993 Park Avenue: Review and Ratings

Review of 993 Park Avenue by Carter Horsley

This well-proportioned and attractive Italian-Renaissance-palazzo-style apartment building at 993 Park Avenue on the southeast corner at 84^th Street was erected in 1915 by Bing & Bing and designed by Robert T. Lyons, whose other Park Avenue buildings are 955 and 1155.

The 13-story building was converted to a cooperative in 1960 and has 51 apartments.

Bottom Line

The building’s ample apartments have considerable "light and air" because it is across the avenue from the impressive Roman Catholic Church of St. Ignatius Loyola and its school and related facilities.

Description

The building has a two-story, limestone base with a canopied entrance flanked by two sconces.  Windows on the third and 11^th floors have handsome stone surrounds and there is a double stringcourse at the 11^th floor and one above the 12^th floor.  The building has a large, bracketed cornice.

The building is one of the few on Park Avenue with a revolving door entrance. In 2013, it renovated its lobby.

Amenities

The building has a doorman and an elevator operator.  It has a gym and permits washers and dryers with board approval.  It is pet-friendly.

Apartments

Most apartments have wood-burning fireplaces.

Apartment 2D is a two-bedroom unit with an entry foyer that leads to a 21-foot-long living room next to an enclosed 11-foot-long dining room off  the 12-foot-long enclosed kitchen.

Apartment 12E is a two-bedroom unit with a 9-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 22-foot-wide living room with wood-burning fireplace.  The apartment has a 12-foot-wide kitchen.

Apartment 7N is a three-bedroom unit with a 29-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 21-foot-wide living room with wood-burning fireplace that is next to an enclosed 16-foot-wide dining room.  The apartment also has a 15-foot-square library and a 16-foot-long kitchen.

Apartment 3E is a four-bedroom unit with a 10-foot-wide entry foyer that opens onto a 26-foot-wide living room with wood-burning fireplace next to a 19-foot-long dining room adjacent to a 14-foot-long kitchen with an 11-foot-long laundry.  The apartment also has a 13-foot-long library and a 10-foot-long staff room.

Location

The building is not far from to the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue and there are other schools and religious institutions nearby.

Cross-town buses run on 86th Street and an express subway station is at Lexington Avenue and 86th Street.