New York City Luxury Condos

This former industrial building at 30 Main Street in Dumbo (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) in Brooklyn was converted to residential condominiums in 2000 by Two Trees Management, which is headed by David Walentas.

The building, which is also known as 74-86 Water Street, is known as the Sweeney Building because it was erected by the W. H. Sweeney Manufacturing Company in 1908 at the northwest corner at Howard Alley.

The Sweeney company began buying property on the corner of Main and Water Streets in 1898 and by 1904 had bought the entire site. The company was founded by three brothers from Marysville, Ontario and it made brass, copper, nickel and silver kitchenware. The company had been established on Water Street in Manhattan before it moved to Brooklyn.

Sweeney did not fully occupy the building and a 1913 survey indicated that the Metal Packing Company, which made tin boxes, also occupied space in the building as did the Waitzfelder Braid Company the E. B. Kursheedt Apron Company, the C. S. Davisson & Company and the Wilson & Bradbury Company, both of which made handkerchiefs.

In 1924, according to the Dumbo Historic District designation report of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, "the Sweeney brothers retired from the manufacturing business and formed a realty company, with John J. Sweeney as head."

"The austere concrete façade, articulated by large window openings, rusticated piers, projecting cornice, and abstracted classically-inspired detail, marks 30 Main Street as an example of the Industrial Neo-Classical style," according to the report that listed the building's original architect as the Moyer Engineering and Construction Company.

The building has wide segmental-arch openings on the second story, each with three windows and triple round-arch windows in each bay on the tenth floor with the exception of end bays on each façade with single wide segmental-arch window.

The building has a fenced moat.

By the time the building opened in 2003, 70 percent of the 87 apartments had been sold. Half of the building's 8 penthouse units have spiral staircases to their own rooftop cabanas and the building also has six other cabanas on the building's 12th floor that were for sale to residents. Most of the penthouse cabanas contain more than 1,000 square feet.

John Fifeld of Fifeld Piaker Elman Architects designed the conversion.

Before its residential conversion, the building was used for the previous 15 years as offices of the New York City Human Resources Administration.

The lofts feature 11-foot ceilings, oversized windows, and kitchens outfitted with high-end stainless steel appliances; Sub-Zero, Thermador, Viking, Bosch, Broan and Franke, solid core birch doors custom designed hardware marble master baths with separate shower stalls and double sinks and fully outfitted laundry rooms.

This attractive 19-story residential condominium building at 111 Central Park North on the northwest corner of Lenox Avenue has 48 apartments.

It was designed by Hillier Architecture and SCLE Architects and developed by the Athena Group, which is headed by Louis M. Dubin, whose other projects have included 838 Fifth Avenue and 32 West 64th Street, both in Manhattan, and The Waverly Condominiums, in South Beach, Miami.

The blue-glass-clad building has many balconies and a 41-car garage and a 4,500-square-foot community facility and 8,721-square feet of retail space.

The tower is setback over a one-story base. It has a courtyard garden entrance with a revolving door entrance and the lobby has Pennsylvania stacked blue-stone walls.

It has a 24/7 lobby attendant, the Abigail Michaels concierge service, refrigerated food storage, a fitness center and a party room.

It is close to subways.

As the only residential building located within the Lincoln Center of the Performing Arts complex, 3 Lincoln Center is a mixed-use, 60-story tower that houses Lincoln Center offices in its lower floors and 347 apartments on its upper floors.

It has two entrances and its western location produces sweeping views of the Hudson River and the skylines of Manhattan and New Jersey. 3 Lincoln Center residences have windowed chef’s kitchens equipped with top-of-the-line appliances, granite floors and countertops. Bathrooms are appointed in luxurious marble and are outfitted with topnotch fixtures and finishes.

Amenities at 3 Lincoln Center include doorman and concierge service available 24-hours a day and a full-service parking garage on-site. It also has a private, state-of-the-art health club, the Center Club, which features a 60-foot swimming pool, a sauna, a steam room and aerobic exercise rooms.

Two Northside Piers at 47 North 4^th Street is situated on the Williamsburg waterfront.

It contains 270 units, many of which have views of the Manhattan skyline and the East River. Along with its neighbor at 4 North 5th Street, it makes up the Northside Piers, a sprawling development completed in 2008. Kitchens feature modern appliances and bathrooms have floor-to-ceiling tiling and detailed finishes.

Residents of Two Northside Piers have access to amenities that include a heated pool, a 24-hour doorman and hotel-style concierge service, luxury fitness centers, children’s playrooms and a waterfront esplanade. It is near many shops and restaurants and is ideal for those traveling or commuting to Manhattan: the nearby L Train is only one stop from the East Village and water taxis routinely cross the East River, allowing for easy access.

