New York City Luxury Condos

This mid-block, 47-story apartment building at 135 West 52^nd Street between Sixth & Seventh Avenues was converted in 2014 from the Flatotel by The Chetrit Group and Clipper Equity.

When completed in 2015, it will contain 109 condominium apartments.

Cetra/Ruddy is the architect for the conversion.

A landmark on the Upper West Side, the Apple Bank Building at 2112 Broadway has 27 apartments in its top four floors.

Residences have their own private entrance at 2112 Broadway. The building itself occupies a full block between Broadway and Amsterdam and 73rd and 74th Streets. SLCE Architects designed the units to be unique and each features its own layout. Ranging in size from 1,200 to 3,800 square feet, apartments also have ceilings between 11 and 18 feet and modern appliances.

Amenities include an attended lobby, concierge service, central air conditioning and a health and fitness club. It is near Central Park, numerous restaurants and retail shops and excellent public transportation options. 

This asymmetrical tower is one of the few prominent buildings in New York to have a mix of façades.

At the north end of the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, this quite striking, 30-story building was erected as a condominium in 1995 by Millennium Partners, developers also of the buildings directly across Broadway and 67th Street. Millennium Partners is headed by Philip E. Aarons, Christopher M. Jeffries and Philip H. Lovett.

The building has a low-rise base at the north end of the full-block site that houses an Eddie Bauer store. The base of the tower on 66th Street for many years had a large  Barnes & Noble store that was eventually replaced by a Century 21 store.

The asymmetrical slab tower was designed by Gary Edward Handel + Associates with Schuman, Lichtenstein, Claman & Efron as architect of record. It has 143 apartments.

The rear of the tower has a center indentation.

At first glance, this appears to be just another mid-rise apartment tower, but its design is quite rigorous and varied and interesting.

Despite the area's hubbub, this tower offers great views and a great location surrounded by major retail and the convenience of Lincoln Center.

One Lincoln Square is the second of the three major apartment towers erected by Millennium Partners at the north end of the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue just to the north of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Art.

The first was the Park Millennium, the name of the residential condominium section of the 545-foot-high, mixed-use tower that occupies the full block bounded by Broadway, Columbus Avenue and 67th and 68th Streets. It was originally called Millennium Tower and was developed by Millennium Partners and completed in 1994. It was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, Gary Edward Handel & Associates and Schuman Lichtenstein Claman & Efron and it replaced the four-story Ansonia Post Office building that had been designed by H. J. Feldman in 1955.

The three buildings are known collectively as Lincoln Square.

While the design of One Lincoln Square also incorporated a large red-brick masonry base at 67th Street similar to that at the Park Millennium, the tower, placed at 66th Street, had a much more modern glass and metal façade.

One Lincoln Square replaced the 4-story Lincoln Square building that had been designed by Louis C. Maurer in 1906 and the two story Colonial Bank designed by Alfred H. Taylor in 1898 that later was used by Bank Beumi and was rebuilt for Bankers Trust by Oppenheimer, Brady & Lemrecke in 1963.

The third building of the Lincoln Square complex, the Grand Millennium, was also a rather modern looking 32-story apartment and retail building on the west side of Broadway between 66th and 67th Streets.

While the Millennium Tower is marred by its unattractive masonry base, all three Millennium Partners buildings here significantly reinforced the Lincoln Center district with their expansive retail spaces that included a large Barnes & Noble bookstore at One Lincoln Square and until 2007 a huge Tower Records in the Grand Millennium. The crowds attending the movie theaters at the Millennium Tower give a constant pedestrian traffic to an area otherwise congested mostly at curtain time at Lincoln Center. Together, this area is surpassed in liveliness only by Times Square and its Theater District.

The building at 150 Columbus Avenue is also known as 1960-1978 Broadway, 101-105 West 66th Street and 102-112 West 67th Street.

The bold and modern Metropolitan Tower at West 57th Street overlooks Central Park.

Apartments feature innovative layouts, with floor-to-ceiling windows that extend across two stunning walls and showcase views of Central Park.

Amenities at the Metropolitan Tower include a full-time doorman, premiere concierge service, a health club and spa with indoor swimming pool, a roof deck, housekeeping and room service, a full-service garage and a private, residents-only dining club with a terrace.

