715 Park Avenue: Review and Ratings

Review of 715 Park Avenue by Carter Horsley

Occupying a very prime Upper East Side location, this 18-story apartment building at 715 Park Avenue on the southeast corner at 70^th Street across from Asia House was one of the first new apartment buildings erected on Park Avenue after World War II.

The building was erected by Kleban Realty & Construction Corporation that also building 750 Park Avenue, 36 Sutton Place South, 30 East 37^th Street, 45 West 54^th Street and 200 East 57^th Street.

The building designed by George F. Pelham Jr., and, opened in 1949 and was converted to a condominium in 1984.

It has 77 apartments.

Bottom Line

Many critics have cited the cross-street between Park and Lexington Avenue as one of the most impressive in the city as some of the townhouses have belonged to some of the world's wealthiest people.

Description

The red-brick building has balconies at its southwest corner and corner windows at its northwest corner.

There are some terraces.

It has a canopied entrance with sidewalk landscaping and a three-step-down lobby.

Amenities

It has a doorman and an elevator operator and a roof deck.

Apartments

Apartment 19A is a two-bedroom duplex unit with a foyer that leads to a 23-foot-long living room with two bay windows and an 11-foot-lon dining alcove next to an 11-foot-long kitchen on the lower floor and a 16-foot-long room on the upper level with a very large wraparound balcony.

Apartment 16BD is a four-bedroom unit with a 24-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 23-foot-long living room and a 15-foot-long library, both of which open onto a 600-square-foot wraparound terrace.  The apartment also has a 16-foot-long dining room next to a 16-foot-long kitchen, a second 13-foot-square foyer and a 14-foot-long staff room.

Apartment 12D is a two-bedroom unit with a 26-foot-long living room with an 11-foot-long dining area and an 11-foot-long kitchen.

Apartment 6A is a one-bedroom unit that has an 11-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 22-foot-long living room with a balcony and an 11-foot-long dining area next to an 11-foot-long kitchen.

History

The building was at one time owned by Sarah Korein, who died in 1998.  She also owned Lever House, 120 Broadway, One Penn Plaza, the Delmonico Hotel at 502 Park Avenue, the Swiss Center at 606 Fifth Avenue and the Beresford Apartments at 211 Central Park West, the former Croyden Hotel at 12 East 86^th Street and Schwab House apartments on West End Avenue between 73rd and 74^th Streets.

Location

The Union Club and Hunter College are nearby to the south and a local subway station is at 67th Street and Lexington Avenue and a police precinct is also very close.

Cross-town buses run on 67th and 72nd Streets and some of the city's best private schools, art institutions and galleries, boutiques and clubs are in the vicinity.

The neighborhood ambiance is as good as it gets in the city.