I renewed my contract last year with Parc Cameron. I love the view from my apartment. I feel safe when I am home in NYC, especially given what is happening in this city and country. It's a through lane. Something to keep in mind. It's on the same block as the subway and the crosstown buses. There are fancy restaurants and also delightful and affordable food options around here. There are good grocery stores a little more of a walk away. It's close to parks, green spaces, coffee shops, a library, a book store, and pretty much anything for wholesome living. I see bugs once in a while but if I check them immediately, I don't see them again for a while. I think the staff makes or breaks the whole experience. Jeff, Juan, Francisco, Reuben are always around. And a few other great maintenance folks I remember by face but need to jog my memory for their names. I have never lost a package. They fix problems promptly. They caution us about the weather. They notify if there is disruption of service. They communicate polity and well. They ensure it's a comfortable living experience. The commute to around the area is great. It's 20 minutes walking distance to the MET as well. The sound doesn't carry through the walls much. I recommend it for long term living. read more

Doormen and super and handyman are wonderful. The problem is upper management, which is awful. Don't move here if you want landlords that are responsive to tenants' needs. Several apartments have huge LEAKS coming through the ceilings, and they just don't fix them. It is an old buliding that needs repair, and the repairs just don't get done. Laundry machines stay broken. The situation is bad. read more

Fransisco the doorman is amazing! actually, all of the doormen are. Jeff, Juan, Fransisco, all of them are wonderful, kind, funny, and helpful. makes me feel safe living here read more

A huge THANK YOU to Park Cameron staff. We needed our bathroom floor replaced (after work done on the pipes) and we were out of town during the project. I was a bit apprehensive about the situation, but Nizam and Rubens were incredibly helpful and organized and supervised the work, and it came out beautifully! So, please extend our gratitude to the ones who did the actual tile work, and to Nizam and Rubens - thank you so much!!! read more

Management at Parc Cameron loves me so much that they won't let me leave -- be warned! They rule with an iron hand. However staff at the site can be very helpful and friendly. Oh, and the location is great! read more

Parc Cameron uses a malfunctioning chatbot to make appointments for viewing. Be warned: When I made an appointment to view three apartments at W86th st, which the bot claimed were available and suggested a time to view, I arrived to find that the person at the front desk said there were no apartments available to view! This was a waste of hours of my working time. read more

I have lived in many apartments, but this is the first time I have felt at home. A special thanks to Henner, Juan, Francisco, Jeff, and Junior. Who make living here so special! read more

I've lived in this building about 15 years and honestly- the service and building keep getting better and better. They've made some nice upgrades- the building staff is great (they have always been great) and all the new hires are terrific. Henner the super- always willing to lend a hand, really- everyone is. Super friendly, trustworthy, quick responses to service requests and just all around good people. You can't beat the location either. Highly recommend! read more

Very impressed by the service at Parc Cameron! The staff is extremely attentive and speedy. I had a few issues with my apartment and Jenner and Rubens were able to repair everything effectively and on a timely manner. By far the best service I've seen! They made me feel right at home!! read more

Lived in a studio apartment here for 10 years a long time ago and it was a great experience. The 24-hr doorman building felt safe and the staff was fantastic. This building has a lot going for it, especially location on a main street, and they have maintained it very well over the years. Half a block from the subway and Central Park Reservoir, where I'd go running every morning. Great shops, cafes, delis in the neighborhood and close to Broadway bus and other West Side transportation. From my 12th floor south-facing window I had good light and could even see a bit of the Hudson River. Traffic noise never bothered me, I grew up in the city and traffic lulls me to sleep. Studio was rather small (main room 13x16) with kitchenette, decent separate bathroom, and tiny closet space, but wider than it is long so I put in a loft bed with desk and storage underneath on the left side of the room, and a futon sofa to the right of the window that rolled out into a king size bed, and it was functional and even felt airy and not cramped. Parc Cameron feels happy and the exterior is evocative 1927 metropolitan style. :) Good vibes here. read more