Moreover, residents enjoy coveted ease of access to Central Park, which is just two blocks to the north. A neighborhood ideal for exploration, the 57th Street thoroughfare brings world-class shops, restaurants and entertainment options right to residents’ doorsteps.

The Trump World Tower at 845 United Nations Plaza rises 72-stories above the city and has protected views of the United Nations and the East River.

Occupying the entire block between 47^th and 48^th Streets on First Avenue, the Trump World Tower has a two-story marble lobby. The building’s residences have spectacular views through walls of floor-to-ceiling windows, and opulent details including wood-burning fireplaces, ceilings between 10 and 13 feet and polished maple floors. Large kitchens have high-gloss white cabinetry and modern appliance and marble bathrooms have pedestal or double vanity sinks, shower stalls and deep soaking tubs. Each Trump World Tower apartment is equipped with a washer and dryer and a house phone connects to the concierge and other building services.

The white-glove amenities are also impressive: there is a private health club and spa with a 60-foot swimming pool, a private wine cellar, a roof deck and a bicycle room. There is also a 24-hour doormen, a concierge and a security staff in the building, which is within walking distance of the East River Esplanade and Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza.

Designed by Costas Kondylis, One Morton Square is located in the West Village. It was completed in 2004 and contains 283 residences.

One Morton Square combines towers along West Street with low-rise buildings on the remainder of the block. There are six townhouses with bay windows, 147 lofts – some of which were delivered finished – and 135 rental apartments. Lofts and townhouses range in size from 1,160 square feet to 4,000 square feet.

Units have 10-foot-high ceilings, sprawling open floor plans and oversized windows that offer city and river views. Bedrooms are spacious and spa-like bathrooms have polished limestone and marble throughout. Gourmet kitchens have top-of-the-line, stainless steel appliances. Several units have outdoor areas.

One Morton Square offers such amenities as a full-time doorman and concierge, a children’s playroom and activity center, in-house valet service, a 3,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art fitness club and a landscaped courtyard. It is also convenient to the West Village and the Meatpacking District.

The Sheffield at 322 West 57^th Street is located in Midtown.

The 50-story Sheffield 57 is situated near Central Park and was initially conceived as a rental property; developer Kent Swig renovated it in the mid-2000s. Apartments – which range from studios to four-bedroom units – are now larger, light-filled and feature Nordic Ash floors and white and gold marble kitchens.

Additionally, residents have access to such Sheffield 57 amenities as concierge service and a full-time doorman, a garage, a rooftop health club and pool and a children’s playroom. 322 West 57th Street is also close to shops and restaurants, as well as the Theater District and the Upper West Side.

The Residences at the W New York Downtown span the 23^rd to 56^th floors at 123 Washington Street, which also houses a W Hotel.

Situated in Lower Manhattan, the W New York Downtown contains 223 units that range from 400 to 1,175 square feet. Residences are spacious and modern, with oversized windows that allow for expansive views of the city skyline. Open kitchens have Italian white lacquer cabinetry and premium appliances.

W Downtown residents have access to 24-hour concierge service, housekeeping, a SWEAT fitness center, a media room and a private, residents-only rooftop terrace. Owners also have preferred dining reservations at the hotel’s Living Lounge and the BLT Bar & Grill Restaurant.

Public transportation and Wall Street are nearby.

This very handsome tower commands a splendid site overlooking, to the east, Manhattan Square and the American Museum of Natural History in the foreground, and Central Park just beyond.

More importantly, from a civic standpoint, this building significantly reinforced the upgrading of Columbus Avenue, and gave the Upper West Side and important and attractive, new (unofficial) landmark.

The tower is in context only with the great towers of Central Park West, and its site fits gracefully into the Upper West Side skyline, as seen from the east. It is also the most prominent structure on Columbus Avenue, an avenue that greatly needed such a focus north of 68th Street.

The slender 31-story spire, which was completed in 1985, has quite a complex geometry at its top, yet it is well contained and conservative. Its architect, Frank Williams, designed a somewhat similar, but taller tower, the Belaire at 524 East 72nd Street, a few years later.

The project was one of several pioneering developments undertaken by William Zeckendorf Jr., and World-Wide Realty in the early 1980's. The building has 154 condominium apartments and handsome retail space.

Belvedere Castle, which overlooks Turtle Pond and the Shakespeare in the Park Theater in Central Park, is a short walk inside Central Park from 81st Street.

There is excellent public transportation nearby and numerous restaurants and boutiques.

