1130 Park Avenue: Review and Ratings

Review of 1130 Park Avenue by Carter Horsley

This elegant, 16-story apartment building at 1130 Park Avenue on the southwest corner at 91^st Street was erected in 1927 and converted to a cooperative in 1951.

It has 44 apartments.

It was designed by George F. Pelham for the Marcus Brown Construction Co.

Bottom Line

Across 91^st Street from the extremely handsome, Georgian-style Brick Presbyterian Church and two blocks to the east of the National Design Museum that was the former Andrew Carnegie mansion and Central Park, this handsome pre-war building has a very prime Carnegie Hill location.

Description

The lower half of the first story of this red-brick building is faced with marble and an attractive bandcourse runs around the third story. It has large marble balconies in the center of its façades at the 8^th floor.

The red-brick building, which has some protruding air-conditioners, sidewalk landscaping and consistent fenestration, has a canopied entrance that leads into a step-up lobby.

According to the Carnegie Hill Architectural Guide published by Carnegie Hill Neighbors, “the double-story entrance surround is graced with a flowery carved entablature, foliate brackets and a dentiled cornice.”  “A single window above the door,” it continued, “is framed with marble carved in a scroll pattern. Egg-and-dart string courses span the second and thirteenth stories, and more elaborate band courses, each with a garland frieze and dentils, traverse the third and thirteenth stories.”

Amenities

It has a doorman, an exercise room and storage, but neither a roof deck nor a garage.

Apartments

Apartment 152 is a three-bedroom unit with a 19-foot-long entrance gallery that opens onto a 24-foot-long living room with wood-burning fireplace next to a 16-foot-long library and a 24-foot-long dining room next to a 8-foot-long butler’s pantry, a 16-foot-long kitchen and two staff rooms. 

Apartment 132 is a three-bedroom unit with a 19-foot-long entrance gallery that opens on one side to a 27-foot-long living room with fireplace and on the other to a 24-foot-long dining room next to a breakfast nook, a kitchen, a laundry and a maid’s room.

Apartment 91 is a three-bedroom unit that has a small entry foyer that leads to a 21-foot-long gallery that opens onto a 24-foot-long living room with fireplace and a 20-foot-long dining room next to a pantry and a 14-foot-long kitchen and a 9-foot-long staff room.

Apartment 62 is a three-bedroom unit that has a 19-foot-long entrance gallery that opens onto a 27-foot-long living room with fireplace and a 24-foot-long dining room next to a 15-foot-long pantry and an 18-foot-long kitchen and two maids’ rooms.  The apartment also has a 25-foot-long library.

History

The building replaced a couple of five-story residential buildings.

Location

The structure has a prime Carnegie Hill location just across 91st Street from the handsome Brick Presbyterian Church that was designed by William Louis Ayers of York & Sawyer. There are many fine private schools in this neighborhood as well as many cultural and religious institutions. This is one of the city's most desirable neighborhoods for families and there are several charming restaurants and boutiques nearby on Madison Avenue.