211 Thompson Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 211 Thompson Street by Carter Horsley

This 6-story, mid-block, red-brick building at 211 Thompson Street in Greenwich Village had “fire balconies” installed in 1975 and has 96 co-operative rental apartments.

Fire balconies are fire escapes that connect two adjoining apartments but have not stairs to other floors.

The building is convenient to Washington Square Park and Little Italy.

Bottom Line

Many of the apartments have mezzanines and the proximity to Washington Square Park, New York University and SoHo make this location desirable to many young people.

Description

The building has two small octagonal windows over its canopy entrance.

It also has angular black fencing that reinforces the angularity of the “fire balconies.”

The building has discrete air-conditioners.

Amenities

The building has two small octagonal windows over its canopy entrance.

It also has angular black fencing that reinforces the angularity of the “fire balconies.”

The building has discrete air-conditioners.

Apartments

Apartment 4A is a triplex, one-bedroom unit with an entry foyer on the lower level that leads to a eat-in, 11-foot-wide kitchen and a spiral staircase that leads to the 14-foot-wide living room and a bedroom and a balcony on the middle level and an 11-foot-wide home office and 10-foot-wide den on the upper level.

Apartment 4D has an entry foyer that leads past an open kitchen and a spiral staircase to the 14-foot-long living room and the angular fire-balcony.  The staircase leads to a 16-foot-long bedroom.

Apartment 6B is a duplex one-bedroom unit with an entry foyer that leads past an pass-through kitchen to a double-height, 14-foot-long living room with a fire-balcony on the lower level and the 20-foot-long loft bedroom on the upper level.

Apartment GLL is a one-bedroom duplex unit with an entry foyer that leads to an open kitchen and a sunken 13-foot-wide living room with an angular patio on the lower level and a bedroom on the upper level reached by a spiral staircase.