8 days on Market
Key Details
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Listed: Apr 30, 2024Days on Market: 8Building Type: CooperativeNeighborhood: Park/Fifth Ave. to 79th St. (Manhattan)Doorman: FT DoormanListing viewed 339 times
Monthly Maintenance:
$16,705
Est. Monthly Mortgage:
$28,794
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Total Est. Monthly Carrying Cost:
$45,499
Note: the above is based on a down payment of 65% ($7,800,000),
which is the minimum amount permitted by the building.
Insider Highlights
- Listing Details: The apartment is listed for $12,000,000 with a monthly maintenance fee of $16,705. It was listed on Sep 6, 2022 and includes two large storage bins in the sale.
- Apartment Features: The expansive layout offers high-floor outlooks in four directions, light-filled rooms with high ceilings and hardwood floors, a private elevator landing, and a washer/dryer. The living spaces include a large living room with a wood-burning fireplace and corner alcove, a dining room with northern views, a wood-paneled library with a decorative fireplace, a south-facing sitting room, a modern white kitchen with pantry, and a great room for casual gatherings.
- Location and Building: This luxurious cooperative apartment is located at 136 East 79th Street, #14A in the prestigious Park/Fifth Ave. to 79th St. neighborhood. The building, designed by architect Francis Burrell Hoffman in 1928, has 25 apartments across 14 floors and offers amenities such as a full-time doorman, private fitness center, bicycle and wine storage, and a landscaped garden.
- Bedrooms and Bathrooms: The apartment boasts 5 bedrooms and 6+ bathrooms. The primary bedroom suite features a gas fireplace, sitting room, two walk-in closets, and two bathrooms. Three additional bedrooms are included, two of which have ensuite bathrooms.
- Additional Spaces: The apartment also offers an office with a wood burning fireplace and city views, a laundry room, and a storage room.
- Nearby Amenities: The apartment is conveniently located near schools, museums, restaurants, shops, and Central Park. However, it's worth noting that the building does not have a garage, terraces, or a health club.
Description
Grand and gracious, this wonderful simplex apartment benefits from an expansive and versatile layout as well as high-floor outlooks in four directions. The residence is light-filled and graced with wonderful proportions, beautiful hardwood floors, and very high ceilings.
From a private elevator landing, a most impressive 30-foot Gallery opens to an exceedingly large and light-filled corner Living Room with a wood-burning fireplace and the added benefit of a corner alcove, ideal for a grand piano or an intimate seating arrangement, as well as outlooks in three directions.
Adjacent, the splendid Dining Room offers lovely northern views over a double-width street. The Entertaining Rooms also include a handsome, well-proportioned, wood-paneled Library with a decorative fireplace and, at the opposite end of the Gallery, a south-facing, sun-filled Sitting Room with captivating cityscape outlooks. A Powder Room and coat closet are conveniently accessible.
Beyond, a streamlined and modern white Kitchen, supported by a convenient pantry, is open to a generous Great Room with plenty of space for casual gatherings and dining. Nearby, there is a large Bedroom, a bathroom, and a Laundry Room. The private quarters include a very lovely Primary Bedroom Suite comprised of a large corner Bedroom with a gas fireplace and wonderfully bright eastern and southern outlooks, a nearby Sitting Room, two very ample walk-in closets, and two bathrooms. There are also three additional Bedrooms, two with ensuite bathrooms.
One of these, currently configured as a Office, is extremely generously proportioned, has a wood burning fireplace, and wraps the southwest corner of the building, offering marvelous views above the city. Nearby, there is a room that provides very convenient storage. Built in 1928 by renowned architect Francis Burrell Hoffman, 136 East 79th Street is a full-service, white-glove cooperative with a 24-hour doorman and a resident manager. The building’s amenities include bicycle and wine storage, a private fitness center, and a lovely landscaped garden on the ground floor.
The apartment has two very large storage bins that transfer with the sale. Perfectly located in the very heart of the Upper East Side, this wonderful residence is convenient to many of the city’s best schools, museums, restaurants and shops and to the idyllic pleasures of Central Park.
Adjacent, the splendid Dining Room offers lovely northern views over a double-width street. The Entertaining Rooms also include a handsome, well-proportioned, wood-paneled Library with a decorative fireplace and, at the opposite end of the Gallery, a south-facing, sun-filled Sitting Room with captivating cityscape outlooks. A Powder Room and coat closet are conveniently accessible.
Beyond, a streamlined and modern white Kitchen, supported by a convenient pantry, is open to a generous Great Room with plenty of space for casual gatherings and dining. Nearby, there is a large Bedroom, a bathroom, and a Laundry Room. The private quarters include a very lovely Primary Bedroom Suite comprised of a large corner Bedroom with a gas fireplace and wonderfully bright eastern and southern outlooks, a nearby Sitting Room, two very ample walk-in closets, and two bathrooms. There are also three additional Bedrooms, two with ensuite bathrooms.
One of these, currently configured as a Office, is extremely generously proportioned, has a wood burning fireplace, and wraps the southwest corner of the building, offering marvelous views above the city. Nearby, there is a room that provides very convenient storage. Built in 1928 by renowned architect Francis Burrell Hoffman, 136 East 79th Street is a full-service, white-glove cooperative with a 24-hour doorman and a resident manager. The building’s amenities include bicycle and wine storage, a private fitness center, and a lovely landscaped garden on the ground floor.
The apartment has two very large storage bins that transfer with the sale. Perfectly located in the very heart of the Upper East Side, this wonderful residence is convenient to many of the city’s best schools, museums, restaurants and shops and to the idyllic pleasures of Central Park.
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Sothebys International Realty
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