272 West 86th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 272 West 86th Street by Carter Horsley

This handsome, 7-story, mid-block, apartment building at 272 West 86th Street between Broadway and West End Avenue was erected in 1885 and has only 7 condominium units. 

It was designed by C. P. H. Gilbert, whose was the architect of numerous notable Manhattan mansions including the former Otto Kahn mansion at 1 East 91st Street, the former Felix M. Warburg House at 1 East 92nd Street, the former Morton F. Plant house at 2 West 52nd Street and the former Harry F. Sinclair mansion at 2 East 79th Street. 

Barry Rice was the architect for the 2017 conversion to condominiums by East River Partners LLC. 

There is excellent public transportation and a supermarket is across the street.

Bottom Line

A broad mid-block building with only 7 large apartments and four rounded window bays topped with very handsome, balustraded balconies.

Description

With four rounded, 4-story bays, each with two windows, handsome decoration between windows on the 5th floor and a good cornice, this is one of the nicer broad mid-block buildings on the Upper West Side. 

The building has fenced front yards with sidewalk landscaping and is distinguished by the balustraded balconies on the 5th floor atop the rounded window bays that also has balustrade around the second floor bays which have window surrounds.

Amenities

The building has a 24-hour doorman, a superintendent and good storage.

Apartments

Kitchens have GD Cucine cabinetry. 

The penthouse is a duplex with more than 2,000 square feet of terraces. 

The townhouse unit is a triplex with 3,403 square feet of internal space and 946 square feet of external space with four bedrooms, and an 11-foot-long gallery on the middle level leading to a 20-foot-wide rear living room.  The lowest level has a 13-foot-long recreation room in the front and a 19-foot-0long dining room adjacent to an 18-foot-long open and windowed kitchen with an island and a 30-foot-square garden. 

Apartment 3E is a three-bedroom duplex with 2,253 square feet of space with a 9-foot-wide entry foyer that opens onto a 21-foot-wide living room and a long gallery that leads to a 17-foot-long dining room adjacent to a 14-foot-windowed kitchen with an island on the lower level. 

Apartment 3W is a four-bedroom unit with 2,555 square feet of space with a 26-foot-long living room with an open, 20-foot-wide kitchen with an island.