Colony House, 30 East 65th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 30 East 65th Street by Carter Horsley

This attractive, white-brick building at 30 East 65^th Street is known as Colony House and it has a prime Upper East Side location that is convenient to many fashionable boutiques and restaurants.

It is named after the famous Colony Restaurant that was formerly on the site in an apartment building and which was one of the city's most elegant dining "establishments."

The 17-story building was erected in 1962 and is a cooperative with 65 units.

Bottom Line

This pleasant, post-war, white-brick apartment building has a very prime Upper East Side location with ample apartments that are convenient to good transportation and many fashion boutiques.

Description

The building has a few setbacks near its top that provide some terraces.

It has a canopied entrance, sidewalk landscaping, some corner windows and discrete air-conditioners.

Amenities

The building has a concierge, a live-in superintendent, a doorman, a roof deck, a bicycle room, a garage, and some terraces on the higher floors.  It has multiple balconies and terraces.

Apartments

Apartment 15A is a two-bedroom unit with an entry foyer that leads past an 11-foot-long kitchen to a 17-foot-wide dining room that opens onto a 23-foot-long living room.  It has two large terraces that partially wrap around its main rooms.

Apartment 13A is a one-bedroom unit that has an elliptical entry foyer that is 15-feet wide and opens onto a 25-foot-lonng living room with an angled corner window, a 21-foot-long library that opens onto a long terraces and an 18-foot-long enclosed kitchen.

Apartment 7A is a two-bedroom unit that has a 20-foot-long elliptical entrance gallery that opens onto a 25-foot-long living room, a 24-foot-long open kitchen with breakfast bar island and a 14-foot-long dining room.

Apartment 7B is a two-bedroom unit that has a 10-foot-long entrance gallery that opens onto a 28-foot-long living room with a 15-foot-wide dining room off an enclosed 18-foot-long kitchen.

Apartment 6/7E is a two-bedroom duplex with a curved entrance foyer with staircase that opens onto a 13-foot-long dining room off a 16-foot-long enclosed kitchen a 17-foot-long library and a 31-foot-long living room on the lower floor.  The upper floor has two bedrooms, each with large dressing areas.

Apartment 12D is a one-bedroom unit with a 14-foot-long entrance foyer that opens onto a 23-foot-long living room with a decorative fireplace and a 14-footlong dining alcove next to an 11-foot-long pass-through kitchen.

Apartment 2C is a one-bedroom unit that has a 22-foot-long entrance gallery that opens onto a 17-foot-long living room off a 17-foot-long library.  At the other end of the gallery is a 15-foot-long dining room next to a 21-foot-long enclosed kitchen.

Location

It is across the street from a pleasant bistro and convenient to many fashionable boutiques on the avenue.

It is, of course, only one block from Central Park, and within walking distance of some exclusive private clubs and the Plaza Office District. Subway stations are a few blocks away and there is cross-town bus service on 65th Street and 57th Street.