Occupying a full-block on the Upper West Side, the Apthorp at 2211 Broadway is a historic landmark containing more than 160 residences.

Designed in 1908, the Apthorp is situated between 78th and West 79th Streets. It does not have private balconies, but it is distinguished by a beautifully landscaped center courtyard. The Apthorp has four lobbies – all of which are accessible from its courtyard – leading to opulent residences that have been carefully restored and renovated.

Amenities at the Apthorp include a full-service garage, a private roof deck, a landscaped garden, a doorman in each of the 4 lobbies and a resident manager. It is located near Riverside Park, which runs along the Hudson River and has jogging and biking paths. It is also convenient to many shops and restaurants. A subway station is less than a block away and residents can easily hail a cab on Broadway or West End Avenue, allowing for quick access to either uptown or downtown.

1049 Fifth Avenue merges an opulent pre-war style with state-of-the art finishes and technology.

It recently underwent an interior gut renovation that included substantial soundproofing between floors and apartments. With only 54 condominium residences on 23 floors, there are no more than three units per floor, with one floor designated for smaller staff apartments.

Residences are sprawling, averaging over 2,000 square feet. There are libraries with raised panel walls, coffered ceilings, Chicago windows with hand-operated panels, solid core raised panel doors, crown moldings and hand-laid rosewood herringbone patterned floors with ebony borders. Marble bathrooms have cherry wood raised panel cabinetry, double sink vanities and deep soaking tubs. Eat-in kitchens have top-of-the-line appliances, white marble and polished gray granite floors, full-size washers and dryers and butler’s pantries with warming ovens. Many residences have multiple terraces offering some of the best views in Manhattan of Central Park and the city.

It has a full-time doorman and concierge, private storage, attended elevators, a bicycle room and refrigerator storage for deliveries.

One of the few post-World War II apartment buildings to even think of gargoyles, the Coronado at 155 West 70^th Street on the northeast corner at Broadway is a very pleasant surprise. 

This 22-story condominium building was developed by Sherwood Equities and opened in 1990. 

Humor is extremely difficult in architecture, but Schuman, Lichtenstein, Claman & Efron, the architects of the Coronado, have managed to bring it off quite well here even if the sculptures will win no stonemason awards from Medieval guilds. 

The building has 122 apartments.

Completed in 2010, the Aldyn at 60 Riverside Boulevard is located on the Upper West Side.

Apartments have tall ceilings and large windows that let in ample light. Varied and unique floor plans are also found throughout the Aldyn. Kitchens feature appliances from Smeg and Miele and bathrooms are equipped with double vanities, teak-wrapped master baths and deep soaking tubs.

Most residents of the 40-floor Aldyn have views of the Hudson River, as well as access to such amenities as a full-time doorman, concierge service, central air conditioning and heating, a health club, an intercom system, a party room, a lounge and a children’s playroom.

60 Riverside Boulevard is near to Central and Riverside Parks, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the boutiques and restaurants in Columbus Circle.

This clean-looking, modern, 28-story tower was completed in 1987 and was an interesting new wrinkle on the typical Manhattan "luxury" high-rise tower.

Like Citicorp Center, it has a rakish slant to its top, in this instance facing towards Central Park a block away.

One of its handsomest virtues is its limestone façade. While the truly elegant pre-war buildings were customarily clad totally in limestone, the "eye-level" approach of recent decades assumed that pedestrians were too scared to raise their eyes off the ground.

While this building may not conjure the white fantasies of the City Beautiful movement that was ushered in by the great Chicago exposition of 1893, it was a most welcome departure from recent norms as well as an sincere and quite effective attempt to be definitely modern.

Furthermore, this project, which was designed by Leibman Leibman Associates, P.C., has several double-height units facing the sidestreet, which is one of the city's nicest. Double-height "studio" (in the best sense) units are most desirable and very, very rare on the Upper East Side.

The building, which was developed by Alvin Dworman, Aaron Waxman, Shepard Forest and others, also features very large windows, excellent retail space and a sitting ledge at its base, which is very attractive, useful and rare.

Some of the units have whirlpool baths and bidets and all have intrusion alarms and TV security.

There are very few towers this close to Central Park on the Upper East Side and this very desirable condominium project is the most modern, although it should be noted that it bears a kindred relationship to another, smaller limestone tower a block and a half north on Madison Avenue.