If watching sunsets behind the Statue of Liberty is your idea of what a view from a New York apartment should be, go no further.

The Regatta occupies a prime location with such ideal, protected views overlooking the harbor at Battery Park City.

The handsome, 9-story building was erected in 1989 as a condominium and has 184 apartments.

It was designed by Gruzen Samton Steinglass, one of the city's leading residential architectural firms that also designed the taller Parc Place apartments nearby at Battery Park City.

This red-brick building has an attractive two-story stone base and arcade and its entrance is nicely demarcated by a six-story fa??ade indentation. The top two floors of the building also have some recessed balconies and the top half of the top floor is stone, capped by a small cornice.

While the main fa??ade is broad and flush, a side fa??ade is considerably more interesting with a stepped plan that provides many more corners, corner windows and unusual layouts.

The building, which was developed by Property Resources, faces on the interesting and large park at the south end of Battery Park City and it is adjacent the most attractive residential section of the giant waterfront project that has a 1.2-mile esplanade along the Hudson River.

With its spectacular views, parks, public art, impressive marina, the awesome Wintergarden and very high quality office towers at the World Financial Center, and the illustrious Stuyvesant High School at its north end, Battery Park City is the city's splendid showcase of fine urban planning and anyone who spends a few minutes there is enchanted.