1020 Park Avenue: Review and Ratings

Review of 1020 Park Avenue by Carter Horsley

This 22-story, white-brick apartment building at 1020 Park Avenue on the northwest corner at 85^th Street was erected in 1963 by the Lipman-Spitzer Company. 

The architects were Wechsler & Schimenti.

It has 52 apartments and was converted to a white glove, full-service co-operative in 1966. Amenities include a full-time doorman, elevator operator, two private storage bins, and a bike room.

The prime Upper East Side location is close to Central Park, Museum Mile, Madison Avenue shopping, and transportation.

Bottom Line

A pleasant white-brick, post-war building at one of Park Avenue’s most attractive intersections.

Description

The building is across 85^th Street from a very attractive church with a fine spire and is catty-corner to one of the city’s most lovely townhouses on the southeast corner at Park Avenue.

The building has some bay windows near its top, which is chamfered.

Amenities

The building has a doorman and an elevator operator. It is pet friendly.

Apartments

The penthouse is a four-bedroom unit with an 11-foot-long entry foyer that opens onto a 29-foot-long, angled living room with wood-burning fireplace that opens onto an 18-foot-long dining room with a bay window next to a 10-foot-long enclosed and windowed kitchen.  The apartment has a narrow, 8-sided balcony that wraps around its east, south and west sides and an 11-foot-long den/office.

Apartment 2/3B is a two-bedroom duplex with an 11-foot-long entry foyer that opens onto a 25-foot-long living room that opens to an enclosed 17-foot-long dining room next to a 13-foot-lon kitchen on the lower level and the upper level has the bedrooms.

Apartment 3A is a three-bedroom unit that has an entry foyer that leads into a 32-foot-long living room across from a 20-foot-long dining room with a pass-through kitchen next to a maid’s room.

Apartment 2C is a two-bedroom unit with a 10-foot-long entry foyer that opens onto a 24-foot-long living room next to a 18-foot-long formal dining room next to a 12-foot-long kitchen.

Apartment 10/11D is a two-bedroom duplex unit with a 10-foot-long entry foyer with staircase opening onto a 24-foot-living room and a large dining room next to the kitchen on the lower level and the bedrooms above.

Location

There is excellent public transportation and shopping nearby.

A fire station is a block-and-a-half to the east and a west-bound thoroughfare through Central Park is two blocks west.