fee movers page for how binding, guaranteed-price quotes work.
Storage Services
New York apartments run out of space long before people run out of belongings. Our storage is climate-controlled, monitored, and collected and returned by the same crews who move you.
Full-Service Storage
We collect, inventory, store and redeliver. You never visit a facility or rent a van. Full-service storage
Residential Storage
Household storage for renovations, downsizing, staging a sale, or the gap between two leases. Residential storage
Short-Term Storage
Weeks or months rather than years, for closing-date gaps and renovation overruns. Short-term storage
Long-Term Storage
Ongoing storage for furniture, archives and inventory you need kept but not nearby. Long-term storage
Businesses can also store records, equipment and seasonal stock with our commercial storage service.
Packing, Unpacking and Additional Services
These are booked alongside a move or entirely on their own.
Packing Services
Full or partial packing with all materials supplied. Most people hand over the kitchen and the fragile items and do the rest themselves. Packing services
Unpacking Services
We empty the boxes at the new address, put things where you direct, and take every empty carton away the same day. Unpacking services
Junk Removal
Furniture, appliances and clutter removed and disposed of legally, before or after the move. Junk removal
Furniture Assembly
Beds, wardrobes and flat-pack furniture disassembled before the move and rebuilt in the right room afterwards. Furniture assembly
Plastic Bin Rental
Reusable plastic moving bins delivered and collected. They stack better in an elevator than cardboard and there is nothing to break down afterwards. Plastic bin rental
Certificates of Insurance
Most New York buildings require a COI before a crew can enter. We prepare them and send them to your management office as standard. COI movers
Specialty Moving
Some items should not go on a truck with everything else. These are moved with different equipment, different materials and a crew trained for them.
Piano Moving
Uprights, grands and digital pianos moved with proper boards, straps and crew numbers. Piano movers
Fine Art Moving
Paintings, sculpture and framed work crated, condition-checked and handled by crews used to galleries and collections. Fine art movers
Antique Moving
Fragile and irreplaceable furniture wrapped, padded and crated where required. Antique moving
Furniture Moving
Individual pieces or full households, including items that will not fit down the stairs without disassembly. Furniture movers
Exercise Equipment Moving
Treadmills, multi-gyms and free weights broken down, moved and reassembled. Exercise equipment movers
How Booking a Move With Us Works
The same four steps apply whether you are moving a studio or an office floor.
If you would rather see a number before speaking to anyone, the moving cost calculator gives an estimate in about a minute.
What Moving and Storage Services Cost in NYC
Moving is priced by crew size and hours; storage is priced by volume and duration. The table below shows typical ranges for a local move within New York City. These are market-rate estimates, not guaranteed quotes.
| Home size | Typical crew | Estimated hours | Estimated cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 2 movers | 3-5 hours | $400 – $700 |
| 1 bedroom | 2-3 movers | 4-6 hours | $600 – $1,100 |
| 2 bedrooms | 3 movers | 6-8 hours | $1,000 – $1,800 |
| 3 bedrooms | 3-4 movers | 7-9 hours | $1,700 – $2,800 |
| 4+ bedrooms | 4-5 movers | 9+ hours | $2,500 – $4,500 |
Estimates reflect typical local moves within New York City as of 2026. Long-distance and interstate moves are priced on distance and weight instead. Packing is quoted separately, typically $300 to $3,000 depending on home size.
Three things push a local move toward the top of these ranges: stairs, how far the truck has to park from the door, and how much packing you need. Moving mid-week and between November and February is consistently cheaper than a summer weekend.
Where We Provide Moving and Storage Services
We cover all five boroughs and the surrounding counties. Crews are dispatched from New York, so a Bronx job and a Brooklyn job are both local work rather than a long drive with a surcharge attached.
New York City
Manhattan · Brooklyn · Queens · The Bronx · Staten Island
Surrounding counties
Westchester · Nassau · Suffolk · Rockland · Fairfield
Full coverage, including individual neighborhoods, is listed on our service area page.
Why New Yorkers Book Us
Since 1979
More than forty years moving people in the same city. Our crews have already worked in your building and know its stairwell.
Moving and Storage From One Company
The crew that packs your home loads it, and the same company stores it if you need that. Nothing is handed between contractors.
Licensed and Fully Insured
Licensed and insured for moving and storage in New York, with certificates of insurance provided to your building as part of the booking. You can verify any mover through the FMCSA.
Priced on Real Details
Quotes are built from access, distance and volume rather than a flat guess, which is why we ask more questions than most before giving a number.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about our moving and storage services in New York.
