171 West 12th Street: Review and Ratings
between Avenue of the Americas & Seventh Avenue View Full Building Profile
This 6-story building at 171 West 12th Street between the Avenue of the Americas and Seventh Avenue in the West Village was erected in 1922 and has 25 co-operative apartments.
It is very close to the 12th Street entrance to the 14th Street station of the IRT subway and convenient to numerous restaurants.
Bottom Line
A mid-block building with wood-burning fireplaces and a fire-escape above its canopied and arched entrance with a six-step-up vestibule. It is convenient to many restaurants, a subway and P.S. 41.
Description
The red-brick building has a canopied entrance and a 6-step-up vestibule.
It has arched windows on the first floor with sidewalk landscaping beneath a nice building-wide balcony. The building also has a fire-escape in the middle of its front façade, which also has a bandcourse above its fifth floor. The building has a scalloped cornice.
Amenities
The building has wood-burning fireplaces, a live-in superintendent, storage, a laundry, outdoor space at the rear of the building and is pet-friendly.
Apartments
Apartment 4B is a two-bedroom unit with a 23-foot-long living room with a wood-burning fire-escape, a 14-foot-long terrace, and a 13-foot-long, open kitchen with a breakfast bar.
Apartment 2C is a two-bedroom unit with a 22-foot-long living/dining room with a wood-burning fireplace and a 10-foot-long, enclosed and windowed kitchen.
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