240 East 55th Street: Review and Ratings

240 East 55th Street: Review and Ratings

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Carter Horsley's Building Review

Carter Horsley
Dec 23, 2011

50 CITYREALTY RATING

#38 in Midtown East

Carter's Review

This pleasant, 14-story, white-brick, mid-block building was erected in 1959. It is a cooperative and has 99 apartments with a part-time doorman, common laundry, bike storage, and a live-in super. Washer/dryers are allowed with board approval. The building allows cats (sorry, no dogs), subletting after one year of ownership, and pied-a-terres, guarantors, go-purchasing, gifts, and guarantors, all on a case-by-case basis.

The building has some angled terraces, spiked sidewalk landscaping, a part-time doorman, discrete air-conditioners, large windows, but no garage, no roof deck, no balconies and no health club.

It is down the street from P. J. Clarke's, the famous Third Avenue saloon. This location is very convenient to east midtown and there is a subway station nearby in Citicorp Center on Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street and good cross-town bus service on 57th Street.

Co-op built in 1960
2 apartments currently for sale ($475K to $2.95M)
1 apartment currently for rent ($3.5K)
Located in Midtown East
99 total apartments 99 total apartments
10 recent sales ($342K to $2.8M)
Doorman
Small Pets Allowed only

520 Fifth Avenue

at the northwest corner of West 43rd Street

Midtown West

Iconic river-to-river views include the Empire State Building and Central Park. Elevated condos with magnificent arched windows, triple exposures, and soaring ceilings | Occupancy 2026.

1 beds starting at $0
3 beds starting at $5,950,000

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