One Carnegie Hill

This building is a no-​fee building and so the review about the huge security deposit/​broker fee is just wrong. It is a NO FEE building. All that person would have needed to do was contact the leasing office, which is on premises and open 7 days a week during business hours, directly. You can just walk in off the street, and if you are qualified, you can rent directly from the management company. NO FEE. I have lived in 2 different apartments in this building over a 5 year period and it is a great building, very well-​maintained and professionally run. Both my apartments have faced busy E. 96^th street and both have been totally quiet. I never hear anything except occasionally a siren right under the window because it is at the vortex of several hospitals. Amazingly quiet for this location. Meaning, well constructed. The smallest problem, including a burned out light bulb, is fixed immediately at no charge by the maintenance team. Superb service, highest recommendation. And they love dogs.

I have lived in One Carnegie Hill since it opened a few years ago… I would recommend this building to anyone. Well maintained, clean, secure, modern. The lobby staff guys are friendly and helpful and the maintenance staff responds quickly. No noise from neighbors (not even the sound of footsteps overhead), tho there is occasional street noise (my apt is above the 20^th floor). Beautiful view from the roof deck. Very nice gym and swimming pool. Subway is one block away and crosstown bus is less than a block away. There are both owners and renters that live in the building. No complaints at all… a very nice place to live.

215 E 96^th St #24E
The following link is the listing property for rent, #24E@ One Carnegie Hill. The owner firstly listed as $ 3500+, and no one wanted it. Then she asked her broker to list it at $ 2950, which meet my criteria so me and my broker went to see it.
Once her broker saw me, and made sure that I was very interested, he started playing the game and trying to make me put down three months worth of deposit (that is about $ 10K!!) When I finally made a sincere offer of two months worth of deposit (already absurd to me!) with a requirement of a flexible moving date (yes, I did really want that apartment,) the owner and her broker got even crazier andASKED FOR SIX MONTHS WORTH OF DEPOSIT with A RAISE IN RENT PRICE TO $ 3000.
I was shocked at how the owner of Apt 24E at One Carnegie Hill, 215 E 96^th St, NY was only using the listing price to attract people and hoping some one could fall into her trap and full fill her desperation for CASH. I declined the «counter offer» of course, and would like to warn people not to rent this person’s apartment because a person who has such greed for cash will continue trying to scam money off you, and who knows if she will return the «6-​month worth of deposit» back to you? Where will she use the money and WHY IS SHE SO DESPERATE FOR $$$? Think about it twice before putting you money in her pocket! Additionally, a person like this would barely spend any money fixing anything in the apartment for you when you need it!