We lived in this magnific apartment at Turtle Bay for more than 2 months. My family and me (two adults and two children) were welcomed even before the begin of our stay, with prompt, accurate and helpful replies to any of our questions and worries about running a daily life, that is, taking kids to school, grocery shopping, cooking, laundering etc. The arrival itself was lovely: Sophie and Eiilin left the apartment shining and tidy for us. They were so kind to fix a pizza waiting for us. Sophie explained everything about the apartment (appliances, lights etc.) and the building (trash disposal etc). The apartment’s location is amazing, with a 24/7 supermarket around the corner, great restaurants, lots of NYC’s landmarks at walking distance (the UN, Roosevelt Island, Grand Central Station, New York Public Library and Bryant Park, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, Central Park). And it is just a few blocks from trains 6 (51st St. with Lexington Ave), E and M (53rd St. with 3rd Ave). There is also a Trader Joe’s and a TJ Max nearby (both at 59th St. with 1st Ave) for budget groceries and everyday shopping needs. The 6 train service is a fast link to the Mont Sinai Hospital at Madison Ave with 98th St., which helped us deal with my 6 year old son arm fracture. The apartment itself has a wonderful energy, it is beautiful and well equipped with everything that you need for a comfort life, including a washing machine and dryer inside, which is particularly handy. In the morning you have a beautiful sunshine going through the window and at night we have a moonlight in the apartment. The felling is just amazing. The building has a full-time concierge and doorman that are very polite and helpful. I can say that me and my family had the most wonderful time of our lives in this place. The welcoming and caring of Eiilin and Sophie made us want to live here for the rest of our lives.

I was in town for a major surgery and needed a place nearby the hospital to recover with my husband and mom. Eileen and Sophie made sure we had everything we needed and were comfortable during our entire stay! They were wonderful hosts!

Enjoyed our stay

Ours was a 9 night stay and you will find as we did that the apt. is well equipped and stylish especially downstairs. We did not cook- hey it's New York and there are 3 gazillion restaurants in walking distance- but if you want to, everything will be there for you. Due to weather we were not able to get much use of the balcony on 49th Ave but it will be a welcome feature very soon, maybe today? You will not rent from a more responsive and caring owner than Eileen. She contacted us a couple of times to make sure all was well. If there is a downside it would be the disparity in infrastructure between the bedrooms. It goes from overboard spaciousness on one side (very nice!) to bare minimum on the other. We drew short straw and aside from about 2 feet of hanging, I basically lived out of my suitcase on the floor for 9 nights. One tiny 2 drawer vanity (again ground level) was it for folding storage. If its kids you bring then they won't mind that there is not an adequate partition on the loft side, adults will miss the privacy for sure. Pics do not capture the lack of privacy, period! We had to cover ourselves to access our one person bathroom from the bed area. There were only those long hanging plasticky blinds from the 80's that were always broken/open between you in bed and full view from upstairs and downstairs as well. The same blinds in the living area- inadequate for such a nice apt. Eileen, honey, ask somebody! You are a few grand and some labor away from tightening it up considerably. Call me, we can talk about it if you want. Mind you our friends, who drew the long straw, would probably give their experience 5 stars. Tons of storage on their side and a bath you could hold poker night in! If it's 2 couples like we were, then maybe it should be 60/40 on the rent! But a lovely building in a central location in a Great City. Ciao, jim