Perched 38 stories above it all, Bridge Tower Place overlooks the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge and was designed by renowned architect Costas Kondylis. It was completed in 2000.

With no more than four apartments per floor, 401 East 60th Street was designed on a pre-war scale and has classic details like herringbone patterned oak floors and solid core wood doors. Bathrooms have two sinks with marble countertops, deep soaking tubs and separate shower stalls. Gourmet kitchens have granite floors and high-end cabinetry. All apartments have washers and dryers and enormous floor-to-ceiling windows that reveal river and city views; many residences have terraces.

Bridge Tower Place has a 24-hour doorman and concierge. There is also a complimentary heath club with an adjoining sun terrace, a children’s playroom and a landscaped rooftop garden. Additionally, the itis equipped with a full-service garage and a bike room.

The 1915 masonry tower at 90 Franklin Street in TriBeCa was converted from office space into 25 apartments in 2001.

Rising without setbacks, Franklin Tower has one unit on its 11th through 16th floors; each lower floor contains two apartments. Residences range from 1,900-square-foot one-bedrooms and 2,600-square-foot two- to four-bedrooms, to 5,000-square-foot floor-through lofts with four exposures. Full-floor apartments have 23-by-33-foot living rooms that open onto 23-by-13-foot libraries with fireplaces and four bedrooms. Maid's quarters have a separate entrance.

Interiors boast 10-foot ceilings with recessed lighting, oversized banks of thermal pane windows, double and quadruple exposures and good city or river views. Stainless steel kitchens feature imported cabinetry and are outfitted with center islands topped in polished stone. Bathrooms have Waterworks fixtures and oversized glass steam showers and deep soaking tubs. Residences also have washers and dryers.

Amenities include a 24-hour doorman, concierge service, a rooftop deck with expansive views and a fitness center. It is also close to public transportation, restaurants and the Hudson River, which has running and biking paths.

The Cielo, a sleek, 27-story condominium apartment building at 450 East 83^rd Street on the southwest corner at York Avenue, opened in 2006 and has 128 units. 

It was developed by the J. D. Carlisle Development Corporation, of which Jules Demchick is the principal, and Perkins Eastman was the architect. 

J. D. Carlisle’s other developments include Morton Square and the Centria.

Construction on this handsome, modern, blue-glass apartment building began in early 2005 by Metropolitan Housing Partners, the developers of a similar new project nearby at 505 Greenwich Street.

The developers' other Manhattan projects include NoLita Place at 199 Bowery, SoHo25 at 25 West Houston Street, and the Sycamore at 250 East 30th Street.

Although Holland Tunnel traffic is formidable, this area become extremely attractive because of the creation of the Hudson River Park nearby and the continued popularity of the TriBeCa neighborhood just to the south.

There is good public transportation in the vicinity as well as numerous other luxury condominium developments.

This sleek, 11-story project was designed by Handel Architects and has 64 apartments, mostly one- and two-bedroom units.

Many of the apartments have 13-by-47-foot living areas with 9-foot-eight-inch ceilings.

Three of the apartments are duplex "townhouses" with 50-foot-deep gardens.

Kitchens feature Sub-Zero refrigerators, Bosch dishwashers, Viking stainless steel ranges, custom anigre cabinetry and gray stone countertops as well as microwave ovens and wine refrigerators.

Master bathrooms have Pietra Bedonia stone floors, cherry cabinets, and extra deep Kohler soaking tubs.

The building, which is at the corner of Dominick Street, has a setback at the 9th floor.

Residents were offered membership in the Classic Car Club Manhattan and its clubhouse.

The lobby has a zinc and frosted glass concierge desk, black leather Barcelona-style chairs sit in front of a window that offers a glimpse of a very small yet serene Japanese garden, and a floor with etched glass inserts.

A rooftop terrace has an outdoor shower, jasmine bushes, Adirondack chairs and nice vistas.

This large, red-brick building was erected in 1915 as a stable for the city's very impressive Beaux-Arts style Police Headquarters Building nearby on Center Street that eventually was converted to apartments.

Beginning in 1927, this building was known as the Grand Machinery Exchange because it became a warehouse for used manufacturing equipment.

In 2007, Max Protech, the well-known dealer in architectural drawings, announced that he and Andreas Veith, the former CEO of Hypo Real Estate International, would convert this building to 14 residential condominiums. The building, which is known as the Machinery Exchange, has a 136 Baxter Street address and a 209 Hester Street address. It is one block north of Canal Street.

Mark Dubois, a partner in Ohlausen Dubois Architects, and Ed Rawlings are the architects for the project. Mr. Dubois had designed a house in Santa Fe for some friends of Mr. Protech.

