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Upper East Side Apartments New York City

The Upper East Side boasts some of the most sought after real estate in the city of New York. With Central Park, the numerous museums and cultural institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim museum make the Upper East Side even more valuable. The Upper East Side also boasts some of the best high end shopping in the city, excellent schools and a conservative atmosphere. The Upper East Side has buildings from luxury doorman buildings to walk up buildings to luxury high rises to quaint townhouses.

Aside from bordering Central Park, the Upper East Side has Carl Shurz Park, home of Gracie Mansion, the residence of the Mayor of the City of New York. A highly residential area of the city, the Upper East Side has innumerable restaurants and neighborhood places. A quiet area of the city to live, yet closely linked to the rest of the city by subway, the Upper East Side has something to offer anyone from the Mansions of the sixties and seventies to the luxury high rises in the nineties.

Upper East Side is between Central Park and the East River. It's a small area of 1.8 square miles of some of the most expensive real estate in the country. There are townhouses, high-rise buildings, and tree-lined streets amid the exclusive clubs, private schools, high-end shopping and entertainment. Madison Avenue is the main shopping street, and luxury hotels include Carlyle Hotel, Plaza Hotel, Plaza Hotel Athenee, Four Seasons, and The Pierre Hotel. Current and former residents include Michael Bloomberg, Barbara Walters, Rudy Guliani, Woody Allen, Candice Bergen, Joan Collins, Greta Garbo, Art Garfunkel, Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren, the Marx Brothers, Michael J. Fox, Rupert Murdoch, Katie Couric, Walter Cronkite, Caroline Kennedy, Jackie Onassis, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Upper East Side has so many museums that the concentration of them is called Museum Mile, which includes The 92nd Street Y, The Asia Society, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, El Museo del Barrio, The Frick Collection, Goethe-Institut New York, The Jewish Museum of New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of the City of New York, The National Academy of Design, The Neue Galerie, Society of Illustrators, The Guggenheim Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Movies set in the Upper East Side include Breakfast at Tiffany's, Live and Let Die, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Six Degrees of Separation, Ransom, Men in Black, A Perfect Murder, and Panic Room. Upper East Side TV shows are The Jeffersons, Diff'rent Strokes, and The Nanny.

Subway stops: 4, 5, 6 to 86th Street
 

Other neighborhoods in Upper East Side: Yorkville, Carnegie Hill and Lenox Hill

Upper West Side Apartments New York City

The Upper West Side touted as a more liberal and artsy counterpart to the Upper East, is perhaps a little less so these days, but still is a diverse neighborhood. The best bargains in real estate are still on the northernmost frontiers of the Upper west, where it meets Morningside Heights and Columbia University.

The housing that is available on the Upper West side is quaint, from brownstones on tree lined streets, to pre-war buildings that line Broadway. The Upper West Side is one of the more popular residential areas, drawing families, young folks and artist types. The Upper West Side is known as a family friendly area of the city, but also boast numerous restaurants and bars, that singles from the area and beyond frequent.

Neighborhoods in the Upper West Side: Columbus Circle and Lincoln Square

Chelsea Apartments New York City

Chelsea, the area comprises the space between 15th and 39th streets and Fifth Avenue and the Hudson River, has experienced an upswing in its real estate market in the past decade. Once a working class area of the city, Chelsea first experienced its real estate boom within the gay community, as they moved north to occupy the brownstones and loft spaces that Chelsea had to offer at lower cost than the village. No longer the case with Chelsea real estate, it has become a hot spot in the past decade, attracting not only members of the gay community, but also up and coming artists as well as professionals, drawn by the addition of luxury mid rise buildings to Chelsea’s historic lofts and townhouses. A vibrant mix of residents makes Chelsea representative of New York City’s diversity.

Apart from its diversity of residents, Chelsea boasts amenities for any taste, including; Chelsea Piers, a sporting complex that offers innumerable activities, the Chelsea market, the 26th Street flea market, up and coming art galleries, unique shops and boutiques that give Chelsea a quaint feel among the restored townhouses and cast iron buildings.

Chelsea is on the West Side of Manhattan, south of Hell's Kitchen and the Garment District. It's north of Greenwich Village, Meatpacking District, and 14th Street.

