1075 Park Avenue: Review and Ratings

Review of 1075 Park Avenue by Carter Horsley

This attractive building at 1075 Park Avenue on the southeast corner at 88^th Street in the heart of the desirable Carnegie Hill neighborhood was erected in 1923 and converted to a cooperative in 1954.

The 15-story edifice has 56 apartments.

It was designed by George and Edward Blum whose other Park Avenue buildings include 555, 791, 830, 840, 875 and 940.

Bottom Line

A handsome pre-war whose Carnegie Hill entrance has little girls’ heads tucked in the terra-cotta entrance surround.

Description

The red-brick building has a one-and-a-half-story, limestone-and-granite base with a canopied, three-step-up entrance.

A nice feature of the building is that it has paired arched windows on the 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th floors that the “Carnegie Hill Architecture Guide” published by Carnegie Hill Neighbors observed gave the building “a soaring, regal quality,” adding that the “window surrounds are leafy and spiral; within the arched lintels terra-cotta urns spill flowers and vines.”

“A row of decorative circles underscores the metal modillioned cornice” and “the classical entryway is capped with a flat cornice over rows of egg-and-dart and dentil moldings, above a floral carved entablature.  Look closely at the door surround: in the center of the leafy terra-cotta carvings are small Dutch-girl heads,” the guide noted.

It has stringcourses above the 4^th, 7^th, 10^th and 13^th floors and a handsome cornice.

The building, however, has inconsistent fenestration, discrete air-conditioners and no sidewalk landscaping.

Amenities

The building has a doorman, a fitness room, and storage.

It permits pets.

It has no garage and no roof deck.

Apartments

Apartment 6D is a four-bedroom unit with a 25-foot-long entrance gallery that opens onto a 25-foot-long living room with a fireplace and a 23-foot-long dining room that is next to an 11-foot-long pantry and a 20-foot-long kitchen, a 13-foot-long staff hall and a 10-foot-long staff room.

Apartment 14A is a two-bedroom unit with a small entry foyer that leads to a 19-foot-long gallery that opens onto a 24-foot-long living room with a fireplace and a 14-foot-square dining room next to a wet bar, an 11-foot-long maid’s room and an 18-foot-long, windowed kitchen.

Apartment 12C is a three-bedroom unit with a 13-footlong entry foyer that leads to a 23-foot-long living room with a wood-burning fireplace and a 20-foot-long dining room next to an eat-in, windowed kitchen and a 15-foot-long breakfast room.

Apartment 2B is a two-bedroom unit with an entry foyer that leads to a 25-foot-long living room with a fireplace that opens onto a 13-foot-square dining room next to an 11-foot-long study and a 19-foot-long angled kitchen.

Apartment 1B is a two-bedroom unit with a 14-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 22-foot-long living room that opens onto an enclosed 13-foot-wide dining area next to a 17-foot-long kitchen.

Location

Not too far to the east of this building on 88th Street is the entrance to P.S. 169, the Robert F. Kennedy School. There are many fine private schools in this neighborhood as well as many cultural and religious institutions and gourmet food stores. The building is convenient to public transportation and excellent retail.