City Wide Apartments

Finding a place in the city has never been fun or pleasant, and I always felt the need to be on my guard. Meeting Michael from City Wide was a real game changer, he went above and beyond for us. After viewing a few places we were sold on a spot in UES because of its location. Just before we signed I got a call from Michael, to our surprise he was still looking for a better deal for us and found one! This kid is amazing! He negotiated A free month of rent and lowered the price in a bigger space! Very happy to have met Michael, and I saved his number so when any of my friends need to find a place I know I got a guy they can count on. When I was looking for office space Michael assisted us. My company has been very successful in its new space. THANK YOU MICHAEL FOR EVERYTHING! I Hope you are lucky enough to get a chance work with him because he is a very genuine and honest person to work with.

My room mate and I had a great experience working with city wide in our apartment search. Our broker, Jessica Ekstein went above and beyond for us. Jessica took our search criteria into consideration (tight budget, location, etc) and in the end found us a great place. She was really focused, friendly and most importantly patient with us. Her colleague Michael Patterson was also a great point of contact. I will definitely recommend using city wide to all my friends and family in the future!

After reading a review by «MC» recently in the City Wide Unilocal feed, which was brought to my attention by someone I referred to City Wide, I felt compelled to write a review of my own (although I do not normally use as a place to air grievances or bestow compliments).
I recently worked with one of the brokers at City Wide named Cliff who along with the management team there was completely transparent, honest and diligent in his efforts to assist me. I was able to find, with his help, an apartment for my family at a price within my budgetary constraints and was charged a reasonable fee for the service provided (well below what I have paid through other brokers).
Additionally, it is noteworthy that Cliff did not waste any of my time. He was able to locate and schedule apartments for me to view apartments within a few hours of me contacting him, one of which I rented as it met and in some cases exceeded my requirements/​expectations.
It can be a jungle out there in the city trying to find an apartment; City Wide is one company you can really trust to help you find a new place to call home.
I would not believe every negative review you read. there are lots of crazy people in New York.

Do NOT use this co! Sleezy bunch of liars who practically do «nothing» for their fee and have no regard to your feelings. Not to mention lying about the pictures they show, addresses, and of course always wanting the highest fee.

I would definitely recommend Jessica E at City Wide Apartments. I contacted her about an apartment listing I saw online, and she got back to me right away to set up an appointment for the following day. She also showed me a couple other units, one of which I loved! She was really helpful and very responsive, always texting me back quickly, and she made sure to do what she could to get my application in ASAP. She got answers to all the questions I had, met with me on short notice to see the apartment a second time, and was also really helpful at the lease signing. She was great!

We used City Wide to find our most recent apt. The staff was very friendly. We worked with Ryan Saxton. He was very friendly, knowledgeable, patient, and really took our preferences/​needs into consideration when researching and viewing potential places. I would definitely recommend using them to help find your next place!

I had the pleasure of working with Kellyn Lindsay of Citywide Apartments. She was fantastic at working around my schedule, incorporating my feedback into the search, and offered great advice throughout. Also, she was always working towards my best interests and certainly didn’t pressure me into closing on some of the places I only felt lukewarm about. I ended up with an apartment that I really liked, and it was all wrapped up well in advance of my move date. I can’t recommend Kellyn and Citywide highly enough!

My roommate and I were searching for an apartment and had been through the ringer with different brokers. We had all but given up by the time of our last appointment. It was Jessica whom we immediately clicked with. She was friendly, helpful, and clearly communicated to find out exactly what we wanted in an apartment and did not push for what we didn’t want or what was out of our budget. Even though it was a snowy, February day in NYC Jessica did not give up until we found exactly what we were looking for. My roommate and I are comfortably settled in our new place and couldn’t be happier. Thank you so much Jessica! I would recommend this group of people searching for an apartment in the city.

I relocated from Boston to NYC. City Wide was a great company to work with. They were thorough, responsive, and unlike a lot of brokers, they were extremely ethical in their dealings with me and all fees associated with any apartments. I worked with Mike and Jessica, and have only positive things to say about each. I would recommend City Wide to anyone weeding through all the bad brokers on craigslist and not knowing where to turn.

