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DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN RENTAL APARTMENT BUILDINGS

This is a partial list of rental apartment buildings in Downtown Manhattan. The complete list of downtown rental buildings is a bit longer.

• 100 Maiden Lane (100 Maiden Lane, Financial District) - Former headquarters of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft converted into a residential building in 2005. The ce....
• 110 East 7th street (110 East 7th street, East Village) - Walk-up building
• 110 Greenwich (110 Greenwich Street, Battery Park City) - 60 loft-style apartments.
• 112 East 7th street (112 East 7th street, East Village)
• 140 Waverly Place (140 Waverly Place, West Village) - A 23-unit 6-story prewar elevator rental building
• 147 Avenue A (147 Avenue A, East Village) - Pre-war, walk-up building.
• 163 Mulberry (163 Mulberry, SoHo) - Pre-war building.
• 165 Mulberry street (165 Mulberry street, Little Italy) - Pre-war building.
• 181 East Houston street (181 East Houston street, Lower East Side) - Walk-up building.
• 2 Gold Street (2 Gold St, Financial District) - A 51-story tower. The façade alternates between cream-colored brick and "high-performance" windows with ....
• 218 East 6th street (218 East 6th street, East Village) - Walk-up building
• 22 River Terrace (22 River Terrace, Battery Park City) - Offering spacious studio, one-, two- and three- bedroom apartments with panoramas of the Hudson River, ....
• 96 Orchard street (96 Orchard street, Lower East Side) - Pre-war, walk-up building.
• 99 John (99 John Street, Financial District) - A 28-story luxury rental building offering studios and a choice of 1- through 4-bedroom apartment layouts....
• Avalon Chrystie Palace (229 Chrystie Street, Lower East Side) - 361-unit rental building completed in 2005. Avalon Chrystie Place was designed by Arquitectonica. SLCE ar....
• Gateway Plaza (345-395 South End Avenue, Battery Park City) - Completed in 1983 as the first residential development in Battery Park City, Gateway Plaza consists of si....
• Le Rivage (21 West Street, Battery Park City) - Built in 1926 in the Art Deco style, and restored in 1998. Architectural details abound in the halls, lob....
• Liberty Court (200 Rector Place, Battery Park City)
• Liberty House (377 Rector Place, Battery Park City)
• Liberty Terrace (380 Rector Place, Battery Park City)
• Post Towers (75 West Street, Battery Park City) - The building is named Post Towers after The New York Post, for which it was built in 1926. The Post left ....
• Tribeca Green (325 North End Avenue, Battery Park City) - New luxury rental that offers an opportunity to lead a "healthier, more eco-friendly" lifestyle.

See all downtown rental buildings (270 buildings)

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN RENTAL APARTMENT BUILDINGS

Below is a partial list of midtown rental buildings. The longer complete list of midtown rental buildings is also available.

• 20 Park Avenue (20 Park Avenue, Murray Hill) - A pre-war building with a few recently added floors. The 13th floor is conspicuously missing.
• 207 East 27th (207 East 27th Street, Kips Bay)
• 21 Chelsea (120 West 21st Street, Chelsea) - Luxury apartment building in the heart of Chelsea. Studios, 1-bedrooms, 2-bedroom apartments available.
• 214 East 24th (214 East 24th street, Kips Bay) - A low-rise elevator building with a 24-hour garage.
• 220 East 25th (220 East 25th Street, Kips Bay)
• 221 East 33rd Street (221 East 33rd Street, Kips Bay) - Prewar building
• 300 East 34th Street (300 East 34th Street, Murray Hill)
• 382 Third Avenue (382 3rd Avenue, Kips Bay) - Elevator building, conveniently located only 1 block away from the subway.
• 777 Sixth Avenue (777 Sixth Avenue, Chelsea) - A new 32-story luxury rental apartment building in Chelsea.
• Archstone Chelsea (800 Sixth Avenue, Chelsea)
• Archstone East 39th (300 East 39th Street, Murray Hill) - Contemporary apartments.
• The Biltmore Plaza (155 East 29th Street, Kips Bay) - A 30-floor tower with a gym and a garage. Built in 1980.
• Chelsea Centro (200-220 West 26th Street, Chelsea) - An 18-story 356-unit luxury building.
• Dryden East (150 East 39th street, Murray Hill) - Pre-war building
• The Helena (601 West 57th street, Hell's Kitchen) - "Environmentally advanced" high-rise building.
• London Terrace Gardens (23rd street between 9th and 10th avenue, Chelsea) - When it was completed in 1931, London Terrace was the considered the largest apartment building in the wo....
• Manhattan Promenade (344 Third Ave, Kips Bay) - Modern building
• The Montrose (306-308 East 38th Street, Murray Hill) - 20-story, 104,000-square-foot luxury residential rental project. A "boutique" building with fewer than a ....
• Plaza East (340 East 34th street, Murray Hill) - A 17-floor building constructed in the 1960's. Around 200 units.
• The Tate (535 West 23rd Street, Chelsea) - A building offering a "a selection of over forty different apartments, with features that include granite....
• Towne House (108 East 38th street, Murray Hill)
• The Wilshire (207 East 30th street, Kips Bay)

See all midtown rental buildings (231 buildings)

UPTOWN MANHATTAN RENTAL APARTMENT BUILDINGS

A partial list of uptown buildings can be seen below. As usual, the complete list of uptown rental buildings is also available.

