The Brewster, 21 West 86th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 21 West 86th Street by Carter Horsley

This attractive, beige-brick, 16-story apartment building, which is known as The Brewster, was erected in 1927 and designed by Sugarman & Berger whose other Upper West Side buildings include the Broadway Fashion Building on the southwest corner at 84^th Street, the White House at 262 Central Park West and the New Yorker Hotel at 34^th Street.

This building was converted to 144 condominium apartments and 8,000-square feet of medical space in 2014 by Adellco, whose other Manhattan projects include the Capitol at Chelsea and the Aston.

The building was bought by Adellco in 2012 for about $98 million from Rambleside Holdings Inc.

Bottom Line

A handsome, pre-war in an excellent Upper West Side location convenient to public transportation and Central Park.

Description

The building has a broad entrance marquis and arched windows with some marble surrounds and light sconces on the first floor. 

It has a scalloped stringcourse above the first floor and a scalloped bandcourse above the 4^th floor and the 14^th floor and a scalloped cornice.  There are balconies on the sixth and 14 floors.

The first floor has arched windows.

Amenities

The building has a concierge, a live-in superintendent, a rooftop garden with barbecue and fireplace, a children’s playroom, and a pet spa.

Apartments

Penthouse C is a three-bedroom, duplex unit with a 32-foot-long living room with an open, pass-through kitchen.

Apartment 11A is a four-bedroom unit with a 27-foot-long living room and a 13-foot-long dining area with an open kitchen.

Apartment 11B is a three –bedroom unit with a 16-foot-living room with an open kitchen.

Apartment 5D is a three-bedroom unit with a 15-foot-long living room with an open kitchen.

Apartment 3D is a three-bedroom unit with a 20-footliving room with an open, pass-through kitchen.

Apartment 3G is a two bedroom unit with a 17-foot-long living room with an open, pass-through kitchen.

Apartment 8C is a one-bedroom unit with a 14-foot-wide living room with an open kitchen.

History

In the late 1970s, the building gained some notoriety when a rehabilitation center for former mental patients known as The Bridge moved into part of the building when it was the Brewster Hotel.