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Byline: Lore Croghan

Oct. 24--You need to rent a Manhattan apartment, and you need it fast. Where do you go? The answer may surprise you. The upper East Side is your best bet, real estate brokers and landlords said.

Specifically, the area from Third Avenue to East End Avenue, and E. 72nd to E. 96th streets, is fertile ground for apartment hunters.

Many renters think of multimillion-dollar Park Avenue co-ops when they think of the upper East Side -- and write off the neighborhood as snooty or staid.

"A lot of people come to us and say they want to live downtown," said Adjina Dekidjiev, the rental operations manager at brokerage Manhattan Apartments Inc. "We have to explain to them there aren't many rentals available."

But on the east side of the upper East Side, there's plenty to choose from, she...

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