Ricardo & Alejandra’s Apartment could not have been better located for us taking our adult children on their first visit to NYC. Midtown between 5th and 6th Avenues. Minutes to walk to Time Square, Rockefeller Centre, Grand Central Station, MOMA, St Patrick’s Cathedral, etc.! 35th Floor with great views of One World Trade Centre from the main rooms - and parts of Time Square from two bedrooms/ensuites.
The Apartment was easily accessible from JFK via AirTrain to Jamaica and E Train to Time Square and 5mins walk. We took a taxi there ($60 in c50 mins at 1pm arrival) and trains back (c70 mins for 8pm departure) as we were warned the UN was in session and taxi would take c2hrs!
It was convenient to get to all the great restaurants we wanted to visit as well as the Met, Guggenheim, Frick, MOMA, Highline and OWTC, Brooklyn Bridge... via Subway, Taxi or walking. (We found Uber slower & 2 x taxi price so only used once).
The very friendly apartment block concierge team stored our luggage for us after check out.
The Apartment had a great layout for us, with three bedrooms with ensuite - and an extra bedroom (which has to share an ensuite). This allowed us to each have our own space. The shared open plan living, dining and kitchen area had everything we needed. There was a Nespresso machine with capsules and plenty of glasses, crockery, cutlery etc., irons, hair dryers and washing machine & dryer. The beds were super comfortable!
We called Alejandra when we had issues working one aircon control and locking the safe and she actioned fixing things immediately. Communications were fast and efficient.
This apartment is almost perfect!
Just one thing I personally would have liked. Apparently because it’s on the 35th floor... even though it’s a private residence, the windows can’t be opened. So we were living in an air conditioned environment - like a high-rise office tower. The aircon was very effective, but I would have liked to open the windows.