Key Details
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Listed: Oct 2, 2023Last Price Change: -13.3% ($1,000,000) on Mar 9Days on Market: 208Building Type: CooperativeNeighborhood: Park/Fifth Ave. to 79th St. (Manhattan)Doorman: FT DoormanListing viewed 263 times
Insider Highlights
- Ample Storage: The property offers ample storage throughout with double height custom closets, including a luxurious corner primary bedroom suite with custom closets and a marble bathroom.
- Exceptional Building: The pre-war cooperative building features a full-time doorman, attentive staff, a fully equipped fitness center, and additional private storage. The building is large and handsome with a deep and impressive lobby.
- Luxurious Interiors: The property has been renovated with quality materials and finishes, preserving original details such as a wood-burning fireplace, carved marble mantle, beamed ceilings, and black-framed windows. It offers exceptional scale, abundant natural light, and enchanting views.
- Private and Spacious: The apartment features a private elevator landing and a 35-foot entry gallery. It boasts 4 generously proportioned sun-drenched bedrooms, 4 baths, and 3 staff rooms, one set up as a laundry and another as a gym.
- Prime Location: This prestigious Park Avenue property is located in the Upper East Side, within close proximity to Central Park, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, fine restaurants, shops, and schools. It's also conveniently located near many boutiques, subway stations, cross-town bus service, and Lenox Hill Hospital.
- High-End Kitchen: The huge L-shaped sleek windowed eat-in kitchen is equipped with top-of-the-line appliances.
Description
Presently in excellent, livable condition, meticulously maintained by the owner, this apartment offers a timeless elegance.
Minor tweaks can be made here and there depending on personal taste, but it does not require a complete gut renovation. Boasting exceptional south and west views, the apartment creates a joyful and distinctive living experience complemented by lush garden vistas and amazing magical light.
Superbly located between 78th and 79th streets, just two blocks from Central Park, this residence offers the epitome of Upper East Side living. With 10’ ceilings, open south exposures over trees, and west-facing to gardens, the grace and elegance of this home shine through.
A private elevator landing leads to a magnificent 35-foot entry gallery with a vaulted ceiling, seamlessly connecting to the living room, library (or 4th bedroom), and formal dining room, providing the perfect flow for entertaining.
Beautifully maintained and expansive, this apartment is surrounded by every convenience and all the best the neighborhood has to offer. Move in immediately or customize to your personal taste and style. The wood-burning fireplace, carved marble mantle, beamed ceilings, and black-framed windows accentuate the classical design inside, while trees lining the bright south windows and west to gardens below visually connect all rooms with the outdoors.
Featuring 4 generously proportioned sun-drenched bedrooms, one used as a library, 4 baths, 3 staff rooms (one set up as a laundry and another as a gym), and ample storage throughout with double height custom closets, this home offers an abundance of space for any lifestyle.
The luxurious corner primary bedroom suite overlooks trees with double exposure, custom closets, and a marble primary bathroom. The huge L-shaped sleek windowed eat-in kitchen boasts top-of-the-line appliances, including 2 Sub-Zero refrigerators, a professional a professional Luxury Thermador Gas range, 2 Miele dishwashers, a breakfast room and a butler’s pantry, perfectly blending functionality and convenience with a modern aesthetic.
Live in one of the most desirable spots on the Upper East Side, in the epicenter of New York’s best shops, boutiques, galleries, and fine restaurants, with direct proximity to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Noteworthy for its understated neoclassical limestone and brick facade, 888 Park Avenue was built in 1926 by the renowned architectural firm of Schwartz & Gross.
Residents enjoy impeccable service from full-time doormen and staff, private storage, and a fully equipped fitness center. The co-op permits 40% financing. Contact me today for a private showing.
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