205 West 19th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 205 West 19th Street by Carter Horsley

This attractive, 12-story, mid-block apartment building at 205 West 19^th Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues in Chelsea has 20 apartments and was erected in 1913.  It was converted to a co-operative in 1977.

It was designed by Walter Haefeli, whose other 12-story buildings include 43 West 16^th Street, 562 West End Avenue and 412 Park Avenue South that was renovated and turned into the Huys by Piet Boon.

Bottom Line

An attractive, mid-block, pre-war apartment building in Chelsea that has some large and unusual apartment layouts.

Description

The brown-brick building has a two-story limestone base, a two-story limestone top beneath a modest cornice and decorative spandrels at its sides. It has a handsome bandcourse with circular elements above the second floor and another one, somewhat shorter, beneath the top floor.

It has multi-paned windows and permits window air-conditioners.

Amenities

The building has a video intercom, a live-in superintendent and private storage.  It allows pets.

Apartments

The four-bedroom unit on the 9^th floor has a 12-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 21-foot-wide corner living room next to a 22-foot-wide dining room adjacent to a 23-foot-wide, enclosed kitchen with an island.  The unit also has a corner, 21-foot-wide home office with three windows and a 16-foot-long study, a 17-foot-wide playroom, an 11-foot-wide media room and the corner master bedroom has a 21-foot-wide sitting room and a 16-foot-wide dressing room.

Apartment 6F is a three-bedroom unit with a 32-foot-long living/dining room next to a 21-foot-wide corner media room and a 17-foot-long eat-in kitchen with an angled breakfast bar next to the living/dining room.  The unit also has a 12-foot-wide home office and a 13-fot-wide laundry room.

Apartment 2R is a two-bedroom unit with an angled, 23-foot-long, windowed, corner kitchen with an angled island next to a 28-foot-wide living room that leads to a 19-foot-wide, angled media room and a 15-foot-wide flexible use space.