RiverBridge Court, 603 West 148th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 603 West 148th Street by Carter Horsley

This attractive development was erected in 2006 by BFC Partners of which Donald Capoccia is a managing principal and consists of two new buildings, a 6-story building at 603 West 148th Street that connects via a covered bridge over a landscaped courtyard to an 11-story tower.

The low-rise building contains five full-floor, three bedroom units and the tower consists of 41 two-bedroom apartments.

Meltzer/Mandl Architects PC is the architect, and it also worked with BFC Partners on a 12-story project at 46 Bond Street. BFC is a member of a venture with L & M Equity Participants and Allstate Realty Associates LLC that developed Schaefer Landing in Brooklyn.

The development, which is in the Hamilton Heights section of Harlem, is very close to Riverside Park.

Apartments have Brazilian cherry wood flooring, washers and dryers, bathrooms with Carrara marble and tone countertops.

The project is between Broadway and Riverside Drive. It has a roof deck with views of the Palisades in New Jersey and the George Washington Bridge and there are three private rooftop terraces available for purchase for about $45,000 by owners of the condominium apartments.

The building has a canopied entrance with sidewalk landscaping and wall lanterns leading to a lobby decorated with slate, wood and stone. It will have a 24-hour concierge, a fitness room, and a covered bridge behind the concierge desk leads through the garden courtyard to the tower.

The three-bedroom apartments have keyed elevators that open directly into the units and many of the two-bedroom apartments have terraces.

Three bedroom units start at about $780,000 and two-bedroom units at about $495,000.