York River House, 1175 York Avenue: Review and Ratings

Review of 1175 York Avenue by Carter Horsley

This attractive, 18-story, red-brick apartment house is known as York River House and is located at 1175 York Avenue between 63^rd and 64^th streets across the avenue from Rockefeller University.  It was erected in 1958 and has 232 apartments and was converted to a condop in 1989. 

It was designed by Hyman Isaac Feldman, whose other buildings in the city include the Park Lane at 185 West 85^th Street, 1025 Fifth Avenue, 120 Central Park South and Schwab House on Riverside Drive between 73^rd and 74^th Streets. 

Because much of Rockefeller University is low-rise, this building has many stunning views of the East River from units on York Avenue. 

To the west it is next to the large, 13-story, mid-block Royal York apartment complex on 63^rd and 64^th streets that was developed by Kessler & Wohl Associates and designed by Greenberg & Ames and that encloses a very large and very attractive garden. 

There is considerable traffic in the area because there is an entrance to the FDR Drive at 63^rd Street.

Bottom Line

A large, red-brick apartment house with a rather fancy entrance and large apartments on York Avenue across from Rockefeller University that is a few blocks south of New York Hospital and a few blocks north of the Ed Koch Queensborough Bridge, two architectural gems of the Upper East Side.

Description

The center portion of the building’s frontage on York Avenue is a two-story rusticated stone base. 

The immense block-long frontage is modulated by indentations at the north and south ends. 

The building has a canopied entrance and discrete air-conditioners.

Amenities

The building has a doorman, a roof deck, a fitness center, a garage, a bicycle room and a playroom.

Apartments

Penthouse A6 is a four-bedroom unit with an 11-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 26-foot-long living room with a 21-foot-long terrace and it opens onto a 15-foot-long corner dining room that is next to a 12-foot-long enclosed, windowed kitchen. 

Penthouse B2 is a two-bedroom unit with a 13-foot-long entry gallery that opens onto a 24-foot-long living room with a 16-foot-long alcove and wet bar and a 49-foot-wide terrace and also opens onto a 15-foot-long dining room with a large bay window next to an 11-foot-long enclosed, windowed kitchen. 

Apartment 6D is a three-bedroom unit with an 8-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 29-foot-long living room with a 14-foot-long corner dining room next to an enclosed, windowed 12-foot-long kitchen. 

Apartment 4K is a two-bedroom unit with a 10-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 24-foot-long living room and a 16-foot-long corner dining room with a bay window next to the enclosed, windowed, 12-foot-long kitchen. 

Apartment 2D is a two-bedroom unit with a 9-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 24-foot-long living room and a 9-foot-long enclosed, windowed kitchen.  One of the bedrooms has a bay window and leads to a large, wrap-around terrace. 

Apartment 2B is a studio unit with an entry foyer that leads to a 7-foot-long kitchen and a 19-foot-long living room with a large, angled terrace.