155 East 79th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 155 East 79th Street by Carter Horsley

The handsome, mid-block, 14-story apartment building at 155 East 79^th Street between Lexington and Third Avenues has seven duplex condominium units.

It was developed in 2014 by Anbau Enterprises.

BKSK Architects designed the building and interiors were handled by Pembrooke & Ives.

Bottom Line

A very elegant building in a prime Upper East Side locations with just seven duplex units.

Description

The building has a two-story, rusticated stone base with a slightly angled upward marquee with sconces and sidewalk landscaping.

The building has a wide balcony at the third floor and two balconies on the 5^th, 7^th, 9^th, 11^th and 14^th floors.

There is a bandcourse below the 13th floor and a cornice above the 14th floor.

It has a wood-paneled lobby.

Amenities

The building has a full-time doorman, a fitness center, bicycle storage and individual storage.

Apartments

Apartments have wood-burning fireplaces and living room ceilings are more than 10 feet high and bedroom ceilings are more than 9 feet high. They have a glass staircase to the bedroom level and Integrated Lutron lightings stem with power supplied for automated shade pockets.  Kitchens have Miele ovens, Gaggenau 5-burner gas range cooktop and wine storage and LG washers and dryers.

One of the penthouses has on the eighth floor a 16-foot-wide library and a 16-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 16-foot-wide kitchen with an island that opens onto a 16-foot-long dining room that opens onto a double-height, 30-foot-long living room. The unit’s 9^th floor has a 24-foot-wide study and three bedrooms.  The tenth floor has a 40-foot-long master sitting room and a 24-foot-long master bedroom with a 24-foot-long terrace.  The unit also has a 91-foot-long roof terrace on the 11^th floor.

Duplex 1 on the 2^nd and 3^rd floors have a 16-foot-wide entry foyer that leads past a 16-foot-wide kitchen with an island to a 16-foot-wide dining room  that opens onto 30-foot-long living room with a wood-burning fireplace.  The floor also has a 24-foot-wide library.  The unit’s upper floor has four bedrooms.

History

The site originally was a one-story Schrafft’s restaurant and was used by Elliott Galleries.

It has excellent public transportation.