Before WWI, it was the center for the motion picture industry. Today Chelsea is primarily residential and is known for boutique shopping, art galleries, restaurants, and nightclubs. Residential areas have tenements, apartment blocks, rehabilitated warehousing, and brick and brownstone townhouses. Boutique shopping includes Barneys Co-op, Comme des Garcons, and Balenciaga. Chelsea is a multi-cultural area, and Eighth Avenue is a gay culture center. Nightlife is found on Club Row on 27th Street. Its clubs include Marquee, Cain, Bungalow 8, Home, Guesthouse, and Pink Elephant, all of which are popular places for celebrities spotting. Other notable Chelsea locations include Empire Diner, the site of several movies and subject of a Billy Joel song; Graffiti Research Lab; Chelsea Piers, the intended destination of the Titanic; Hotel Chelsea, where Dylan Thomas died and the subject of the 1966 film Chelsea Girls; Hudson River Park; High Line, an elevated rail line which is now an elevated park.

Subway stops: The A, C, E line to 34th or 23rd Streets; the 1, 2, 3, 9 line to 34th, 28th, or 23rd Streets; the B, D, F, N, Q, R, V, or W train to 34th Street; or the F or V train to 28th Street.
 

Battery Park City Apartments New York City

Located on the western most tip of lower Manhattan, Battery Park City has much to offer. To the west of the West Side Highway, this area of Manhattan is relatively new, attached to the island during the construction of World Trade Center, from the excavated earth at the trade center site.
Located close to the Financial District and other Manhattan landmarks of commerce and knowledge; Stuyvesant High School, where the swimming pool, tennis and basketball courts are open to the public when not in use by students, the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Wagner Park, Battery Park and the Hudson River esplanade which offer residents of Battery Park City opportunities to exercise their mental and physical capacities.

Because of its relative newness, Battery Park City is more in tune with the sensibilities of the modern urban dweller; boasting trees and river views along the Hudson River esplanade that offer a bit of nature to residents. This area offers all of the qualities of suburban living, without having to leave Manhattan. The bustling neighborhood of Battery Park City turns quiet at night offering residents the qualities of suburban living with the conveniences of living in close proximity to everything.

Tribeca Apartments New York City

The “Triangle below Canal”, which was virtually uninhabited less than twenty years ago, has become one of the hottest real estate areas in Manhattan. A similar history to SoHo, TriBeCa was originally inhabited when the rent in SoHo became too high for the struggling artists. With a similar building makeup (low-rise cast iron buildings with large windows and interior walls) TriBeCa quickly became the interest of professionals and businesses alike.

Although TriBeCa is home to artists, celebrities and industrial types, Scarlet Johansson recently purchased a luxury loft in TriBeCa; it is also the ideal place for family living. With fewer tourists than SoHo, but with the similar building layouts and spacious designs, families have found SoHo to be the perfect blend of convenience, location and with top public elementary school p.s. 234 on the corner of Chambers and Greenwich streets, there is one more reason to live in TriBeCa.

TriBeCa has also enjoyed a recent revitalization in part thanks to movie star Robert DeNiro who brought the TriBeCa Film Center to fruition and took part in the TriBeCa grill on the ground floor of the same building.

Tribeca stands for Triangle Below Canal Street. The neighborhood extends from Canal Street to Park Place and from the Hudson River to Broadway. The area used to be an industrial district of warehouses. Those buildings have been converted into loft apartments, creating a neighborhood of mixed zoning. It's now a fashionable, trendy residential neighborhood where affluent residents and tourists frequent boutique shops and high end restaurants, like Nobu, Chanterelle, and Bouley. Celebrities and socialites flock here, and they enjoy quiet streets. Past and current residents include Mariah Carey, Gwyneth Paltrow, Harvey Keitel, Kate Winslet, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Meryl Street, Heather Graham, Jon Stewart, David Letterman, John F. Kennedy Jr., Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and The Edge. The Tribeca Film Festival takes place here. Other notable sites include the Powell Building, the New York Telephone Company building, the Holland Tunnel, and Washington Market Park. Ghostbusters was also filmed in Tribeca.

Subway stops: The 1 or 2 train to Canal, Franklin, or Chambers Streets, or the A, C, E line to Canal or Chambers Streets.
 

