I don't know if they are top studios... but in 1997 I was in New York to participate (as a musician) in 2 projects.
One was done in a studio called Alien Flyers (at 36 st). It was owned by a russian dude and that rock drummer Johnatan Moover.
It had I real well design, good look, nice sound room, SSL G8000 (or something, probably a 9k today) and all big studio-standard mics and processors. Nice staff. I don't know if they stills in the business but I would recommend them as a not obvious option.
The other was done in a crazy studio in NJ (Weehawken, 5 minutes from Manhattan) owned by Roy Ciccala. It was called IIWII. The place was formerly a train station, real messy, psychedelic vibe. It had a great API board, great outboard compressors and all vintage mic you can imagine.
Of course it was 1997, so my post may be REAL out of date
.. 1.25 cents.
(ps: by the way... that spam thing is a shame
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