Lexington Parc, 127 East 30th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 127 East 30th Street by Carter Horsley

The handsome, 18-story apartment building at 127 East 30^th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues has 73 condominium apartments.

The building, which is known as Lexington Parc, was erected in 1988 by Lawrence A. Smiley and designed by SCLE.

Amenities include concierge, live-in super, bike room, storage unit, laundry room, and roof deck. It is minutes from the best of NoMad, Murray Hill, and Gramercy.

Bottom Line

One of the rarest things in Manhattan is a very attractive, mid-rise, mid-block residential building especially on a very attractive residential street and this building is just that.

Description

The pale-orange-brick building has a five-story base that is a bit lower than the adjoining brownstones to the west and a setback tower that is notable for its symmetry and its many balconies that are angled on one side toward the center of the building.

There is a good crispness to the façade design and the building also has quite an attractive light palette.

It has discrete air-conditioners.

Amenities

The building has a canopied entrance, a 24-hour doorman, a bicycle room, a roof deck, private storage and a central laundry room, but no sidewalk landscaping and no garage.

It is pet friendly.

Apartments

Apartment 10D is a two-bedroom unit with a long entry foyer that leads to a pass-through kitchen and a 24-foot-long living room with a balcony.

Apartment 17B is a two-bedroom unit with a 20-foot-long living room with a balcony and a pass-through kitchen.

Apartment 5E is a one-bedroom unit with an entry foyer that leads to an pass-through kitchen and curves around to a 24-foot-long living room.

Location

It was built next to a Pratt Institute building that is a New York City landmark and fronts on Lexington Avenue and the developer purchased an air-rights easement from the United Jewish Appeal that owned the building.  He also transferred air-rights from three brownstones he owned on the block.

There are many Indian restaurants nearby on Lexington Avenue and many trendy non-Indian restaurants nearby in the Flatiron District as well as the very popular Shake Shack in Madison Square Park a few blocks away.

There is a subway station at Park Avenue South and 28th Street.