40 East 19th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 40 East 19th Street by Carter Horsley

This very elegant, 9-story, mid-block building at 40 East 19th Street between Broadway and Park Avenue South in the Ladies' Mile Historic district was erected in 1905 and converted in 1980 to 9 co-operative apartments. 

It was designed by Sass & Smallheiser for the Brody, Adler & Koch Company. 

It is close to Madison Square Park, Gramercy Park and Union Square Park, Paragon Sports and many restaurants. 

There is good public transportation.

Bottom Line

A very handsome mid-block, 9-story building in the Ladies' Mile Historic District that was erected in 1905 and converted to 9-co-operative apartments in 1980.

Description

The designation report for the Ladies' Mile Historic District includes the following commentary on the building: 

"This nine-story Beaux-Arts store and loft building, characteristic of the later development phase of the district, is located in the middle of the block but at the eastern boundary of the district.  Forty-two feet wide, the building has a stone façade, now painted, organized in a tripartite composition of a two-story base, a transitional story, a five-story mid-section, and a one-story top.  The two-story base has solid end bays framing a glass-fronted commercial space and rising to a Corinthian entablature.  The end bays are banded with door openings at the first story and double-hung second story windows.  Each doorway is framed by an architrave with a keystone and flanking cornucopias.  The door itself, recessed behind the left doorway, and the central storefront are framed in stainless steel.  There are three large original wood-framed casement windows over the storefront. 

"Above the base is a midsection with one transitional story with a simple entablature and five additional stories.  Wall surfaces are scored horizontally.  The central section of the upper five stories contains tiers of double-hung replacement windows and spandrel panels.  The spandrel panels are all galvanized iron except at the lowest story; there Ionic colonnettes flank a central aedicule.  The midsection terminates in a bracketed belt course with a central cartouche. 

"The top contains Tuscan piers in the center flanked by end-bay windows, all set in a smooth wall.  This is surmounted by a central panel flanked by shell finials and the galvanized iron cornice terminates the façade." 

Amenities

The building has keyed elevator access, video intercom, virtual doorman service and pets are allowed.

Apartments

Apartment 2 is a three-bedroom unit with 3,400 square feet, a 37-foot-long living room, a 17-foot-long dining area next to a 19-foot-long open kitchen and a small home office. 

Apartment 6 is a three-bedroom unit with an 22-foot-wide entrance gallery that opens onto a 38-foot-wide living/dining room and a 15-foot-long open kitchen with an island. 

Apartment 7 is a three-bedroom unit with a 20-foot-long dining room, a 30-foot-long living room with an open kitchen with an island, and a 18-foot-long screening room.