This 32-story rental building is one of Manhattan’s very few buildings with a major facade curve. It was designed by Costas Kondylis and is known as The Monterey.

Its large rounded corner provides many dramatic views to the south and east especially since it is across the avenue from a large mosque designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and set in a large plaza on the other side of which is a tall apartment building erected by the same developer as this building, The Related Companies.

Erected by the Related Companies in 1992, this building has a health club and pool, a doorman, a 24-hour concierge, a bicycle room, a children’s room, a private garden, a sundeck, a 24-hour attended garage, valet service, video security and an impressive lobby.

The building is close to several playgrounds and not too far from a major entrance to the FDR Drive. It is very convenient to public transportation and is on the northern fringe of the popular Carnegie Hill neighborhood to the west and south that has many fine private schools and cultural and religious institutions.

The building’s rooftop watertank is handsomely enclosed in a cylindrical form that is evocative of sleek oceanliner design and the non-curved wings of the building have broad projecting bays that help modulate the design and minimize somewhat its large mass.

The building has 19 apartments per floor and a total of 522 units.

This major cross-street has traditionally been the northern boundary of the Upper East Side and the southern boundary of East Harlem and this project was important for the long-term development of this important corridor and several new residential building to the north began to be built about a decade after this was finished.

This building is notable for a very large and handsome mid-block garden with barbecue facilities and intriguing topiary near its entrance. Its address is 175 East 96th Street and it is also known as 162 East 97th Street and 1710 Third Avenue.