422 West 20th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 422 West 20th Street by Carter Horsley

This very attractive, mid-block building at 422 West 20^th Street is across the street from the General Theological Seminary that occupies the full block between Ninth and Tenth Avenues and 20^th and 21^st streets in Chelsea. 

This building, a former dormitory for married students at the seminary, is a five-story building that was erected in 1895 and designed by Neville & Bagge. 

The building has been developed by The Brodsky Organization, which also developed the Chelsea Enclave at 177 Ninth Avenue. 

Alan Wanzenberg Architects designed the 37-unit condominium conversion in 2012.

Bottom Line

An extremely handsome building whose residents have access to the seminary’s famous Close, or garden, across the street, it has a prime Chelsea location convenient to transportation, restaurants, art galleries and the High Line Park.

Description

The handsome, symmetrical building has arched windows on the fourth floor and a large cornice with bandcourses above the first and fourth floors and three, 6-step-up entrances beneath attractive fire-escapes that were removed in the conversion. The first and top floors are rusticated.

Amenities

The building has a doorman, a live-in superintendent, a gym, community recreation facilities, storage space, a bicycle room, an elevator and a laundry. 

Apartments

Apartments have central air-conditioning, 2.5-inch wide solid oak plant flooring, new thermopane windows, ceiling heights that range from 8 to 10-and-a-half feet, Bosch washers and dryers, Shaker-style kitchen cabinetry, honed Basaltina stone countertops and pale grey backsplashes, Liebherr stainless steel refrigerators and Bosch stainless steel gas cooktops and wall ovens and dishwashers.. 

Residence C on the 2^nd floor is a one-broom with a very long entry gallery that leads past an open, windowed kitchen to a 17-foot-long living room. 

Residence H on the third floor has a long entry hall that leads past an enclosed, windowed kitchen and two bedrooms to a 24-foot-wide living room at the rear of the building. 

Residence B on the fourth floor is a two-bedroom unit with a long entry gallery that leads past an open, windowed kitchen to a 17-foot-long living room. 

Residence A on the third floor is a three-bedroom unit that has an entry into a 16-foot-long study that leads to a 23-foot-long living room with an enclosed windowed kitchen.