A two-bedroom in the East Village, the neighborhood skyline (Credits: Zumper and EV Grieve)

The Rental hot list is a weekly web feature looking at the most popular Manhattan renter queries. The East Village was the most popular neighborhood for tenants looking for a rental apartment in Manhattan in the last week, according to data from apartment listings website Zumper. [more]

Schinasi Mansion

The Upper West Side’s last existing freestanding single-family mansion, the Schinasi House at 351 Riverside Drive, has finally found a buyer after several rounds of price cuts, the New York Observer reported.

The 12,000-square-foot, white marble French Renaissance home was most recently on the market for $13.5 million, down from the original $31 million asking price. [more]

From left: 15 and 17 West 96th Street and Robb Pair of Harlem Lofts

Sackman Enterprises, the under-the-radar owner of a number of Manhattan properties, plans to demolish two Upper West Side townhouses to construct a 13-story building on the site, Department of Buildings records show. [more]

Jann Wenner and 37 West 70th Street (credit PropertyShark)

The ex-wife of Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner is finally offloading her Upper West Side townhouse — more than a year after she decided to offload her husband. [more]

210 West 77th Street (PropertyShark)

A Hertz rental car garage on West 77th Street has sold for at least a third more than initial estimates of $45 million, a sign of how few development sites are on the Upper West Side, Crain’s reported.

Naftali Group purchased the property, at 210 West 77th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. The publication did not report how much the deal cost the development firm, which last year bought several buildings on West 82nd Street for a little more than $17 million. Robert Knakal of Massey Knakal Realty Services brought the site to market last month and handled the sale on behalf of the Jewish Board of New York. [more]

The Turners’ apartment and the Park Belvedere

The husband-and-wife writing team credited with creating the sitcoms “3rd Rock from the Sun” and “That ’70s Show” has listed their apartment at the Park Belvedere for $3.75 million, StreetEasy shows. [more]

Aldyn and Alex Rodriguez

Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez is regaining his strength from hip surgery at a swanky rental apartment on the Upper West Side, the New York Post reported.

Home base for A-Rod is the Aldyn, at 60 Riverside Boulevard. “Alex is spending his days in rehab,” a source told the Post. “He’s at the gym for two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon, trying to recover as fast as he can so he can return to playing ball for the Yankees.” [more]

Schwab House at 11 Riverside Drive and Lisa Lippman

Michael Binday, who was charged last year with running a $100 million insurance fraud scheme, has listed his penthouse at 11 Riverside Drive for $16.75 million, StreetEasy shows.  [more]

The Tudor-style properties on the Upper West Side’s Pomander Walk.

Investors are betting on the Upper West Side, despite its low capitalization rates and lack of cachet as a trendy neighborhood, the Wall Street Journal reported.  [more]

210 West 77th Street (Propertyshark)

As non-profit organizations continue to struggle, many are liquidating real estate assets. The latest is 210 West 77th Street, which the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services is offering, according to a report from Crain’s.

The building, between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, is currently a parking garage, but could accommodate a building 185 feet tall, and up to 100,000 square feet, Crain’s said. Experts told Crain’s the site could fetch as much as $45 million. [more]