The Holland Court, 1160 Park Avenue: Review and Ratings

Review of 1160 Park Avenue by Carter Horsley

This attractive, red-brick apartment tower at 1160 Park Avenue on the northwest corner at 92^nd Street was completed in 1926 and is one of the more modest designs by George F. Pelham.

The 14-story building has 64 apartments and was converted to co-operative ownership in 1968.

Bottom Line

A nice pre-war building with large layouts with fireplaces in a prime Carnegie Hill location.

Description

The building has a three-story limestone base with a pair of pilasters at the north and south ends of the avenue frontage.

The pilasters are repeated on the top two floors where there is a balustrated bandcourse over the 12^th floor.

The building has a canopied entrance with sidewalk landscaping and it permits some protruding air-conditioners.

Amenities

The building has a full-time doorman, a live-in superintendent, a porter, a gym, storage and a bicycle room.  It is pet friendly.

Apartments

Penthouse E is a two-bedroom unit with a 14-foot-wide entrance gallery that leads in one direction to a 24-foot-long living room with a wood-burning fireplace and in the other to a 15-foot-long dining room and a 21-foot-long eat-in kitchen.  There is also a 25-foot-long, skylit library.

Apartment 4D is a four-bedroom unit that has a 22-foot-wide entrance gallery that leads in one direction to a 25-foot-long living room with fireplace and in the other to a 16-foot-long hall that leads past a 16-foot-long library to a 20-foot-long dining room next to a 13-foot-long kitchen, a servant’s hall and two maids’ rooms.

Apartment 9A is a two-bedroom unit that has a 20-foot-wide entrance gallery that leads in one direction to a 24-foot-long living room with fireplace that opens onto a 17-foot-long dining room next to a 23-foot-long eat-in kitchen and 11-foot-long staff room and in the other to a 17-foot-long library.

Apartment 14A is a three-bedroom unit that has a 21-foot-long entrance gallery and a 13-foot-long wet bar that lead to a 24-foot-long living room with wood-burning fireplace that opens onto a 19-foot-long dining room next to a 23-foot-long eat-in kitchen and an ll-foot-long staff room.

Apartment 4C is a two-bedroom unit with a 19-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 25-foot-long living room with fireplace and a 19-foot-long dining room next to a pantry and a 15-foot-long kitchen and a 9-foot-maid’s room.

History

In his book, "Park Avenue, Street of Dreams," (Atheneum, 1990), James Trager wrote that this building "replaced the seven-story Quackenbush apartment house.”