• 1160 Fifth Avenue (1160 Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side) - Pre-war building.
• 1378 York Avenue (1378 York Avenue, Upper East Side)
• 1394 York Avenue (1394 York Avenue, Upper East Side)
• 1590 Second Avenue (1590 Second Avenue, Upper East Side)
• 169 East 91st street (169 East 91st street, Upper East Side)
• 1705 First Avenue (1705 First Avenue, Upper East Side)
• 171 East 89th street (171 East 89th street, Upper East Side)
• 204 West 81st street (204 West 81st street, Upper West Side)
• 226 East 70th street (226 East 70th street, Upper East Side) - Pre-war building.
• 226 East 81st street (226 East 81st street, Upper East Side) - Pre-war building.
• 228 East 81st street (228 East 81st street, Upper East Side)
• 229 East 89th street (229 East 89th street, Upper East Side) - Walk-up building
• 229 East 96th street (229 East 96th street, Upper East Side)
• 304 East 92nd street (304 East 92nd street, Upper East Side) - Pre-war building
• 311 East 81st street (311 East 81st street, Upper East Side)
• Carnegie Hill Place @ 1500 Lexington (1500 Lexington Ave, Upper East Side) - A luxury building just blocks from Central Park.
• Carnegie Hill Place @ 1501 Lexington (1501 Lexington Avenue, Upper East Side) - Modern 24-Hour concierge building completed in 2001.
• Carnegie Park (200 East 94th Street, Upper East Side)
• Dorchester Towers (155 West 68th street, Upper West Side) - Large 683-unit residential complex built in 1964
• The Monterey (175 East 96th Street, Upper East Side)
• Normandie Court (225 East 95th street, Upper East Side) - A very large 1,477-unit modern residential building completed in 1987
• River East (408 East 92nd Street, Upper East Side) - A newly constructed high-rise building.

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UPPER MANHATTAN RENTAL APARTMENT BUILDINGS

A partial list:

• 15 West 139th street (15 West 139th street, West Harlem) - One of the seven buildings of the Savoy Park development.
• 191 St. Nicholas Avenue (191 St. Nicholas Avenue, Central Harlem)
• 211 West 117th street (211 West 117th street, Central Harlem)
• 2149 Eighth Avenue (2149 Eighth Avenue, Central Harlem) - Rent-stabilized walk-up building.
• 2300 Fifth Avenue (2300 Fifth Avenue, Central Harlem) - This is one of the seven buildings of the Savoy Park development, this site was once home to the legenda....
• 238 Fort Washington Avenue (238 Fort Washington Avenue, Washington Heights) - Pre-war, elevator building.
• 270 West 119th street (270 West 119th street, Central Harlem) - Rent stabilized building.
• 270 West 153rd street (270 West 153rd street, Central Harlem) - Pre-war, walk-up building.
• 275 Fort Washington Avenue (275 Fort Washington Avenue, Washington Heights) - Pre-war, elevator building.
• 276 West 119th street (276 West 119th street, Central Harlem) - Rent stabilized, elevator building.
• 281 West 119th street (281 West 119th street, Central Harlem) - Walk-up building. Rent-stabilized.
• 30 West 141st street (30 West 141st street, Central Harlem) - One of the seven buildings of the Savoy Park development, this site was once home to the legendary Savoy....
• new! 420 St Nicholas Avenue (420 St Nicholas Avenue, Central Harlem) - Walk-up building.
• 45 West 139th (45 West 139th, West Harlem) - One of the buildings in the Savoy Park development.
• 49 Saint Nicholas Terrace (49 Saint Nicholas Terrace, West Harlem) - Elevator building.
• 4996 Broadway street (4996 Broadway street, Inwood) - Pre-war, walk-up building.
• 523 West 160th street (523 West 160th street, Washington Heights)
• 524 West 159th street (524 West 159th street, Washington Heights) - Walk-up building.
• 542 West 149th street (542 West 149th street, Washington Heights) - Walk-up building.
• 552-554 West 149th street (552-554 West 149th street, Washington Heights)

See the complete list Upper Manhattan rental buildings in our database (138 buildings).

