215 E 96th St, Manhattan, NY, 10128

Amazing staff, from the leasing agent to the concierge and maintenance, everyone in this building is super helpful and attentive. Excellent service, very responsive to issues and accommodating! We are relocating otherwise there's no other place we would rather live.

Avoid this apartment! Building management is not responsive to maintenance problems. The elevator has been out of service for over one month, and was out of service for a three week stretch earlier this year. Management has done nothing to fix the problem!

- Great staff - Fantastic amenities (pool, sauna, gym, grill terrace, rooftop terrace with club room), bike room, parking - Brand new, well insulated - Near the park, near the subway - On the expensive side, but great value

PROs - Great staff - Amazing noise insulation from other apartments, have not heard my neighbors once. - Everything works, everything looks fantastic - Gym is Equinox-grade - Pool is great - 2 sundecks, one with the 48th floor view on Central Park, the other with the BBQs - Washer dryer in unit - It's the kind of place you want to show off CONs - Air conditioning system / heater is quite noisy - Sauna is a bit cheap and not well insulated (loses heat)

I really do love our apartment. Have been here since October 09. Great layout. A lot of closet space. My hubby and I don't feel cramped at all although it is only a Junior One studio. 7 closets! Foyer and small hallway to the bathroom! Amazing it is not even 600 square feet. Very quiet Washer Dryer in our unit. Our stove isn't quiet though, LOL.. Something rattling when we use it, but we hardly ever use it so we have not asked a maintenance dude to fix it. As for noise: No noise from adjacent neighbors through walls. Nothing. However, people in hallway can be heard if they are talking (but that isn't a huge issue). We are, however, so very lucky to have neighbors at the end of the hall with one particularly loud, bratty OBNOXIOUS kid who screams in the hallway every single day of our lives for a couple minutes each morning, and every evening. I don't know what that little kid's damage is, but I hate her. As for noise from outside the windows, we are on the 28th floor facing West looking over 96th street. It is a VERY busy, REALLY noisy intersection. The blasted police and ambulance and firetruck sirens almost drive me to tears, but my husband says I'm just being over-sensitive and dramatic. Maybe he is right. Anyway, there is always a bottle neck of traffic below which also leads to EXCESSIVE and AGGRESSIVE horn honking by taxi drivers. They will lay on the horn for 15 seconds straight. If It gets to be too much I turn on the heat or AC unit and the sound is then completely drowned out. There is also a mosque directly below and on Friday afternoon you can hear their call to prayers which I don't mind and think is rather pretty (at least its much better than sirens, horns and a wailing child!) The fitness room is great. Pool is great. Sun terrace is beautiful. Elevators fast and always working. Awesome location to subway and to Central Park. One draw back is the amount of wind as you come to the corner of 3rd and 96th. Whew. It will freeze you to the bone coming home from work. The team of doormen are very nice. A couple of them smile more than the others, but they are all very good at their jobs. Location: its the upper east side - but barely! There are plenty of restaurants to walk to, but it is not the hippest section. Kind of boring actually. But you are within walking distance of "coolness" and you can hop on the 6 which is a 3minute walk. Oh - by the way - this building is ALL ABOUT KIDS. We don't have any of our own and actually would rather prefer to eat them (BBQ'd), so if you don't have kids and don't like to be around them this is NOT the building for you! Don't worry - We haven't pinched any of them when the parents aren't looking, we have behaved ourselves. My hubby and I sometimes take a long walk through Central Park to go have dinner on the West side. If you like long walks it is a very lovely one. I do recommend this building. I think you'll be happy. If noise is an issue: Don't get an apartment that is facing 96th or 3rd. If possible, get one facing 97th. Read more: http://www.apartmentratings.com/rate/NY-New-York-One-Carnegie-Hill-1077395.html#ixzz0v5cKis4r

I have lived in the building since 2007. The building is fantastic. Very kid and pet friendly. Building staff are first class.

Love our apartment. Have been here since October 09. Super doormen. Great timely service. Quiet interior with a lot of closet space. My hubby and I don't feel cramped at all although it is only a Junior One studio. 7 closets! Foyer and small hallway to the bathroom! Washer Dryer in our unit. Very quiet - so is the dishwasher. Our stove isn't though.. LOL.. Something rattling when we use it, but we hardly ever use it so we have not asked a maintenance dude to fix it. Speaking of quiet, we never hear our neighbors unless they are in the hallway. We do hear their door open and close. As for noise from outside we are on the 28th floor facing West. We hear the pretty ------ prayers on Friday afternoons (Mosque directly connected to building) and of course the annoying taxis blowing their horns. Emergency crews like to blare their sirens too at any and all times (I seriously doubt there are really THAT many emergencies. They often just want to get through intersections. Jerks.) Anyway, that noise is tempered very well by the double-paned glass windows. The fitness room is great. Pool is great. Sun terrace is beautiful. Elevators fast and always working. Awesome location to subway and to Central Park. Only draw back is the amount of wind as you come to the corner of 3rd and 96th. Whew. It will freeze you to the bone coming home from work. Highly recommend this building. You won't be disappointed.