New York City Rentals near NYSC 19th West 44th Street

This very large rental apartment tower, which was completed in 1998, lessens its impact on the street by chamfering its corner at the avenue and provides welcome light and air, opening up interesting views for residents.

Archstone Midtown West, which was originally called the Gershwin, is on the same cross-street as Rockefeller Center, Saks Fifth Avenue and St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral and borders the Theatre District and the northern fringes of Times Square. Good luck eating in when you live a walk from 9th Avenue's famed Restaurant Row.

The Biltmore, a 53-story rental apartment tower, has 464 apartments. It has a fitness center, business center, residents' lounge with a fireplace, games area, screening room, and terrace. The red-brick building has the upper portion of a facade angled to create some bay windows. The Biltmore offers an outstanding array of floor plans including studios, alcove studios, one bedrooms, two bedrooms, and two+ bedroom residences.

The Ritz Plaza presides over the pulse of New York in the heart of Manhattan -- Times Square. Just steps away from world-famous theaters, hotels, restaurants and cultural attractions, the Ritz Plaza is a newly renovated luxury residential building with balconied units that offer spectacular views of the city.

In terms of sustainability, style and central location, few luxury rentals in Manhattan can match the apartments for rent at Emerald Green, a green rental building at 320 West 38th Street that is setting the pace for luxury living in the Garment District. The first LEED-certified rental apartment building from heavyweight New York City developers Glenwood Management, Emerald Green combines peerless energy efficiency and cutting-edge green design elements with all the luxurious amenities and high-quality finishes savvy NYC dwellers expect from a Manhattan luxury rental.

Manhattan real estate is the land of acronyms and abbreviations, from Soho to FiDi to the LES. So MiMA -- a hybrid new luxury rental and condominium building from The Related Companies whose name is short for Middle of Manhattan -- fits right in. But there's more to MiMA than a nifty acronym -- few luxury rental listings in Midtown West, and few rentals anywhere in Manhattan, offer as wide-ranging and impressive a suite of amenities as MiMA.

Midtown West is one of those Manhattan neighborhoods so full of life that it can be dizzying for someone not used to it. And right in the middle of all that hustle and bustle, at 400 West 37th Street, is Hudson Crossing, a luxury Manhattan rental building that gives its residents a place to relax as the city thrives beneath them. Hudson Crossing is 13 stories high, and holds 259 luxury apartments for rent that rang in size from studios to one- and two-bedroom suites.