200 East 62nd Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 200 East 62nd Street by Carter Horsley

This 30-story apartment tower, which is known as 200 E 62, was erected at 200 East 62^nd Street on the southeast corner at Third Avenue in 1967 as a rental building that had 241 units.

It was designed by Paul Resnick and Harry G. Green for Wellington Estates Ltd. The architects’s other Manhattan designs include 80 Central Park West, 700 Park Avenue and 980 Fifth Avenue.

The building, which is also known as 1033-1049 Third Avenue, was acquired by Mann Realty and the California State Teachers Retirement System, in 1996.

It was converted in 2015 to a condominium with about 115 units by O’Connor Capital Partners, which is headed by Glenn Rufrano. Ronnette Riley and The Rockwell Group designed the conversion that removed sidewalk planters with spikes and added a slanting granite wall to its side-street driveway and a curved glass-and-metal entrance marquee.

Messana O’Rorke did the interiors in the conversion.

Bottom Line

Close to Bloomingdale’s and Lexington Avenue boutiques, this tower is setback in large plazas on Third Avenue and the side-street that no longer deter loungers on planters with many spikes.

Description

The orange-brick tower, which has a setback on its south façade, is distinguished by a very broad stone frieze with a geometric pattern above the first story that has retail uses on the avenue.

It also has a two-tone façade and a driveway.

Amenities

The building has a 24-hour doorman, a fitness center, a garage, and is pet-friendly.

Apartments

The penthouse has three bedrooms and an entry foyer that leads to a 19-foot-long living room flanked by large wrap-around terraces and a 12-foot-long study and a 17-foot-wide dining room next to the enclosed kitchen and maid’s room.

Apartment 30D is a four-bedroom unit with a 13-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 19-foot-long living room that opens on one side to a 17-foot-long, windowed dining room with sliding pocket doors next to a 23-foot-long, enclosed kitchen and on the other to a 17-foot-long family room with sliding pocket doors.

Apartment 29-30E is a three-bedroom duplex with a 17-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 23-foot-long living room and a 19-foot-long windowed dining room next to an enclosed, windowed kitchen and a maid’s room on the lower level and three bedrooms on the upper level.

Apartment 25B is a two-bedroom unit with an 18-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 21-foot-long corner living room and a 14-foot-long enclosed dining room next to a 14-foot-long, windowed kitchen.

Apartment 8B is a two-bedroom unit with an 18-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 21-foot-long corner living room and a 14-foot-long dining that opens onto a terrace and a 14-foot-wide kitchen.

Apartment 8E is a one-bedroom unit with an 11-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 20-foot-long living room and an 11-foot-long dining area with an enclosed 10-foot-long windowed kitchen.