230 West 105th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 230 West 105th Street by Carter Horsley

This attractive 14-story building at 230 West 105^th Street on the southeast corner at Broadway has 70 apartments and was erected in 1917.

It was designed by Gaetan Ajello.

Bottom Line

This handsome, pre-war apartment building has large layouts and is one block from Straus Park, and two blocks from Riverside Park and the IRT subway.

Description

The white-brick building has a very attractive, rusticated base with a nice entrance surround and canopy with globular lights and sidewalk landscaping.

The building has bandcourses above the first, third, fourth and thirteenth floors.

It permits protruding air-conditioners and has fire escapes on one of its side façades.

Amenities

The building has a doorman, a laundry room, a storage room and permits pets.

Apartments

Apartment 7A is a three-bedroom unit with an 11-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 25-foot-long living/dining room adjacent to an open, 19-foot-long kitchen and a 16-foot-long pantry that also leads to a 16-foot-long library.

Apartment 5A is a two-bedroom unit that has a 12-foot-long entry foyer that opens onto a 18-foot-square great room with an open kitchen with an island next to an 11-foot-long pantry.

Apartment 10D is a three-bedroom unit that has an 8-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 13-foot-wide gallery that opens onto a 22-foot-long living room and an 18-foot-long dining room and an enclosed 17-foot-long kitchen.

Apartment 4B is a three-bedroom unit that has an entry foyer that leads to an 18-foot-long gallery that opens onto a 19-foot-long angled living room and a 17-foot-long eat-in kitchen.

Apartment 3A is a two-bedroom unit that has a 12-foot-long entrance gallery that leads to an 18-foot-long living room and an 18-foot-long dining room next to a 16-foot-long kitchen, a 7-foot-long pantry and a 13-foot-long maid’s room.