103 East 86th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 103 East 86th Street by Carter Horsley

This 13-story, beige-brick, pre-war rental apartment building at 103 East 86^th Street was erected in 1914 and has 50 apartments.

The mid-block building in Carnegie Hill was designed for Keitt Walker by Schwartz & Gross.

It is on the same block as a Duane Reade and a Best Buy and there is excellent cross-town Select bus service.

Bottom Line

A mid-block, pre-war rental apartment building with large apartments with fireplaces in a prime Carnegie Hill neighborhood.

Description

The building has a two-story entrance surround, bandcourses above the first, third, fourth and 11^th floors.  The 10^th floor has some under window balustrades and it has a balustraded roofline.

The building has an entrance canopy and is missing some balconies.

Amenities

The building has a doorman, a fitness center, a children’s playroom, a residents’ lounge, a laundry room and a garden.  It is pet-friendly.

Apartments

Apartments have fireplaces and washers and dryers.

Apartment 7C is a three-bedroom unit with an entrance foyer that leads to a large living room with a wood-burning fireplace and a bay window.

Apartment 6D is a three-bedroom unit with a 9-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 24-foot-long living room with a fireplace and a bay window.   The apartment has a 15-foot-long, windowed kitchen.

Apartment 6B is a three-bedroom unit with a 10-foot-long diagonal entry foyer that leads to a 19-foot-long living room with a fireplace and a 17-foot-long, windowed and angled kitchen.

A three-bedroom unit has a 12-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 23-foot-long angled living room with a fireplace next to a 16-foot-long dining room across from a pantry and a 16-foot-wide kitchen.