242 Broome Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 242 Broome Street by Carter Horsley

This handsome, 14-story, champagne-colored, anodized aluminum-clad building at 242 Broome Street in the East Village was erected in 2017 and has 55 condominium apartments including 11 “affordable” units.

It was designed by SHoP Architects and built by Delancey Street Associates, a joint venture of Taconic Investment Partners LLC, L & M Development Partners and BFC Partners.

It is part of the Essex Crossing complex.

DXA Studio is the interior designer.

The project is expected to open in 2018.

It is across the street from a 14-screen cinema center and the Market Line, a 700-foot-long food market.

Bottom Line

A significant addition to the Lower East Side, this sparkling mid-rise building has a textured aluminum façade, a bowling alley in the basement and is across the street from a cinema center and a 700-foot-long food market.

Description

The upper floors torque westward to catch the path of the sun for maximum light and dramatic views.

The façade is highly textured and angular.

Amenities

The building has a doorman, a fitness center, an entertainment lounge with a kitchen and billiards, storage units, bicycle storage, a rooftop terrace with outdoor dining, and a Splitsville Luxury Lanes bowling alley in the basement.

Apartments

Apartments have washers and dryers, stainless steel Gaggenau kitchen appliances, polished Calacatta marble kitchen countertops and wide-plank white oak cloors.  Bathrooms have radiant heated marble floors and walnut vanities.

Apartment 11B is a three-bedroom unit with 1,734 square feet on the southeast corner of the tower with a 6-foot-wide entry foyer that leads down a hall to the 20-foot-wide living/dining room with a 14-foot-long open kitchen with an island.

Apartment 8C is a two-bedroom unit with 1,561 square feet with a 6-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 20-foot-wide living/dining room with a 17-foot-wide open kitchen with an island.

Apartment 11E is a two-bedroom unit with 1,225 square feet on the northeast corner of the tower with a 6-foot-wide entry foyer that leads past an open 12-foot-wide kitchen with an island to the 16-foot-square living/dining room.

Apartment 5A is a one-bedroom unit with 1,179 square feet with a 7-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to an 18-foot-long living room, an 11-foot-long open, pass-through kitchen and a 9-foot-long dining room.