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I have been living at Parc Cameron for almost a year, and I am so fortunate to do so. The building is clean and well-maintained. The staff in particular are the highlight of the building. I want to especially point out Henner, Juan, Francisco, Ruben, Juan Pablo and Junior. They each have been tremendously courteous, helpful, and always with a smile on their faces. This kind of support is so special. read more

Very quick response to maintenance requests, friendly and helpful door men and women, clean shared facilities

The building staff is all very helpful and things get done very quickly. However, they are awful with renewals and the building is way overpriced generally. Only move in if you need something for just one year. They increase your rent insanely every year, claim that it's because of the market, when it really isn't. I was renting a one bedroom and the renewal rate was $3,500. When I gave notice, they posted it on their website for $3,195, without ever offering me that rate. No respect for their current tenants. read more

Rooms are very small, they have a lot of un-usable sq ft. Other than that, it was a good building, it has a lot of dogs which is great (if you have a pet). The staff is usually very friendly. I swear at least once a month, one of the elevators would be down, usually took 3-5 days to fix, but they would end up getting fixed eventually. Good building, I would live there again, if they got bigger places. The studios and 1 bedrooms are too small. read more

Excellent digs! Friendly and responsive staff, facilities in great shape!

Location is simply perfect ! Central Park is is only 1 min walk away. You have all amenities at the doorstep - restaurants, metro, bank, gym, park, river, literally everything. The management/concierge Team is great as well They are extremely understanding and helpful . Always with a smile. The whole experiance was extremely great. Parc Cameron is a great place to live. read more

I love living here. The front desk team Francisco Juan, and Marisol are all great, friendly, and always helpful. Any time I've made a service request it was done the same day. The building is always kept clean and the location is amazing. Tons of restaurants on Columbus and 1/2 block from Central Park. Conveniently located right next to the C and B trains and an avenue from the 1. It's a great place to live. read more

Parc Cameron is conveniently located. The new manager, Nelson, sets a friendly, helpful tone, and he has consistently gone out of his way to address any concerns or confusion on my part. Because I've arrived to New York all the way from the Left Coast, I am especially grateful for his help. The tone he sets is reflected in the entire staff and they are very pleasant! When you ask for help at Parc Cameron (light bulb change, etc.) it happens quickly and efficiently. read more

I would not recommend renting here. The sales rep will tell you anything to get you to rent. The rest of the staff (minus Francisco) are all lazy. The doormen do nothing except sit behind the counter and talk on their phones all day and are friendly until you ask them for help with something. Unlike at other "doorman buildings", I think I had my door opened one time the whole time I lived there. The apartments are small and don't really have kitchens. If you like to cook, forget it. The building and Equity Apartments are known for raising rent after 1 year. Everyone warned me about it AFTER I moved in. They were right. The building raised my rent $400 a month after the first year, forcing me and other solid renters out of the building. Consider yourself warned. read more

The concierge team is incredibly hospitable and Nelson is a wonderful addition to the Parc Cameron team.

Beautiful, newly renovated and amazing location. Buildings away from Central Park west, central park and B/C trains. 2.5 avenues from 1 train. The super Max is great. He is one of the most reliable supers I've had while living in NYC. The doorman/doorladies are super friendly, professional and helpful. The laundry room was recently redone and is clean and maintained. I'm not sure about these reviews before as we have 0 bug problems and building offers spraying. Our apartment is a decent size for NYC yet there are larger ones available in building if you want to pay the additional rent for them. Our apartment was completely redone. New cabinets in kitchen, counter tops, doors, bathroom sink, tub and all details match. Seriously can't pass up these apartments as they are also pet friendly. My dog enjoys the uws, the park and parc camron. read more

Jennifer, I have sent letters and emails to your general manager several times and in two months no one has responded. The habitability standards are terrible! read more

