53 East 66th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 53 East 66th Street by Carter Horsley

This very attractive, mid-block, 10-story, co-operative apartment building was erected in 1923 and has 25 units.  

It was designed by Mott B. Schmidt, the architect of major townhouses on Sutton Place, 655 and 1088 Park Avenue, and the Vincent Astor Townhouse that is now the Junior League of New York Building on East 80th Street.  His grandfather, Dr. John W. Schmidt Jr., was the first visiting surgeon at St. Vincent's Hospital and helped start the New York Academy of Medicine.

Bottom Line

An elegant, Georgian-style, mid-block building with fireplaces between Madison and Park Avenue.

Description

The red-brick building has a green mansard roof. 

It has a two-story limestone base with a two-step-up, canopied entrance with a broken pediment surround and fenced sidewalk landscaping. 

The building has multi-paned fenestration.

Amenities

The building has a full-time doorman and a live-in superintendent.

Apartments

Apartments have fireplaces. 

Apartment 9A is a two-bedroom duplex unit with a 12-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 25-foot-wide living room with a fireplace, a 17-foot-wide library, a 14-foot-long study, a 15-foot-wide dining room, a 13-foot-wide kitchen with two window, and a 20-foot-long pantry.  The foyer has a stairway to the upper level with the bedrooms and a 20-foot-wide east terrace and a 53-foot-wide south terrace. 

Apartment 9B is a three-bedroom duplex with a 12-foot-wide entrance gallery that leads to a 25-foot-wide living room with a fireplace, a 14-foot-wide study, a 16-foot-wide dining room, a 26-foot-wide kitchen with a window and a 12-foot-long maid's room.  The entrance gallery has a stairway to the upper level with two bedrooms, a 21-foot-long family room and a 54-foot-long terrace. 

Apartment 5C is a three-bedroom unit with an 8-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 19-foot-wide living room with a fireplace that adjoins a 17-foot-wide dining room across from a 14-foot-long, windowed kitchen.

Apartment 7D is a two-bedroom unit with a 10-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 19-foot-long living room with a fireplace, a 14-foot-wide dining room, an 11-foot-long study and a 16-foot-long kitchen with a window.