983 Park Avenue: Review and Ratings

Review of 983 Park Avenue by Carter Horsley

This impressive apartment building at 983 Park Avenue on the northeast corner at 83^rd Street has considerable "light and air" because it is across the avenue from the Roman Catholic Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola and its school and related facilities.

The 14-story, red-brick building was erected in 1925 and was converted to a cooperative in 1981.

It has 55 apartments.

It was designed by Schwartz & Gross, whose other buildings on the avenue include 470, 525, 885, 888, 911, 930, 941, 970, 1045, 1070, 1095, 1125 and 1165.

Bottom Line

A red-brick, pre-war designed by Schwartz & Gross with large apartments that is convenient to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Description

The building has a very deep and long lobby. It also has a two-story-high, limestone base with arched windows, and a cornice two floors below its top that gets smaller in the central portion of the building’s long side-street façade.

The building has a masonry quoins and white window surrounds on the third floor and some on the top two floors.

The building has sidewalk landscaping, protruding air-conditioners and inconsistent fenestration. 

Amenities

The building has a doorman and elevator attendants and a gym and a basketball court.

Apartments

Apartment 14B is a three-bedroom unit with a 31-foot-long entrance gallery that leads to a 26-foot-wide living room with a fireplace that connects to a 19-foot-long library and a 19-foot-long dining room next to a 13-foot-long pantry and an 18-foot-long kitchen with a breakfast room and a 10-foot-long laundry.

Apartment 4B has a three-bedroom unit with a 34-foot-long entrance gallery that opens onto a 26-foot-long living room, a 19-foot-long library and a 16-foot-dining room that is next to a 28-foot-long kitchen and a 10-foot-long maid’s room.

Apartment 3C is a four-bedroom unit that has a 17-foot-long entrance gallery that opens onto a 27-foot-long living room with a wood-burning fireplace and a 23-foot-long dining room next to an 18-foot-long kitchen with a 15-foot-wide breakfast area and a 10-foot-wide maid’s room.  The unit also has a 13-foot-wide family room.

Apartment 10D is a two-bedroom unit with an entry foyer that leads to a 17-foot-long gallery that leads to a 31-foot-long living room with a dining area and a fireplace and an 18-foot-long kitchen.  The unit also has a 14-foot-wide library.

Apartment 4A is a three-bedroom unit that has a 21-foot-long entrance gallery that leads to a 26-foot-wide living room with a fireplace, a 20-foot-long library and a 20-foot-wide dining room next to a 21-foot-long kitchen that leads to a long laundry and a maid’s room.

Location

The building is close to the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue and there are other schools and religious institutions nearby. Cross-town buses run on 86th Street and an express subway station is at Lexington Avenue and 86th Street.