Towers Ivy

I have lived in Ivy Towers for 2 years and I really feel that it’s one of the best apartment rentals in the city. The management is excellent. The doormen and concierges all know my name and all are extremely friendly. Whenever I have a problem, a maintenance guy is always up to help me within 5 minutes.
The views from my apartment are incredible. I have an awesome view of both Times Square and the water. The amenities are fantastic too! I grab free tea/​coffee from the club room everyday and often drink it in the courtyard garden. It really is a nice little respite from the city! The gym is also very nice. It’s very clean with great machines.
The lobby is beautiful with a waterfall and there are always fresh flowers. It’s definitely a fantastic place to live!

This is a joke. Of course the management writes there own reviews on here. I was sitting in the office with them one day when SHE did it. They are very bitter, its probably because they have a poor product compared to the other luxury buildings in the area. And this place is not well insulated at all. I am in a lovely new real luxury building now by ARCHSTONE (a very well liked company across the USA) and I live next to an Arena (much like Madison Square Garden) and I don’t hear a peep!!! There are games nightly and its so quiet you wonder if you are really in the city! I have never slept so good, unlike the days in Ivy Tower. Every morning woke up by screaming children on a playground at 7am.
Ivy Tower is way overpriced. Have you seen the appliances? Nothing is stainless, nothing is real granite. It’s like the 1990s. Check out Silver Tower, The Victory, 360 W. 43^rd, or Orion for much nicer and modern fixtures. And pay for the gym? what a joke! Midcity Gym is just under the building on 42^nd and its cheaper! It is ny, but there are much better options near by. They should know anyone can check market rents on a lovely little website called
I even showed them the prices of other similar buildings near by when they attempted to raise my rent 14% in one year (the max allowed by law). This was during the lull in the market too, when all rents had been dropping. They said there price was normal yet it was so much more than others on this site. The only reason I stayed in the building is because I travel a LOT and thankfully I am hardly there. I wish I had read this site first. If you see something once, you wonder the validity. But when you see it OVER & OVER and OVER again, you know it can’t be made up. They used to say the ppl were crazy, I wonder who the real crazy ones are now. Plenty of real luxury buildings around too, like Victory, Orion, Silver Towers, etc.
As for the lease break, we were offered a lease break by them, and then they renigged on it, making up some lame excuse as to why we could not break it. They tried to lie about it, until I confronted the real manager AT the management company, when she honored the deal within minutes. Basically the leasing office was caught in there own lies, and kept lying until the end! I actually considered hiring an attorney for moving out, as I distrusted them that much. Thankfully the Super of the building is a little more level headed and he promised me I would get my full deposit back.
and YES, there is a sex offender living in the building, right across from the playground and next door to Holy Cross Elementary. They claim to do background checks on the application. If they even try to say this is a lie, its impossible as Level 2 offenders must update there status as to where they live every 90 days! I can just see the lame reply from mgmt now saying this is not true. But just go to
and see for yourself.

Avoid at all cost … after 4 years living here the leasing office has been a nightmare !!! They ve been despicable…
We asked to leave 2 weeks prior the end of the lease after several month of battle with our neighbors …
We ve been very acommodating with both landlord & tenants to solve the problem (a noise problem)
After several month we realized that we ve been played us & our neighbors by the leasing office
They told us many times that we couldnt leave the building earlier Managment decision was the reason …
After month we realized that they were misleading us to the wrong people to talk about it …
We finally talked to the managment who accepted our request almost immediately …
so my advices are when you speak to the girl from the managment always do it by writting because she s a real liar & you ll see she ll never answer you by email always on phone (no trace of her lies)
the day when we realized that she was lying to us for month we tried to confront her & she called the doormen as a security totally hysterical … you should see us we are really not dangerous … she denied totally all the lies … what a grown person …
TRY TO AVOID the building just because of those despicable people …
they pretend to be a luxury building but you should see one of the tenant in the elevator she has this huge cart full of «stuff» to sale on the street … it s very surprising for a LUXURY BUILDING
the apartments are not updated the isolation is awful the amenities are very poor if you live on the first building on 43^rd street you ll have to deal with screaming kids on the playground screaming all day long (good luck with nap or sleeping late)
& i m gonna give you a last idea of the Building it s on 350 W43rd street in front of a playground, right next door a school
you should check the NY state list of the sex offender & check what building hire & let one of them living here …
You ll see by yourself…

Honestly feel it’s one of the best apts in NYC. A nice high-​rise located just outside touristy Times Square, great doorman, fancy lobby, and solid apartments.
Location: Again it’s right across Port Authority, a block away from Times Square, half a block away from 9^th Ave /​Hell’s Kitchen, Subways, dry cleaners, bball court, restaurants surrounding the building. That works well for me.
Staff: Awesome. Doorman are very professional, responsible with your packages and notifications, and friendly. If you get a locked out, no problem, they’ll give you a spare key. Maintenance guys fix your problems by next day, or if emergency, the day of.
Interior: It’s nothing special compared to other high-​rises, but not once has a newcomer walked into the lobby and not say something along the lines of «wow this place is nice». It really is nice, feels like a hotel, with a nice little tunnel hallway to the elevators.
Apartment: Not really sure how to describe it, but everything is solid. The walls I think are pretty thick, I never hear my neighbors. Usually each weekend my apt is blasting music (with a heavy bass sound system) for a party but have never gotten a complaint so, maybe we got some good walls! Or… really nice tolerant neighbors.
Amenities: Laundry room, club room, deck, gym all on the same floor. All very convenient and fancy. Gym is pretty decent, has free weights, treadmills/​ellipticals, and a few machines. I signed up for a gym next door, but it closes at 11PM, so whenever I’m looking for a late night workout, the gym in the apartment does the job just fine.
Price: Reason it’s not a 5-​star. Yeah, it’s a little pricey. But it’s NYC.

I lived here for a year and I must say the experience was overall positive. They have the bells and whistles, but without being overrun by overpaid young banker types.
Pluses:
–Quick responses to maintenance requests
–Gym with towels ($ 300 membership/​apartment/​year)
–Convenient to all transportation (grand central, penn station, times square)
— Beautiful lobby
— Pet friendly
— Thick walls and ceilings (never heard a peep from neighbors)
— Allows temporary/​pressurized wall divisions
— Right near hell kitchen/​theatre district restaurants and bars!
— Private courtyard
— Short tower has easy access to elevators. Higher floors in bigger tower take forever to get an elevator.
Cons:
— Price (But, what can you expect from hell’s kitchen)
Considering the long list of pros, I would recommend Ivy Tower, but only to the extent that the price is affordable for you. Would I do it again if I could go back… maybe.