Empire View Condominium, 360 West 28th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 360 West 28th Street by Carter Horsley

This 8-story apartment building at 360 West 28^th Street between Eighth and Ninth avenues in Chelsea was erected in 2002 by Mitchell Hirth and designed by Van J. Brody.

It has 17 condominium apartments.

The building is known as the Empire View Condominium.

It is mid-block on a curved street in the Penn South complex and is just to the east of the Holy Apostles Church on the southeast corner of Ninth Avenue.

Bottom Line

A narrow sliver of a red-brick building with few apartments and a pitched roof on a curved street in the middle of Chelsea next to the attractive steeple of the Holy Apostles Church. 

Description

The building has a narrow, red-brick front façade that is setback in a gated garden and has a pitched room above two triangular openings. 

The east side of the façade has white balconies and the west side has protruding aid-conditioners.

There are white stone lintels above the two-pane windows.

Amenities

The building has a live-in superintendent, storage and a laundry, and permits cats and dogs.

Apartments

Apartment 8B is a one-bedroom unit with a 18-foot-long dining area next to an enclosed and windowed, 7-foot-long kitchen and a 14-foot-long living area with a 9-foot-wide balcony.  There is a stair in the dining area to a 18-foot-long roof-top storage area.

Apartment 6B is a one-bedroom unit with a 32-foot-longliving room with a 9-foot-wide balcony and a 14-foot-long bedroom with one wall with two sliding doors and another with one sliding door.  The unit has an 8-foot-long enclosed kitchen.

Apartment 7A Is a studio unit with a 19-by-17-foot living room and an 9-foot-wide balcony and an open kitchen.

Apartment 3A is a studio unit with a 19-foot-long living room with a sleeping alcove, an open kitchen, and a 9-foot-wide balcony.