The design will leave the exterior as is with its faded painted name. Apartments will have 11 to 13-foot high, golden pine ceilings and exposed brick walls. Kitchens have Valcucine brushed aluminum cabinetry, Bianco Luna countertops, Miele ranges and ovens, and Sub-Zero refrigerators.

A penthouse level has been added to the original building.

Ariel East is 37 stories and has 64 apartments and was designed by Cetra/Ruddy. It has 7 setbacks facing Broadway and is distinguished by its reflective-glass favade with red "piping" accents.

Located in Battery Park City just to the north of Millennium Point, which contains a Ritz-Carlton Hotel and condominium apartments, Millennium Tower Residences is located at 30 West Street at the intersection of Little West Street.

Millennium Point is the southernmost building at Battery Park City overlooking the harbor and the Statue of Liberty. While it partially obscures some views to the south at Millennium Tower Residences, the new building has spectacular views of the skylines in Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn and Jersey City.

When it started construction on this 35-story, 236-unit residential condominium building, Millennium Partners, the developers of both towers, had a waiting list of over a thousand potential buyers for Millennium Tower Residences. Millennium is also the developer of three major apartment towers just to the north of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Handel Associates is the architect of the building that is expected to be about 25 percent more efficient than current New York State standards.

It has solar rooftop panels and it relies "heavily" on recyclable construction materials including steel, wood and even concrete drawn primarily from local sources.

Each unit receives fresh ducted air that has been adjusted for desired year-round humidity levels and has been filtered to remove 85 percent of all outside particulates, soot and airborne toxins.

The building is also expected to use 33 percent less water than a comparable non-green building as it will have on-site recycling of waste water to supply flush water for toilets.

Apartments have Brazilian cherry floors, 9-foot ceilings, and floor-to-ceiling windows. Kitchens have Pietra Bedonia stone slab counters, an etched glass backsplash and horizontal rift-cut white oak wood and frosted glass cabinetry and baths have frameless glass showers, "tea for two" soaking tubs, mahogany cabinets, Dombracht fittings and "undermounted sinks" in contrast to some new projects that place sinks above counters.

Apartments have Mahogany apartment entry doors and floor-to-ceiling windows in the living rooms.

The building has valet parking, bicycle storage, a kid's club, a fitness center and doorman and a concierge.

One Northside Piers at 4 North 5th Street is located in Williamsburg and was completed in 2008.

Apartments feature high-performance windows that open to views of the East River and the Manhattan skyline. Residences are also equipped with Stephen Alton-designed kitchens, wide-plank American walnut floors, high-gloss cabinets, glass-enclosed showers and separate soaking tubs.

One Northside Piers amenities are extensive: it boasts a waterfront esplanade, hotel-style concierge service, a heated indoor pool, fitness centers, children’s playrooms, a residents’ lounge, a full-time doorman and a restaurant.

It is only one stop from Manhattan on the L Train. It is also near the many shops and restaurants in Williamsburg and Greenpoint.

Located on the southeast corner at 310 East 53rd Street and Third Avenue is Three Ten, a 31-story residential tower in Turtle Bay.

The 88 apartments at Three Ten range from one- to three-bedroom units and feature oversized windows. Residences have modern touches, with standout perks like individualized lighting systems. Kitchens and bathrooms are finely crafted and equipped with topnotch appliances and fixtures, while some apartments have working fireplaces and double-height ceilings. Units are also equipped with walk-in closets, large entrance galleries and remote-controlled window shades.

Three Ten is close to public transportation options and restaurants. Retail stores like Bloomingdale’s, Saks Fifth Avenue and Zegna are also nearby. Amenities include a health club, central air conditioning, a full-time doorman, concierge service and a roof deck.

15 William is a modern and sophisticated condominium residence that is surrounded by architectural jewels of the past — and just a few blocks from today’s emerging icons and chic shopping destinations. The 47-story tower is distinctive and contemporary from the outside and sophisticated and comfortable on the inside.

Residents will experience impeccable amenities rivaling New York’s finest residential buildings and luxury hotels — all at an incomparable location in the heart of the Financial District.

Studio, 1, 2 and 3 bedroom condominium residences are available for immediate occupancy.

Views at 15 William range from compelling historic architectural exposures to panoramas of the rivers and downtown skyline. All of the residences have extraordinary light – a precious commodity in the Financial District.

Amenities include a hotel-style lobby and adjoining Lobby Lounge. There is a Zen garden and enclosed dog run. On the roof there is the Penthouse Sky Lounge, which has a catering kitchen, a private dining room and an entertainment terrace overlooking Lower Manhattan and the East and Hudson Rivers. Nearby is a large, professional screening room and dance lounge with a wet bar. The indoor/outdoor fitness center features a glass-enclosed lap pool with lounge-deck and bar, an outdoor basketball court with bleachers, a squash court, outdoor handball and tetherball courts and sauna and steam rooms.