The Bakery, 521 West 47th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 521 West 47th Street by Carter Horsley

This five-story building was built as a garage in the 1910 at 521 West 47th Street between 10th and 11th avenues and converted in 1985 to 16 co-operative apartments with wood-burning fireplaces.

Bottom Line

A small, mid-block building in Hell's Kitchen with only 16 co-operative apartments with wood-burning fireplaces.

Description

The building's main façade has some scoring and irregularly placed windows. 

The building has some discrete air-conditioners.

Amenities

Wood-burning fireplaces, video intercom, virtual doorman, a laundry room and pet friendly.

Apartments

The building has a triplex penthouse and two duplex penthouses and many units have washers and dryers. 

Apartment 4D is a two-bedroom duplex penthouse with a 7-square-foot entry foyer that leads past an 8-foot-long kitchen with a breakfast bar to a 11-foot-long dining room and a 21-foot-long living room with a spiral staircase to the upper level with a 15-foot-long office and a bedroom and a 15-foot-wide terrace. 

Apartment 4B is a duplex unit with an entry foyer with a staircase, a 28-foot-long living/dining room, 10-foot-long enclosed kitchen with a breakfast bar and two bedrooms on the lower level and two bedrooms on the upper level with a 26-foot-long terrace. 

Apartment 2B is a one-bedroom unit with an 8-foot-wide entry foyer next to an 11-foot-long kitchen with a breakfast bar, an 8-foot-wide home office, and a 36-foot-long living/dining area. 

Apartment 1B is a one-bedroom unit with a 27-foot-long living/dining room with a 24-foot-wide planted patio, an 8-foot-wide kitchen with a breakfast bar across from an 11-foot-wide office.