116 West 14th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 116 West 14th Street by Carter Horsley

This handsome, 12-story, mid-block building at 116 West 14th Street  between the Avenue of the Americas and Seventh Avenue in Greenwich Village was erected in 1912.  It was converted to a residential condominium in 1997 and its first and second floors have commercial space. 

It has 19 apartments. 

It was designed by Louis Korn, whose other buildings include the 1894 Noho Building at 627 Broadway, the 1900 91 Fifth Avenue, 736 Broadway, the 1901 Houghton Mifflin & Company building, 1911 20 West 22nd Street and the 1926 103 Fifth Avenue building. 

This building has excellent public transportation and is convenient to many restaurants.

Bottom Line

A very handsome, rusticated, mid-block, loft building in Greenwich Village that was designed by Louis Korn in 1912 and converted to 19 large condominium apartments in 1997.

Description

The building has a rusticated façade with a three-story-high center section framed in dark metal, and thin bandcourses above the 4th and 5th floors and the 10th and 11th floors. 

The building, which is missing its cornice, permits window air-conditioners.

Amenities

The building has a roof deck, a key-locked elevator, a video intercom and a live-in superintendent.

Apartments

Apartment 3 is a four-bedroom unit with an entry hall that leads to a 35-foot-wide living room next to a 22-foot-long open kitchen with an island that leads to a 23-foot-wide dining room, a 13-foot-square office and a 23-foot-wide media/sitting room. 

Apartment 5S is a two-bedroom unit with a 26-foot-long living room that opens onto a 25-foot-long dining area next to a 17-foot-long kitchen with an 11-foot-wide breakfast area. 

Apartment 7S is a three-bedroom unit with a 30-foot-long living/dining room with a 16-foot-wide open kitchen with an island and a 12-foot-wide library with a 15-foot-wide terrace.