Crossing 23rd, 121 East 23rd Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 121 East 23rd Street by Carter Horsley

This attractive, mid-block, 22-story apartment building at 121 East 23^rd Street between Park Avenue South and Lexington Avenue was erected in 2005 and is distinguished by its asymmetrical façade.

The building has 95 large condominium apartments.

The east end of the building has balconies and the top third of the building has a different fenestration pattern than the lower two-thirds.

It was developed by Chay & Chay LLC and designed by H. Thomas O’Hara.

Andres Escobar did the interiors.

Bottom Line

This area is undergoing significant change with new luxury residential towers, and an enlarged Baruch College campus and improved retail activity that is beginning to replace many fast-food outlets in the area.

Shake Shack is a short walk away in Madison Square Park near Mario Batali’s spacious and super Eataly food emporium.

Description

The light-red-brick building has a two-story stone base and many bay windows in the center of the 23^rd Street façade.

Amenities

It has a doorman and a part-time concierge, a live-in superintendent, a residents’ lounge and meeting room with a landscaped terrace, a fitness room, a bicycle room and a laundry room.

It has no garage and no sidewalk landscaping.

Apartments

Many of the apartments have Brazilian cherry flooring, floor-to-ceiling windows and washers and dryers.

Many of the kitchens have cherry wood cabinetry and granite countertops.

Apartment 9A is a three-bedroom unit with a 10-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to an open, 19-foot-long kitchen and a 17-foot-long dining room next to a 16-foot-long living room with a 9-foot-wide balcony.  One of the bedrooms is 19-feet-long and another has a 9-foot-wide balcony.

Apartment 19A is a three-bedroom unit with an entry foyer that leads to a 19-foot-long pass-through, windowed kitchen next to an 8-foot-long windowed dining area and a 24-foot-long living room with a corner window and a 74-square-foot balcony.  One of the bedrooms is 21-feet long and another has a 74-square-foot balcony.

Apartment 16C is a three-bedroom unit with an entry foyer that leads past a 15-foot-long, pass-through kitchen to an 11-foot-wide dining room and a 21-foot-long living room with a bay window across from the 26-foot-long master bedroom with a bay window.

Apartment 15C is a three-bedroom unit with a pass-through, 15-foot-long kitchen at the entrance to the 33-foot-long living room with a bay window across from the 18-foot-long master bedroom with a bay window.

Apartment 15B is a two-bedroom unit with two balconies, a pass-through kitchen and an 18-foot-long living room.

Apartment 10A is a two-bedroom unit with a 12-foot-long, pass-through kitchen next to the 18-foot-long living room and a 138-square-foot balcony.