Apartment 16A at 9 East 96th Street is an exceptionally bright and elegant, high-floor corner classic six-room home boasting the best of prewar scale and detail, as well as open city views from every room and Central Park and Reservoir views from the master suite! Ideally positioned just off Fifth Avenue, the famed Museum Mile and Central Park, the location is amongst all the best Carnegie Hill has to offer. Oversized windows throughout feature open city and tree-lined park block views and draw in brilliant natural light throughout. The gracious layout offers beautiful proportions and impressive scale with two very spacious bedrooms, two full bathrooms, a windowed kitchen with butlers pantry, a staff room and staff bathroom, a large entry foyer, an expansive living room, a formal dining room and very generous closet storage.  There is a fabulous flow for entertaining with multiple entrances to the formal spaces. Original details include beamed ceilings, hardwood floors, open archways and crown moldings. A window in every room and high ceilings enhance the scale and keep the home bright and airy throughout. Recent upgrades include brand new top-of-the-line Viking stainless steel appliances including 5 burner gas range oven, microwave, double door refrigerator and dishwasher, new kitchen cabinetry, stone counters, backsplash and floors, refinished freshly sanded floors, new marble basket-weave floors in the bathrooms, skim-coated walls and the entire home has been freshly painted. This timeless apartment offers an extraordinary opportunity to have the home of your dreams in a superb Upper East Side location in a well-serviced boutique Park block building.