ROOSEVELT ISLAND RENTAL APARTMENT BUILDING

Although Roosevelt Island is officially part of the borough of Manhattan, it is an island, so if you decide to rent there, you'll need to get acquainted with a lesser-known mode of transportation called the air-tram.

• Eastwood (510-580 Main Street, Roosevelt Island) - 10-building complex of about 1,000 units
• Island House (555-557 Main Street, Roosevelt Island)
• Manhattan Park on Roosevelt Island (10-40 River Road, Roosevelt Island) - Over a thousand rental apartments in five buildings. Many residents are UN employees. 94 apartments are r....
• The Octagon (888 Main Street, Roosevelt Island) - A luxury apartment building offering a wide range of services and amenities including tennis courts, wate....

BROOKLYN RENTAL APARTMENT BUILDINGS

• 1408 Bushwick Avenue (1408 Bushwick Avenue, Bushwick) - Walk-up building.
• 145 Montrose Avenue (145 Montrose Avenue, Williamsburg)
• 2011 Ocean Avenue (2011 Ocean Avenue, Midwood) - Elevator building.
• 219 Brightwater Court (219 Brightwater Court, Brighton Beach) - Six-story pre-war elevator building with direct ocean views.
• 231 Brightwater Court (231 Brightwater Court, Brighton Beach) - Six-story pre-war elevator building with direct ocean views.
• 25 Pierrepont street (25 Pierrepont street, Brooklyn Heights) - Pre-war brownstone walk-up building.
• 3085 Brighton 13th street (3085 Brighton 13th street, Brighton Beach) - Elevator building.
• 3100 Brighton 2nd (3100 Brighton 2nd street, Brighton Beach) - Six-story pre-war elevator building
• 3130 Brighton (3130 Brighton 7th street, Brighton Beach) - Six-story pre-war elevator building
• 335 State street (335 State street, Downtown Brooklyn)
• 410 State street (410 State street, Downtown Brooklyn) - Elevator building.
• 42 Hicks street (42 Hicks street, Brooklyn Heights) - Walk-up building.
• new! 699-711 Ocean Avenue (699-711 Ocean Avenue, Flatbush) - Six-story pre-war elevator building.
• new! 855 Ocean Avenue (855 Ocean Avenue, Flatbush) - Six-story Art Deco style elevator building.
• Archstone Brooklyn Heights (180 Montague Street, Brooklyn Heights) - High-rise building completed in 2000.

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QUEENS RENTAL APARTMENT BUILDINGS

• new! 132-70 Sanford Avenue (132-70 Sanford Avenue, Flushing) - Pre-war, elevator building.
• new! 139-09 34th Road (139-09 34th Road, Flushing) - Walk-up building.
• new! 143-45 Sanford Avenue (143-45 Sanford Avenue, Flushing) - Elevator building.
• new! 151-10 35th Avenue (151-10 35th Avenue, Flushing) - Walk-up building.
• 188-34 87th Drive (188-34 87th Drive, Hollis)
• new! 22-73 41st street (22-73 41st street, Astoria) - Walk-up building.
• 27-37 27th street (27-37 27th street, Astoria)
• new! 32-25 93rd street (32-25 93rd street, Elmhurst) - Walk-up building.
• new! 37-33 College Point Boulevard (37-33 College Point Boulevard, Flushing) - Walk-up building.
• 37-55 77th street (37-55 77th street, Jackson Heights)
• new! 39-25 65th street (39-25 65th street, Woodside) - Elevator building.
• 43-23 40th street (43-23 40th street, Sunnyside)
• new! 43-43 91st street (43-43 91st street, Elmhurst)
• 47-45 Vernon Boulevard (47-45 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City)
• 4720 Center Blvd. (4720 Center Boulevard, Long Island City) - 32-story tower is part of "East Coast" - a development project for Long Island City. The tower sits right....

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BRONX RENTAL APARTMENT BUILDINGS

• 1551 Williamsbridge Road (1551 Williamsbridge Road, Morris Park) - Elevator building.
• 1833-39 Westchester Avenue (1833-39 Westchester Avenue, Parkchester) - Four walk-up buildings.
• 2112 Starling Avenue (2112 Starling Avenue, Parkchester) - Elevator building.
• 3615 Oxford Avenue (3615 Oxford Avenue, Riverdale)
• 679 Waring Avenue (679 Waring Avenue, Bronxdale) - Elevator building.
• 92 East 208th street (92 East 208th street, Norwood)
• Bicoastal Apartments (2165 Chatterton Avenue, Castle Hill) - A 6-story pre-war building
• Briar Hill (600 West 246th street, Riverdale)
• The Century (2600 Netherland Ave, Riverdale) - Spacious apartments with breathtaking views of Manhattan
• Parkchester (2000 East Tremont Avenue, Parkchester) - A 129-acre community (described as a "self-contained village") that gave the name to the entire neighborh....
• Premiere Apartments (1565-1575 Theriot Avenue, Parkchester) - Pre-war elevator building located a few blocks south-east of the Bronx Zoo.

