Halstead New Rochelle Metro North

Potheads, pit bulls, and section-​8 renters.
I really like the proximity to metro north and I love my view. But this is where the fun stops.
The problem that I have is no one in this place enforces any rules. There are dozens of large aggressive dogs in this building. One in particular has attacked another dog in the building and still lives here. On top of this, the place smells like a head shop. People are constantly smoking weed in the gym, stairwells, and halls. I pay $ 80 a month for amenities and can’t use the gym because of the contact high.
Future tenants should also be aware of the high percentage of section-​8 renters here. This was not disclosed to me before I signed the lease to this «luxury» high-​rise. It feels a lot more like the Bronx than Westchester.

Very professionally managed and excellent amenities. The management, the maintenance staff, concierge are all very nice and helpful. They even respond to maintenance requests on Sunday’s! We had a great stay.

PROS:
Great location, very safe and so close to the train station.
We love living in the luxurious apartments. The gym is ‘awesome’ with superb location at 40^th floor with views of the sound and NYC. It couldn’t be better.
The apartments themselves are very good quality and the lounge room, lobby etc are great.
The concierge Gina, Woodward etc are very friendly and always welcome you to the building.
CONS:
*Extra* charges over the rent. Don’t do your comparison and calculations with the base rent.
Those amenities come with a hefty charge of 80 $ a month. Somehow they charge 75 $ for sewage per month. Water usage is extra. Electricity bill is always higher. I pay 150 – 250 $ for a 1BR apartment and we consume electricity economically.
Receptionists are great but leasing office is not that friendly.
Parking in adjacent building is 120 $ and in the same building is 150 $. They increase rent by 10% every year along with amenities and other charges.
Bottom line, if you are willing to pay Manhattan type rents in this luxurious building 45 minutes apart from Grand Central, go ahead.

Update– after being 3 months I am still satisfied with the services but it gets expensive for a small 1 bedroom (parking fee, amenities fee, dog fee, trash fee, and the list goes on) plus, water and energy fees. A lot of extras! The concierge is always helpful, they keep the amenities clean and I love the dog park! They do fun events like dog parties, movie night. I do have some suggestions, I would appreciate if the office lounge was a kid free area. It is the perfect place to work or study but the times I tried to use the area there were kids there being loud, putting music, singing, dancing. Not the area for this. Overall we are satisfied. Great place to commute to Manhattan.

Horrible management !!!
Pay $ 140 a month for assign parking and your parking spot can be taken by anyone at anytime and they don’t care. Then you have to park on the street and pay there meter.
Also, bringing in loads from the car can get you a ticket from the city of new Rochelle. I got a ticket for parking in the circle while bringing up my groceries and the cop told me the leasing office strongly enforces no parking in the circle no matter what the circumstance.
Do not rent here!

I actually loved my apartment, maintenance was always on time, & the renovations to the building were beautiful! The reason I give this property 2 stars is the price! In these apartments you will have a base rent, then you will have an amenities fee (mine was $ 80 for my 1bdrm), & then lastly a trash fee (mine was $ 20), oh and parking $ 100 for outside $ 125 inside. Almost forgot about that one. So consider that your rent. Nothing is free. You will pay for your heat/​A/​C, water, sewer, everything! Oh and you have to pay that with your rent as well so add on an additional $ 100-​$ 150 monthly & thats just for a 1bdrm. Beautiful apartment building but its much cheaper places in the area that are just as nice.