It has 122 apartments, 110 of which are condominiums and the remainder rentals.

It has an address of 151 East 85th Street but is also known as 1269 Lexington Avenue and its entrance is on the avenue next to a two-story-high, angled, bronze cut-out planter that is very impressive.

The glass-clad building occupies the avenue blockfront between 85th and 86th Streets and has substantial retail space occupied by Barnes & Noble, Sephora and H & M. It also has an entrance to the uptown Lexington Avenue subway.

The building was built at the same time as The Related Companies was erecting a similar size apartment tower one block to the west on the southeast corner of Third Avenue. That red-brick and stone building is known as The Brompton and was designed by Robert A. M. Stern in a highly detailed Post-Modern style.

This building was designed by Cook + Fox, the architects of the office tower on the northeast corner of the Avenue of the Americas and 42nd Street that is known as One Bryant Park.

In between The Lucida and the Brompton is a 36-story apartment tower at 185 East 85th Street.

At first glance, The Lucida appears to be a sleek glass box, but its shape is actually more of an “L” and it has numerous setbacks, some of which are set at slight angles to the streetwall.

The apartments have 10-foot-high ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows. The building has a doorman, a concierge, a large lobby with a fireplace, a La Palestrina spa with a skylit pool, a residents lounge with catering kitchen, a bicycle room, and a children’s playroom designed by Kidville, NY.

S. Russell Groves designed the interior spaces.

The Lucida’s promotional materials state that it is the first LEED-certified residential “green” building on the Upper East Side.

The building will irrigate its landscaping only with rainwater and filtered outside air will be delivered continuously to each apartment and indoor materials that emit common pollutants have been avoided. Other environmentally friendly features of the building include the use of “rapidly renewable materials such as bamboo, cork and palm wood” in the lobby and amenities spaces and sustainably-harvested wood in the apartments.

The building is convenient to many cultural institutions and schools in the neighborhood, which also has good retail and numerous restaurants. There is considerably traffic but also excellent public transportation.

The building is just to the west of a Fire Department station.