Living in Carnegie Hill: rent, commute and grades

Manhattan · Updated November 2026

A row of red brick and limestone townhouses with street trees on East 78th Street.

A quiet street of prewar buildings and mature trees with a taxi at the kerb.

Park Avenue's planted median with pink cherry blossoms and the skyline ahead.

A landmark brick and limestone mansion on a corner with street trees under a blue sky.

An ornate limestone Fifth Avenue mansion draped in ivy beside other townhouses.

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Rent in Carnegie Hill

$2,891 a month

Type of homeA room in a 2-bedroom, shared by two

Carnegie Hill is cheaper with roommates

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A+Overall

Carnegie Hill graded

Grades compare NYC neighborhoods with each other. How the grades work.

Everyday life

A+Walkability
The average home has 5 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 844 places to eat or shop.
A+Food and shopping
Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 194 places to eat, 35 kinds of cuisine, 8.9 large grocery stores and 618 open storefronts.
AParks and green space
100% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 161 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 635 street trees within 300 m of the average home.

People

BCommunity
23% of households moved in since 2018, 7% are roommates sharing a home, 14% of residents are 22 to 34, and there are about 132 cafes and bars within a 10-minute walk of the average home.
ANightlife
About 104 bars, clubs and restaurants licensed to serve alcohol on site within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

Home and safety

B-Safety
4.7 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (264 in all).
B+Quiet
26 noise complaints to 311 per 1,000 residents in 2025, not counting helicopter complaints, and counting each address at most 12 days a year. That measures how often people complain, not how loud it is.
Residents: Peaceful and quiet, a big change for anyone leaving the noise of the East Village. Resident, Jul 2026
A-Building upkeep
7.3 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 4.3 heat or hot water complaints per 100 rented homes.

Who lives there

Older residents

What residents say

Residents like

QuietPeaceful and quiet, a big change for anyone leaving the noise of the East Village. Resident, Jul 2026

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Community

An underrated, pleasant pocket between Third Avenue and Central Park with a real neighborhood feel.
Not a resident, Oct 2025

Food and shopping

Few supermarkets west of Lexington Avenue; even the newer Whole Foods on Third Avenue is a long walk from there.
Not a resident, May 2025

Parks and green space

Better park access than Murray Hill, though less central.
Not a resident, Aug 2026

Getting around from Carnegie Hill

By subway or bus, arriving by 9:00 on a weekday:Under 30 min30 to 45 min45 to 60 minOver an hourCarnegie Hill

59 St 456NRW
68 St-Hunter College 6
77 St 6
86 St 456
96 St 6
Lexington Av/63 St MQ

What to know about Carnegie Hill

Carnegie Hill is known for its preserved historic streetscape: more than half of its streets lie within historic districts, and it has 28 individually designated landmarks. Its civic group, Carnegie Hill Neighbors, has worked to protect the neighborhood since 1970. Source
The neighborhood takes its name from Andrew Carnegie, who bought land on Fifth Avenue between 90th and 91st Streets in 1898 and built his mansion there, which made upper Fifth Avenue and its side streets fashionable with wealthy New Yorkers. Source
Carnegie Hill's side streets are lined with rowhouses mixed with larger mansions, while taller apartment buildings stand on the avenues. Most of the historic district was built between the late 1870s and the early 1930s. Source
Madison Avenue and Lexington Avenue are Carnegie Hill's shopping streets, where 19th century rowhouses were converted to stores on their lower floors, starting as early as 1901. Source
Four early wooden houses, from the time in the 1800s when the old farmland was first divided and sold in parcels, still stand in Carnegie Hill among the later rowhouses, mansions and apartment buildings. Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, a museum of historical and contemporary design founded in 1897, is housed in Andrew Carnegie's former mansion. Source
The Central Park Reservoir, the park's largest body of water and one of its most popular running spots, lies just west of the neighborhood between 86th and 96th Streets. It was named for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in 1994. Source