The Alvarado, 911 Park Avenue: Review and Ratings

Review of 911 Park Avenue by Carter Horsley

This handsome, pre-war apartment building at 911 Park Avenue on the northeast corner at 80^th Street is the western anchor of the one of the city’s most impressive sidestreet blocks, which contains several major mansions. 

The red- and brown-brick building was erected in 1927 and converted to a cooperative in 1952. 

The 14-story building has 44 apartments, and was designed by Schwartz & Gross, whose other buildings on the avenue include 470, 525, 885, 888, 910, 930, 941, 970, 983, 1045, 1070, 1125 and 1165. 

It was built by Tishman. 

Bottom Line

The building has large apartments and is not far from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and many boutiques and art galleries along Madison. One of the city’s best public schools, PS 6, is nearby in this very desirable neighborhood. Cross-town buses run on 79th Street and a local subway station is at Lexington Avenue and 77th Street.

Description

The building has a two-story limestone base and a canopied entrance flanked by fluted pilasters. 

The building has three stringcourses and quoins. 

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

Amenities

The building has a doorman and storage space. 

It has no garage, no health club and no sundeck.

Apartments

Apartments have wood-burning fireplaces and high ceilings. 

Apartment 4B has a 23-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 23-foot-long library, a 16-foot-long gallery, a 25-foot-long living room with fireplace and a 16-foot-long dining room.  The four-bedroom unit also has a 11-foot-long butler’s panty, a 15-foot-long breakfast room, a 19-foot-long kitchen and a 11-foot-long staff room. 

Apartment 4A is a three-bedroom unit that has a 6-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 18-foot-long gallery that opens onto a 27-foot-long living room with fireplace and a 20-foot-long, windowed dining room adjacent to a 9-foot-long butler’s pantry, a 13-foot long kitchen with a 14-foot-long eat-in area, a 14-foot-long wet bar and a 14-foot-long staff room. 

Apartment 11A is a four-bedroom unit that has a 28-foot-long entrance gallery that leads to a 27-foot-long living room with a fireplace and a 21-foot-long, enclosed dining room next to a 24-foot-long kitchen.