A great place to live. I've stayed here for over 3 years - the doormen and maintenance staff are fantastic. A great location right near the park and near to the B,C and 1,2,3 and on the 86th crosstown bus route. On the down side, there is some traffic noise (and I'm on a high floor) - trucks and whatnot travelling along Columbus in the early hours of the morning..but this is New York! And you do pay for the amenities - its not an inexpensive place to live. read more

i never even made it into the apartments itself, and just trying to deal with the leasing staff was terrible. To sum up, the staff (especially Tammy) was incredibly unprofessional, unwilling to help or care about you, and overall quite frustrating. If this is a preview of what living in Parc Cameron is like, and what type of people they hire, then I would definitely avoid! Basically I saw that the Parc Cameron site had listed an apartment I was really interested in. It wasn't huge, but hey this is Manhattan, and the price was in my range, it was a great location, etc etc., but I digress! Basically I was very excited to see this place. So I sign up online for an appointment to view the place...I hear nothing back. I call up Parc Cameron in the morning and leave a voicemail...I hear nothing back. I call another time and finally get Tammy. I start off the conversation by mentioning that I had left a voicemail so she would have some background information, and she snaps at me, "Oh, I don't check voicemails!" Okay, doesn't sound like a good business plan, but let's keep going. I say I want to see the apartment, could I see it today? Or early tomorrow morning? Now, if they were busy, a professional response would have been something like, "Sorry, we have no openings to view that listing at this point" etc. Instead, Tammy starts going off on a rant about how "she has a 4 year old" (wtf does that have to do with her job??) and "omg, I'm so busy right now" and "ugh, that means I would have to check with the current residents!" I say that I understand, and can she please check with the current residents and let me know when I can see the place. Tammy never calls back. Meanwhile, the listing has been going up in price by about $35 each day, and soon I won't be able to afford it anymore. I finally email Tammy again to ask what the status is on me seeing the place (all I want to do is see the place!). I mention the rising price and ask if there's any way to hold the price until she can successfully set me up with a viewing, since I won't be able to afford the apartment in another day or two. She replies back that no, she can't get me a viewing, and if I really want it that much I can "rent the apartment site on seen [sic]" So yes, to sum it up, Parc Cameron doesn't try to work with you at all, makes minimal effort to even get you viewings to apartments, doesn't seem to care about you, and is quite unprofessional. For a building that is supposedly part of Equity Residential (that includes luxury buildings such as Trump Place) I'm quite disappointed with this place read more

Poor Value for the Money I lived at the Parc Cameron for a year. It was my first New York apartment, having moved to the city from Chicago. It was a great location--a block from Central Park and close to public transportation. The super and the door staff were friendly and helpful. Maintenance requests were resolved quickly. I worked with a broker, so I paid a finder's fee, even though the building was advertised as "no fee". The leasing agent had warned me of construction noise when I viewed the apartment. She explained a city ordinance that mandated exterior maintenance on buildings of a certain vintage. This building had begun its life in the 1920s as a hotel. The apartments were essentially hotel rooms. There was no real kitchen, just appliances shoved into the space that formerly held the Murphy bed. The refrigerator and microwave were new, the stove was the original. There was one 3-foot closet in my tiny studio. I moved in at the beginning of the reconstruction phase. I worked from home as a freelancer. I woke up on numerous occasions to the sound of drilling outside my wall. I listened to scraping and spackling outside my window throughout the workday. I had expected this to last through the summer, but in fact, it went on well into the New Year, altogether about eight months of constant noise. Admittedly, if I had worked a regular office job, I never would have heard it. Complaints to the management went unresolved. The management office was located in another of the Equity buildings, in another part of the city. At one point, I went to speak personally to the property manager, who promised to compensate me for lost productivity. I never received anything. There was really poor sound insulation between apartments. I could hear my neighbor turn the pages of his newspaper. I overheard entire conversations from the couple on the opposite wall. They were new emigrated from South America and smoked marijuana constantly, which wafted into my apartment through the bathroom vent. The windows had no screens or storm windows. During a heavy rainstorm, it actually rained inside my apartment with the windows closed. During the winter, there was frost inside my windows. The common laundry room was the only amenity the building provided. Though I never saw roaches in my apartment, they were abundant in the laundry area. There were only seven washers and five dryers for the entire building, and at any given time, only three of the washers were functional. A couple of months before I moved out, the management replaced all of the washers and of course, raised the laundry rates. The hallways were covered with an institutional brown paint. The carpeting was always dirty and frayed. The internet wiring was literally stapled to the walls. For a high-rise building, I was very surprised there was no trash shoot. Instead, the garbage was deposited in open trash cans in the stairwell. Many of the long-standing residents had been grandfathered with rent control from the previous management. Their rent was about half of my own. I have never paid so much money for such a crappy place. When I received my lease renewal notice, they were going to raise my rent $200 a month. So I cancelled my lease. When I saw the apartment listed on their website, they were offering it for much less than they would have charged me to renew. Why stick it to your loyal tenants? Bottom line: you can do much better somewhere else, even with Equity. They manage much better properties in Brooklyn or Jersey City for the same price or less. read more

