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19 West 69th Street: Review and Ratings

between Central Park West & Columbus Avenue View Full Building Profile

Carter Horsley
Review of 19 West 69th Street by Carter Horsley

This attractive, 14-story apartment building at 19 West 69th Street was erected in 1916 and has 83 rental apartments. 

The mid-block building is between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. 

It was designed by Schwartz & Gross for the Waitt Realty Company. It is now owned by the Brodsky Organization. 

It is within the Central Park West Historic District.  It was once known as the Congress Hotel.

Bottom Line

A pleasant, red-brick, mid-block rental building with small apartments but an impressive entrance marquee and a good Upper West Side location close to Central Park and not far from Lincoln Center.

Description

The red-brick building has a large and impressive entrance marquee. but no sidewalk landscaping. 

Its lower two floors has two pairs of red-brick columns rising from a terracotta base and culminating in the broad terracotta bandcourse.  There is another bandcourse above the third floor and another above the 12th floor. 

The building has a nice cornice,

Amenities

The building has a 24-hour concierge and a laundry room.

Apartments

Apartment 304/305 is a two-bedroom unit with a 10-foot-wide living room next to an open, 10-foot-wide kitchen. 

Apartment 1103 is a one-bedroom unit with a 14-foot-wide living room with an open, 8-foot-long kitchen 

Apartment 405 is a studio unit with a 12-foot-wide living room next to a 5-foot-long enclosed kitchen.

Key Details
  • No Fee Rental built in 1916
  • Located in Central Park West
  • 83 total apartments 83 total apartments
  • Doorman
  • Pets Allowed