The Goelet, 105 East 19th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 105 East 19th Street by Carter Horsley

This handsome, 6-story, mid-block, Neo-Renaissance-style building at 105 East 19th Street between Park Avenue South and Irving Place was erected in 1920 and has 25 co-operative apartments. 

It is known as "The Goelet" and was designed by Neville & Bragg. 

It is one block south of Gramercy Park and is convenient to numerous restaurants.

Bottom Line

An attractive, 1920, mid-block, Neo-Renaissance, 6-story co-operative apartment building with a fire-escape one block south of Gramercy Park.

Description

The building has a rusticated limestone, one-story base with a three-step stoop and an entrance surround flanked on each side by two banded columns and arched windows.  The 6th floor also has arched windows.  There is an ornate bandcourse above the first story and the window surrounds on the second story have attractive pediments. 

The beige-brick building has a nice cornice and a central fire-escape.  It also has some flowerbeds on the first story. 

The building permits window air-conditioners.

Amenities

The building has a daytime superintendent and an elevator.  It permits cats.

Apartments

Apartment 6A is a two-bedroom duplex unit with an entry foyer that leads past an open kitchen with a breakfast bar and a 13-foot-wide dining room with two angled windows to a 17-foot-long living room with a fireplace and a 10-foot-wide balcony and a stairway down to bedrooms, a 9-foot-long west bar and a 14-foot-wide den with a 47-foot-wide terrace. 

Penthouse A is a two-bedroom duplex with an entry foyer that leads past a kitchen to a living/dining room with 11-foot ceilings, a fireplace and a spiral stair to a media room on the upper level with a 500-square-foot terrace. 

Apartment 5D is a two-bedroom unit with an entry gallery that leads past an open, 10-foot-wide kitchen with a curved breakfast bar to a 21-foot-wide living/dining room with a fireplace. 

Apartment 1C is a one-bedroom unit with a 13-foot-long entry foyer that leads to an 12-foot-long open kitchen with a breakfast bar and a 15-foot-wide living room with a Juliet balcony and a fireplace.  The bedroom has two angled windows. 

Apartment 1B is a one-bedroom unit with an entry gallery that leads past an kitchen with a breakfast bar to a 10-foot-long dining area and a 16-foot-long living room with a fireplace and a 10-foot-wide balcony.  The bedroom has two angled windows.