Carter's Review

This lovely, 6-story apartment building at 10 Holder Place in Forest Hills was erected in 1930 and designed by Grosvenor Atterbury, who also designed many of Forest Hills landmarks.

In its obituary of the architect, The New York Times maintained that his design by Forest Hills Gardens “has stood the test of time as one of the finest examples of community planning in the nation,” adding that the work included the design of the railroad station and adjoining structures” and that “Mr. Atterbury designed a special 8-by-4-foot hollow concrete block for the construction of the houses at a time when prefabrication in any form was virtually unknown.”

It was erected by the Russell Sage Foundation and was known as the Greenway Apartments.

It has 44 co-operative apartments.

Bottom Line

A grand, picturesque, Tudor-style compound with very nice apartments and an impressive entrance gate to its large, landscaped driveway and impressive, paneled lobby.

Description

Resembling a Swiss mountain resort, the picturesque building props its pitched roofs, beamed façades and variegated roofline in an impressive garden setting

Amenities

The building has a part-time doorman, a live-in superintendent, storage, bicycle room, a laundry and is pet-friendly.

Apartments

Apartment 3D is a three-bedroom unit with a 19-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 23-foot-long living room, a 17-foot-wide dining room and a 16-foot-long, windowed kitchen.

Apartment 3H is a three-bedroom unit with a 10-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 27-foot-long living room, a 21-foot-long dining room and a 10-foot-long eat-in kitchen.

Apartment 5B is a three-bedroom unit with a 9-foot-long entry foyer that leads to the living room with 14-foot-high ceilings and a wood-burning fireplace, a dining room with 10-foot-high ceilings and a windowed kitchen.

Apartment 6E is a two-bedroom duplex unit with a 17-foot-long entry foyer that leads past a stairway and a 10-foot-long kitchen with an island to a 25-foot-long living dining room on the lower level and two bedrooms and a 13-foot-square terrace on the upper level.

Apartment 6F is a one-bedroom duplex with an entry foyer that leads past an enclosed 6-foot-wide kitchen to a 22-foot-long living/dining room with a staircase to the upper level that has a 12-foot-wide bedroom and a 14-foot-wide terrace.

Apartment 5A is a two-bedroom duplex unit with an entry foyer that opens onto a double-height, 17-foot-long living room with a staircase and a 6-foot-wide dining area next to a 10-foot-long kitchen.  The master bedroom is upstairs along with a 12-foot-wide storage loft. 

Apartment 4D is a duplex, one-bedroom unit with a long entry foyer that leads past a 12-foot-long open kitchen to a 17-foot-long living room and an upstairs, 10-foot-wide sleeping loft.