Available Room for Rent

Large modern room in luxury building in LIC (7 minutes from Grand Central)

This will be a real “home” for you in a luxury building in the best neighborhood in NYC one block from the East River and seven minutes from Grand Central Station - not a short-term “crash pad.”

Rooms:
There are currently two rooms available (please see floorplan):
10'5" x 11'2" = 116 sft = $2,210/mo
12'3" x 11'2" = 136 sft = $2,330/mo
Large double wide closet with solid wooden doors.
Fully furnished with dresser, large double-wide closet, computer desk, swivel chair, bookshelf and a solid trundle bed that can open up into a king bed if you have a guest
One whole wall of the rooms are windows facing a quite backyard: absolutely no street noise
Bedding, towels, etc. available - just bring your toothbrush
Separate personal refrigerator in the kitchen
Personal TV in each room
Personal Brother printer/scanner can be supplied

Apartment:
You have your own fridge in the kitchen
Personal safe available in closet
In unit washer/dryer/dishwasher
Premium priced high end luxury construction, e.g. solid wood doors, premium appliances, hardwood floors, triple pane windows, 9ft ceilings, etc., etc.

Amenities:
Fast WiFi (Verizon)
Individually regulated air conditioning in every room
In unit washer/dryer/dishwasher
In the kitchen: Keurig, Instapot, blender, etc.
All bedding, towels, etc.
24 hour concierge for deliveries
Fresh Direct room/oversized fridge in building lobby
Indoor bike storage available at no additional cost in the building garage
Rooftop terrace
Large outdoor terrace with bocce court

Bi-weekly Costco run, i.e. I can fetch everything you need on my membership card
Toilet paper, paper towels, facial towels included in rent

I have a large 7-seat minivan that has a lot of cargo space to facilitate your move.
Car can be rented at times when I don’t use it at an additional price.

Location:
One block from Gantry State Park - the most spectacular waterfront park in all of NYC (see pictures!)
Two blocks from free outdoor concerts at Culture Lab LIC and Rockaway Brewing Company
One block (3 minute walk) from all the diverse ethnic restaurants on Vernon Boulevard:
Tamashii Blue (Ramen)
Chairman Sun (Chinese)
Murasaki (Japanese)
Dai hachi (Sushi)
Little Banchan Shop (Korean)
Spice (Thai)
Madera (Cuban)
Manducatis Rustica (Italian)
Blend (Latin American)
Skinny’s Cantina (Mexican)
Vernon Grille (Greek)
Casa Enrique (Mexican)
Tuk tuk (Thai)
Bars and Cafes:
Sweatleaf (2)
LIC Bar
The Baroness
Mango Mango
Dominie’s Hoek

Select Distances (all according to Google Maps):
Grand Central: 7 mins on 7-train
Cornell Tech: 15 mins by bike or ferry
World Financial Center: 15-20 mins on 7- and 4- or 5--train
Lincoln Center: 25 min’s on 7- and 1-train
NYU Stern School of Business: 25 min’s on 7- and 6-train
Columbia University: 27 min’s on 7- and 1-train
JFK: 30 min by Ueber/Lyft depending on traffic
LGA: 15 min by Ueber/Lyft)

Sports/gym facilities:
Running track and soccer field 3 min walk from the building
Drive every weekday morning to a state-of-the-art running track with nearby lap pool and outdoor gym
Medium sized building gym has rowing machine, spin bikes, elliptical machines, and treadmills, Smith machine, weight bench, free weights, etc.
Several specialized gyms within walking distance:
CrossFit: 5 min’s
Bout Boxing: 5 min’s
Very Good Gym LIC: 3 min’s
F45 Training: 10 min’s
Orange Fitness: 13 min’s

Personal characteristics:
I am into medium-distance running, physical exercise and a healthy lifestyle. I have experimented with a vegan Keto diet (but found it very difficult).
I subscribe to the Wall Street Journal and the Economist.
I have run a local monthly non-fiction book club for the last two years and occasionally organize parties in the apartment (“Bipartisan election night watch party,” for example).
I am a serial entrepreneur and interested in the financial markets, startups, ecommerce, personal productivity, longevity, and psychology

Absolutely no smoking and no pets
I don’t drink, but can tolerate moderate drinker
No recreational drugs of any kind, please

Rent:
Somewhat flexible terms with a minimum of 6 months
First month, one month deposit for room, and one month deposit for furniture (refundable at the time of the move-out)
There are currently two rooms available (please see floorplan):
10'5" x 11'2" = 116 sft = $2,210/mo
12'3" x 11'2" = 136 sft = $2,330/mo