265 East Houston Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 265 East Houston Street by Carter Horsley

This attractive, 10-story building at 265 East Houston Street contains 6 full-floor condominium apartments and duplex penthouse apartment and a two-story community facility that is likely to be used by Iglesia Pentecostal Arca de Salvacion that occupied the site prior to selling it in 2008 for $500,000, according to a June 8, 2015 article at boweryboogie.com.

Progress on the site was delayed when excavation work forced the Action for Progress school to vacate its site at 255 East Houston Street, according to a May 23, 2017 article at boweryboogie.com.

The building at 265 Houston Street, which is also known at 179 Suffolk Street, was designed by Defonseca Architects.

It was completed in 2016.

Bottom Line

An attractive, 10-story, mixed-use building on East Houston Street at Suffolk Street with 7 apartments and a two-story community facility.

Description

The brown brick building has large corner windows and balconies.

The top floor is setback.

Amenities

Keyed elevator, virtual doorman, storage and roof deck.

Apartments

Apartments have Savant smart home systems, white oak floors, Miele kitchen appliances, Carrara marble kitchen countertops, double bathroom sinks and Carrara marble bathroom walls, and washers and dryers.

Apartment 3A is a two-bedroom unit with a 24-foot-wide living room with a 15-foot-long open, pass-through kitchen and the master-bedroom has a 24-foot-wide terrace.

Apartment A on the 4^th through the 8^th floor is a two bedroom unit with a 24-foot-wide living room with a 15-foot-long open, pass-through kitchen.  The master bedroom has a 5-foot-wide balcony.