Mary was by far the most pleasant person I’ve met in the business. I’ve worked with a ton of brokers through different experiences and Mary was just pretty much awesome. Professional, compassionate, organized, quick responses, accommodating, and enjoyable to be around. We met with her a number of times and shared more than a few good laughs.
When we came to the City Wide Apartments office we were welcomed with friendly people and a down to earth vibe. It was a pleasure to work with the company and I highly recommend working with Mary in your next move.

I forgot to add that Chad texted me after I wrote the review and requested that I take it down, which would defeat the purpose of Unilocal reviews. Also, future renters, don’t get suckered. They will say that they have this great apartment for you, but when you go see it, it will be either taken or the rent will be higher than initially quote, or they will have another similar apartment for a higher rent or a higher fee. It is all a game. If the apartment you want is not available, you are in NYC, there will be tons more that are available in your range — don’t feel pressured into getting an apartment you don’t want. Also, they push certain apts, such as 405 East 56^th Street, because they get an extra bonus for them.

I recently relocated from Atlanta, GA to New York City for work. I had never lived outside the South before and I was VERY apprehensive about doing apartment shopping on my own. Jeff R. with City Wide was referred to me by a trusted friend, and I consider myself so lucky to have been connected with him. Jeff is a superb apartment broker, a friendly and helpful person, and the BEST resource for anyone looking to rent in NYC.
We spoke by phone before I arrived to discuss my budget and housing preferences. Jeff made some recommendations of neighborhoods for me to look at. Over the next couple of weeks, as I had questions or saw interesting places online, Jeff was quick to respond to my emails with helpful answers and insights. He even helped me handle the daunting task of compiling all the paperwork New York rentals require, so I was fully prepped and ready to rent before I even arrived.
The day after I arrived in New York, we met up and spent an epic day together. Jeff had lined up SIXTEEN places for me to look at. All of them met my preferences and gave me a deep understanding of the different neighborhoods I could choose from. It was like a personalized dream tour of my favorite parts of NYC. I was astonished that Jeff had done so much pre-​work, researched so many places, and set up so many appointments. I’m happy to say that at the end of our very first day of apartment shopping, I applied and was approved for my perfect place.
I have absolutely no doubt that I wouldn’t have found such value so quickly if I hadn’t worked with Jeff R. from City Wide. Thank you so much!

Dear Kristen,
I already live in the city, but am interested in potentially moving. Saw a listing on Craigslist for 57^th Street 2 bedroom. Turns out that this apartment wasn’t available, but *lucky me* you had two units available for a negotiable fee. The listing said no fee so I’m not sure where the fee came from. I understand that you need to make a living, but I can promise you that lying on listings is a good way to get a negative response. Anyway thanks for being totally unprofessional and unhelpful.

Looking for apartments in NYC can be very stressful and websites (i.e. craigslist) can be very unreliable and misleading.
Chad was great. We gave him preferred neighborhoods, price range and a list of amenities that we wanted in the unit/​building (i.e. dishwasher, doorman, new appliances), and he basically did all of the work for us. He gave us realistic expectations based on our requested price range, but managed to go above and beyond them with the units that were shown. Couldn’t ask for a better experience.

I’ve moved a lot. I’ve moved to different cities– large and small– because of the type of work I do. I only say this to make it clear how many times I’ve had to look for apartments– always concerned about the neighborhood, cost of living, and amenities nearby. With this background, I can state unequivocally that Chad Rosow with City Wide knows his craft– a real estate professional who goes above and beyond! Nothing is more underwhelming than dealing with brokers who do this as a part-​time gig or do not know the neighborhoods, building details, etc. Chad doesn’t pass judgement or pretend, but gives it to your straight. He is in the business of helping you find a home, plain and simple.
Working around your schedule to arrange showings? Yep. Answering calls on Saturday nights? Yep. Valuing your time and not wasting it? Yep. Someone who I would refer to my boss’s daughter? Yep (and was told how Chad made the deal go through when no one else could make it happen).
When it comes to finding a home in NYC, you want someone with years of experience and someone who cares– you’ll find that with City Wide Apartments and Chad Rosow.

Kellyn Lindsay from City Wide is awesome! She was so helpful during the application process and very mindful of the fact that we were only in town for a few days. She made sure that the approval and lease signing process was done quickly for us. Also, she is extremely personable and was genuinely excited that we found a place that we loved:) I highly recommend her!

