Lenox House, 301 East 78th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 301 East 78th Street by Carter Horsley

This attractive, 17-story apartment house at 301 East 78^th Street on the northeast corner at Second Avenue was erected in 1963 and has 124 co-operative apartments.  It was converted to a co-operative in 1980. 

It was designed by Schuman & Lichtenstein.

There is subway station at 77^th Street and Lexington Avenue where Lenox Hill Hospital is located.

Bottom Line

An attractive, corner apartment building convenient to many restaurants and good public transportation.

Description

The beige-brick building has an attractive, polished red-granite base with an canopied entrance over a recessed entrance with sidewalk landscaping. 

The building has some turreted bay windows on its top floors and some corner windows.

It has discrete and window air-conditioners, some baclonies, and an attractive enclosed rooftop watertank.

Amenities

The building has a full-time doorman, a live-in superintendent, a gym and a bicycle room.  It permits cats.

Apartments

Apartment 17BC is a three-bedroom unit with a 12-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 25-foot-long living room with a balcony and a 15-foot-long dining room, both with bay windows, and an enclosed 14-foot-long kitchen with a balcony, and a 16-foot-long den with an angled bay window. 

Apartment 6F is a three-bedroom unit with a 10-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 20-foot-long living room with a 12-foot-long dining alcove and a 10-foot-long open kitchen. 

Apartment 4C is a two-bedroom unit with an 8-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 22-foot-long living room with a 12-foot-wide dining alcove next to an enclosed and windowed, 8-foot-long kitchen. 

Apartment 2G is a one-bedroom unit with an 11-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 20-foot-long living room with a 24-foot-wide patio and an 11-foot-wide dining area and an enclosed and windowed 9-foot-long kitchen. 

Apartment 16D is a one-bedroom unit with an 11-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 22-foot-long living room with a bay window and a triangular terrace with a window to the enclosed 13-foot-long kitchen. 

Apartment 17D is a one-bedroom unit with an 11-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 21-foot-long living room with a 13-foot-long dining alcove next to the enclosed kitchen.