I have been a tenant in this building for a very long time. I even lived in their other building, Parc 77 years before. I recently had to have major plumbing work done in my bathroom which lasted for several days. The situation couldn't have been smoother. Our super Nelson was just here one week when this happened and he really helped to make things as easy as possible. The outside plumbers were very nice as well. Because I was working from home at the time that this happened, Nelson made accomodations for me to shower and work in a vacant apartment right nextdoor to me. The entire staff at the Parc Coliseum is outstanding. read more

The hospitality team is amazing that are the first smiling sign of home. My wife and I moved in this past winter and from day one the team are us feel at home. Juan, Jarisol, Francisco, Dechan and last but not least Nelson are all vary personable, quick to enjoy a laugh with you even if your jokes aren't funny. We love the this team!!! Our and many others apparent in the building has a view of the 86th street all the way to the south corner of Columbus where you can find some of the best restaurants on the UWS. If you decide to turn east out the front door I am walk Central Park West you are B, C Train and the M86 Bus stops are right there. Crossing the CPW and you have arrived at Central Park west center edge with the Jacqueline Onassis Reservoir to the North (beauty 2.0 mile run from the Parc Cameron in to Central Park and the around reservoir once) to the south is the GREAT LAWN. Famous for its view of the city ski line. The east side we are nearly parallel with the MET. I love the location of 41 W86th Parc Cameron I love the staff and I love NY. read more

Parc Cameron can be a great place to live if you go in with realistic expectations. I lived there during a period of financial uncertainty in my life and it was perfect. it was the absolute best deal which checked off all of the following: (1) prime location - UWS proper 1/2 a block away from CP, it doesn't get any better (2) doormen/elevator - need someone to take those freshdirect deliveries! (3) $2,300 for a studio with a walk-in closet (at the time) (4) 15 minute online application process which did not require me to submit months of paystubs, account statements and all that usual NYC BS. With that said, this is not a true luxury building. Zero amenities. It is quite dated. My apartment came renovated with new floors and stainless appliances, but they didn't re-do the bathroom which looked like 30 years old or something. But not all apartments in the building are renovated to the same standard though, some have very old appliances and parquet floors. The hallways feature this horrendous brownish color which begins to be depressing after a while. There are wires and cables hanging from the ceiling (I could never figure how this isn't a fire hazard but I guess not). As most old buildings, it definitely has roaches. Garbage is collected in large bins that sit semi-open in the stairwells, which definitely contributes to the problem. Overall, the building looks unkept and dirty. I would stress that this isn't the fault of the building's staff. It is just very old and the way it is setup. Also, the windows are very old and offer very poor insulation. I was freezing my ass off the entire winter thanks to two large windows in my apartment. The wind was blowing right through them. Winterization only partially helped. And lastly, and my biggest pet peeve with this place, is that they charge all these fees separately, such as boiler, hot water, sewage and I don't even know what else. This is extremely annoying to keep track because the amounts are different every month. So, your apartment ends up being in fact more expensive than advertised rent because of this (most other buildings include these in rent), and you have to figure out the amount each month. Seriously, ER, wrap those stupid charges in the rent already!! The staff of the building, including Max the super and all doormen are super nice and helpful. No complaints here, loved them. read more

Overpriced B quality building, nice staff, limited service...and good luck getting your security deposit back.