NYC is probably one of the more difficult cities to find an apartment within your budget quickly. My buddies and i did a few weeks of extensive searching through craiglist, streeteasy, and a bunch of greedy brokers. You will be surprised how so much can get you so little in this city. Anyway… Trekking across all parts of the city we were just about to give up when were fortunate to run across Mary with City Wide.
Mary knew the ins and out of all the neighborhoods and was very professional. Not only did she help us with our search she was so easy to talk to and really cared about helping us find the right place within our budget.
We found a place within a few days and signed the lease within 24 hours. We are just so grateful for City Wide and Mary and have been living here without any issues for over 5 months now. 100% recommended.

When I moved to NYC, I moved in with a friend, so my relocation was painless and easy. This time moving, I knew that I would most likely have to go through a broker, and, based on the stories my friends had told, was not looking forward to the experience. After seeing a few apartments, my roommate and I started a game of picking out brokers and clients on the street — spotting the brokers was usually pretty easy, and most of them weren’t people that we particularly wanted to pay to let us into an apartment. When we met Mary from City Wide, we were expecting the same type of thing, but she surprised us by being a down to earth, non-​sketchy, normal person.
Mary showed us the apartment that we had responded to — the actual apartment, not a tiny, old apartment that looked nothing like the pictures in the ad. She explained what we had already begun to figure out — that a 3 bedroom downtown in our budget was hard to find — and we ended up applying that day. Mary helped us prepare the best application possible, and was even able to negotiate a lower fee for us (even though I’m assuming that cost her money). I will definitely recommend City Wide to any of my friends who are moving (although I don’t think they’re going to get as good a deal as we did!).

Just little background info: I moved from CA to NY in 2007 and I’ve had 5 addresses since then so I’ve had my fair share of dealing with shady brokers. My bf and I wanted to move from Queens to Manhattan and we decided that the UWS would be the most ideal neighborhood.
We both did extensive research through Craigslist, Naked Apartment, RDNY, Best Apts NYC (WORST WORST brokerage EVER!!), Bellmarc, etc. and we also saw a handful of places that were by owner or management open houses. Everything was either really tiny or in awkward places and I figured that this process is just going to be an absolute nightmare.
Fast forward a couple of weeks, I found a listing on Naked Apt that was posted by a broker from City Wide (I think it was Michael) and he was so quick to respond, put me through to Jeff and he in turn quickly set up an appt. for that weekend (Sunday).
Of course, I Unilocal’d them and was a little hesitant cause they had a couple of really bad ratings and the last thing I want to deal with was another shady broker. I brought that up to Jeff and instead of dodging the question, he actually explained why the bad ratings were there and assured me I wouldn’t be one of those ratings lols. Wow that’s a first. **+1 star**
He knew that I was working with other brokers so he told me to tell him of all the places that I’d seen so we wouldn’t waste time looking at the same places cause believe it or not, that Sunday morning we met ANOTHER broker and saw the SAME places that a broker from Saturday had already shown us (fail). So Jeff made sure that he had a fresh line up of apartments that we haven’t seen **+1 star**
So Sunday came along, we were tired and skeptical but thank goodness we didn’t cancel the appt cause Jeff was a freakin’ Godsend! He lives in the UWS so he gave a whole walking tour from 96^th street all the way down to the 60’s, all sorts of different types of apts in different locations and we really got a feel of the neighborhood which is something none of the brokers did. We even had lunch together! **+1 star**
In the end we settled on a beautiful studio on the 14^th floor with amazing views, an elevator, doorman AND laundry (this was SUCH a big plus!) ¾ block away from Central Park (my puppy is beyond thrilled!) & the Subway **+1 star**
THEN they worked with the management company to make sure that our application goes through smoothly (all while I was bombarding them with a million questions) and by Wednesday, the apt was officially ours!!! **+10 000 000 stars** ^_​_​^
I think it’s safe to say that Jeff from City Wide is THE BEST broker I’ve ever dealt with ever! (and an awesome neighbor) :D

We had a great experience working with City-​Wide and the broker Michael. We found just what we were looking for, and they even helped us move-​in a couple days early in order to make our move as easy and convenient as possible. They were very appreciative of our business and we stay in touch! I would definitely do business with this company and Michael again!