Palm Tree Condominiums, 3 West 122nd Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 3 West 122nd Street by Carter Horsley

This very handsome, 6-story, mid-block apartment building is known as Mt. Morris Court and as Palm Tree Apartments at 3 West 122^nd Street between Mt. Morris Park West and Lenox Avenue in Harlem.

It was erected in 1900 and has 24 condominium 24 apartments.

Bottom Line

Despite its center façade fire-escape, this building is very close to a park and has a very elegant front with handsome window surrounds, a colonnade entrance, rounded and slightly indented corners and a slightly protruding center bay. 

Description

The light beige-brick building has a two-story stone base with a four-step-up entrance flanked by columns and a very attractive cast-iron fence topped by curly spikes.

The building has rounded corners with inset windows and a cornice with stringcourses below the first floor and above the 1^st, 2^nd and 5^th floors.

Its windows have handsome surrounds.

It has a white-painted fire escape above its entrance.

The lobby has onyx and marble wainscoting and a mosaic tile floor and the elevator is paneled with wood.

Amenities

The building has a doorman, a resident superintendent, a fitness center, bicycle storage, and a laundry.  It permits pets and has security cameras at the entrance.

Apartments

Apartments have 10-foot-high ceilings.

Apartment 5CD is a four-bedroom unit with an entry foyer that leads past a 12-foot-long open, pass-through kitchen to a 15-foot-wide living room and an 18-foot-long dining area.  The unit has a 10-foot-long library and two baths.

Apartment 1C is a two-bedroom unit with about 850 square feet, a granite kitchen countertop, a washer and dryer, recessed lighting, a Jacuzzi tub and exposed brick walls.  It has a long entry foyer that leads to a 24-foot-wide living room with an 18-foot-wide open kitchen with an island.

Apartment 4B is a two-bedroom unit with a 14-foot-wide corner living/dining room and a 10-foot-long kitchen.