160 East 22nd Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 160 East 22nd Street by Carter Horsley

Carter B. Horsley, a former journalist for The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune and The New York Post. Mr. Horsley is also the editorial director of CityRealty.com.

 

This attractive, limestone-clad, 21-story apartment building at 160 East 22^nd Street has 82 units and was completed in 2012.

It was originally developed by the Kaish & Taub Development Group Corporation and designed by Kutnicki Bernstein, but it was completed by Toll Brothers and designed by Perkins Eastman.

It is distinguished by a 25-foot-wide cantilever on Third Avenue.

Bottom Line

A robust apartment building with a strong fenestration pattern and a cantilever in the desirable Gramercy Park neighborhood.

Description

The building has several small setbacks and a very attractive lattice-work entrance surround and marquee and a large, wood-paneled lobby.

The building has a 25-foot-cantilever on Third Avenue.

Amenities

The building has an attended lobby, a fitness center, a children’s playroom, a storage room, a screening room, and a roof deck.

Apartments

Apartments have 5-inch white oak floors, Bosch washers and dryers, Sub-Zero refrigerators, Miele dishwashers, cooktops and ovens, white satin lacquer cabinetry,  basaltine stone countertops, 15-bottle wine coolers, Kohler soaking tubs with stone deck, Persian Natural white marble floor and walls, Bianco Perla white feature wall and Toto low-flow toilets.

Apartment 18B has a 7-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 25-foot-long living/dining room with an open, 10-foot-wide, pass-through kitchen.

Apartment 15E is a three-bedroom unit with an 8-foot-wide entry foyer that opens into a 21-foot-wide living/dining room with an open 11-foot-long kitchen with an island.

Apartment 6D is a two-bedroom unit with a 5-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to an 18-foot-long living/dining room with a 9-foot-wid pass-through kitchen.

Apartment 12A is a two-bedroom unit with a 9-foot-long entry foyer that leads to an 18-foot-long living/dining room with an open kitchen with an island.