Apartments for rent in Serrallés, Santo Domingo

What Serrallés is like

Ensanche Serrallés covers the northern strip of the Polígono Central, near Abraham Lincoln, Gustavo Mejía Ricart and John F. Kennedy avenues. It is mainly residential: mid-rise apartment buildings on inner streets with fewer shops than Piantini, which is within walking distance.

Ágora Mall, on the corner of Lincoln and Kennedy, is the local shopping centre, and Blue Mall is a few minutes to the west.

Who it suits

People who want the Polígono Central's services but prefer to sleep on a street with less traffic: families, professionals working in Piantini or Naco, and buyers who want to rent to executives without paying the prices of Piantini's newest towers.

Getting around

John F. Kennedy Avenue, on the northern edge, leads to the Duarte highway and to the east of the city, and Metro Line 2 runs underneath it. Abraham Lincoln Avenue runs down to the Malecón. The Lincoln–Kennedy junction is one of the city's worst bottlenecks at rush hour, so it is worth checking which avenue a building exits onto.

What to check before deciding

Buildings from twenty or thirty years ago stand next to recent towers. In older ones, check the lift, the roof waterproofing and whether the generator is full-coverage; in newer ones, check the maintenance fee and what it includes. Units facing Kennedy Avenue gain easy access but lose quiet.