Other Neighborhoods in Tribeca: Soho, Little Italy, Bowery, Chinatown

Greenwich Village Apartments New York City

If you are young and hip, the Village, or some part of it, is likely where you aspire to live. The location of NYU, Cooper Union, Yeshiva University’s School of Law and the New School; Greenwich Village continues to be a part of New York City’s young and happening scene despite the high rental costs in the Village that long ago drove the struggling artists to other neighborhoods of the city such as Williamsburg and Long Island City. Many notable artists began their careers in the Village, and this area has become synonymous with such names as Bob Dylan, Madonna, the Ramones, and Talking Heads, Henry James, Edgar Allen Poe and Jackson Pollack and Norman Rockwell. Although you will have to venture to the outer boroughs to find struggling artists today, Greenwich Village is still a highly desirable location for liberal artist types, as many celebrities maintain residence in the many brownstone and townhouse buildings of the West Village such as novelist A.M. Homes.

The West Village is also one of the more notoriously gay friendly neighborhoods in the city, centered on Christopher Street the location of an important landmark in the gay movement, where a group of men, tired of watching members of their community be arrested fought back. Still the center of the gay and lesbian movement in the city, Greenwich Village is a haven of liberalism.

Washington Heights Apartments New York City

Washington Heights and Inwood. You’ll find very few modern buildings in this area. Most buildings are 6 to 12 story apartment houses which were built in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Many are large with high ceilings and offer views of the Hudson River or Harlem River Valley. Co-ops and rentals are numerous. There are also a moderate number of one and two-family homes.

High Bridge, Fort Washington and Inwood Parks are good for walking and offer superb views of the Hudson and Harlem Rivers. This is also home to the magnificent Cloisters, an abbey shipped brick-by-brick from Europe and devoted to medieval life and art. It was donated by the Rockefeller family and can be found in Fort Tryon Park, has a magnificent view and is a perfect spot for picnics.

Washington Heights is home to the Museum of the American Indian, The Hispanic Society of America and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. One of the cities largest teaching hospitals, Columbia Presbyterian, dominates the area. In addition to the local convenience stores, Dykman Avenue, from 181st to 207th Streets, offers major shopping.

Washington Heights in northern Manhattan is one of Manhattan's largest neighborhoods. Students and young professionals can find larger brownstones and apartments. There are many parks, such as Bennet Park, Fort Tryon Park, Highbridge Park, J. Hood Wright Park, and Riverside Park. The Cloisters, a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art featuring medieval works of art, is a main attraction of the area. The Little Red Lighthouse, made famous by the children's book, is on the eastern pillar of the George Washington Bridge. Residents of Washington Heights have included Alan Greenspan, Henry Kissinger, Stan Lee, Vin Scully, and Dr. Ruth Westheimer, as well as baseball players Rod Carew, Alex Rodriguez, and Manny Ramirez.

Subway stops: 6 to Parkchester-E 177 St
 

Gramercy Apartments New York City

Extending from 24th Street to Union Square and from Fifth to First Avenues as the city's oldest residential neighborhood, it has been home to some of the world's most influential people- Edith Wharton, Theodore Roosevelt and Eugene O'Neill. Considered the most well preserved historic downtown district, it features the last private park in New York City. The neighborhood is a rich urban mixture of townhouses, apartments and commercial buildings that live happily alongside a very famous private garden. Now a popular place for young professionals, designers and artists, it offers 19th century townhouses, luxury high-rise living and renovated warehouse loft apartments for the more adventurous. While it's true that only those who live right on the perimeter of the Park itself have access to it, locals are content just to be part of this community.

Flatiron District: The Flatiron District is a small neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, named after the Flatiron Building at 23rd Street, Broadway and Fifth Avenue.

Kips Bay: Kips Bay was named after the Dutch settler Jacobus Henderson Kip, whose farm ran north of 30th Street to the East River, around a bay in the East River which was named after him. The bay became reclaimed land, yet "Kips Bay" remains in the name of the area till today

Midtown West

Battery Park City is an excellent example of an successful urban planning development.

TriBeCa—the triangle below Canal Street-once a warehouse district, is home to some of the city's trendiest galleries, restaurants, and lofts.

SoHo—south of Houston Street--is a thriving destination for shopping and dining. And the diversity and architectural charm of Greenwich Village West and Chelsea make these residential neighborhoods two of the most sought after areas to live in Manhattan