125 Central Park North: Review and Ratings

Review of 125 Central Park North by Carter Horsley

This 11-story building at 125 Central Park North was converted to a residential condominium project in 2006 when four stories were added by Gueva J. Lutz and Sara Olsen. 

The conversion of the building, which was originally erected in 1920, now has 17 apartments, was designed by Peter Franzese. 

The building was formerly Hale House, a children's shelter, which acquired the building in 1996. 

It is just to the west of the attractive, 19-story apartment building at 111 Central Park North on the northwest corner of Lenox Avenue that was built in 2006 by The Athena Group and designed by Hillier Architecture and SLCE. 

The building, which overlooks the northern end of Central Park and is close to Harlem Meer, has good public transportation and is not too far from the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine.

Bottom Line

A pleasant pre-war, mid-rise apartment that was enlarged in 2006 and has 17 apartments on Central Park North, many overlooking the park and its Harlem Meer.

Description

The building has a one-story rusticated stone base with arched entrances and the original building has a redbrick façade with attractive window surrounds on the 2nd, 7th floors and 8th floors.  The latter floor is partially setback. 

The new top floors, which are setback has a grey façade.  

The building has discrete air-conditioners.

Amenities

The building has an attended lobby.

Apartments

Apartments have washers and dryers, double kitchen sinks and Kitchenaid Architect series dishwashers and gas convection ovens. 

Penthouse 5 is a three-bedroom duplex unit with a 34-foot-long living/dining room and an 8-foot-long open kitchen with a breakfast bar on the lower level and very large roof terrace that is 48-feet-wide at the front and 21-feet-deep at the sides. 

Penthouse 3 is a three-bedroom unit with an entry foyer next to an open kitchen with a breakfast bar that opens to a 35-foot-long living/dining area and a 48-foot-lont common terrace front.  Two of the bedrooms have balconies in the rear. 

Apartment 4B is a two-bedroom unit with an entry foyer across from an 8-foot-long kitchen with a breakfast bar facing the open, 13-foot-wide dining area that is adjacent to the 18-foot-long living room.