NEW JERSEY RENTAL APARTMENT BUILDINGS

• 1215 Kennedy Boulevard (1215 Kennedy Boulevard, Downtown Jersey City)
• 333 River street (333 River street, Hoboken)
• 7004-7006 Broadway (7004-7006 Broadway, Guttenberg) - Multi-family building.
• Archstone Hoboken (77 Park Avenue, Hoboken)
• new! Carriage House (1275 15th street, Fort Lee)
• The Constitution North at the Shipyard (1-14th street, Hoboken)
• The Gotham (255 Warren street, Downtown Jersey City)
• new! Hudson Point (131 Dudley street, Downtown Jersey City)
• Hudson Square North (235 Hudson street, Hoboken)
• Hudson Square South (205 Hudson street,, Hoboken)
• The Independence at the Shipyard (One Independence Court, Hoboken)
• The Landings at Port Imperial (4 Avenue at port Imperial, West New York)
• Liberty Towers (33 Hudson Street, Downtown Jersey City)
• The Pier (1 Harborside Place, Downtown Jersey City)
• Portside Towers (155 Washington street, Downtown Jersey City)

The latest additions to the database of buildings were made on: May 8, 2008.

ADDED RECENTLY: 300 East 3rd street , 401 East 62nd street , 27 Washington Sq North , 127 East 7th street , 148 West 4th street , 219 East 23rd street , 250 Mott street , 439 West 50th street , The Magellan , Manhattan Park on Roosevelt Island , Marc NY , 19-21 Grove Street , 530 East 88th , 100 Woodruff Ave , 194 East 2nd

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TIPS FOR RENTERS

Fee or No Fee?

The majority of buildings listed on our site are so-called no-fee buildings. That means that you'll be dealing with the management company directly, without any intermediaries (brokers or agents) and consequently, you won't be required to pay extra fees.

There are certain exceptions, though. When you see that building is "represented" by an "exclusive rental agent" (usually a large brokerage) you will have no choice but to talk to them. Ask them if there's a fee - some of these "exclusive" arrangements stipulate that broker fees not be charged. (This advice does not apply, however, if you didn't contact the management directly but rather were shown an apartment by a broker and only then did your research to find out you could have rented directly. In such circumstances, most buildings will enact the "brokers protected" policy, since you probably have signed away your right to deal directly with the management when you first met your broker).

In New York, a typical broker's fee is about 15% (up to 20% in some cases) of one year's rent. Thus, a typical broker's fee on a $3,000 apartment will be $5,400. No wonder New Yorkers have been looking hard to avoid paying such fees (thanks to NYBits, they can now do that!). In certain situations, however, brokers charge less - for example, it is not uncommon to pay a "low fee" around 10% or even a fee of one month's rent (which roughly corresponds to 8.3%).

When we have information that a building is rented through a brokerage a requires a fee, we show a "fee warning" prominently in the building capsule.

Ready to skip brokers? Try our free no-fee rental search tool

Doorman or Non-Doorman?

Management companies have been known to use the terms "doorman" and "concierge" almost interchangeably, although technically, the two things are diffent (it's quite possible, for example, to have both a doorman and a concierge). Loosely defined, the word "doorman" could mean a part-time employee to sign for packages during the day, a full-time one (same with extended hours), or even a 24/7 presence in your lobby. When in doubt, ask!

Keep in mind that the services of your doorman (or concierge) don't come free. Citi Habitats' research indicates that doorman buildings (which is to say the majority of buildings listed on NY Bits) normally charge 5%-30% higher rents, depending on the neighborhood. Of course, it can be argued that doorman buildings tend to have better amenities and thus higher rents are justified. Another point: the same firm's research indicates that the minimum size of a building required to justify the expense of a doorman is around 40 units. Thus, doorman buildings tend to be larger than non-doorman ones.

For more info: see our list of doorman rental buildings

Short Term Rentals

If you need a place for less than a full year, it might make sense to look into a furnished short-term rental apartment. Below are some of the managers offering such accomodations. Most of them rent by the month (even its only for 1 month), but sometimes weekly and even daily rates are available as well.

• 25 Clinton (25 Clinton Street, Lower East Side) - Inexpensive furnished downtown apartments for long or short term.
• Bridge Suites (351 East 60th street, Upper East Side) - Fully furnished walk-up studios and one bedrooms for short-term lease.
• BridgeStreet 316 East 63rd (316 East 63rd street, Upper East Side) - Short-term rental property
• Liberty View (99 Battery Place, Battery Park City) - A 294-unit short/long-term rental building.
• Turtle Bay Suites (224 East 48th street, Midtown East) - Both short- and long-term rentals (1 month minimum). Initially open to corporations only.