118 Riverside Drive: Review and Ratings

between West 83rd Street & West 84th Street View Full Building Profile

Review of 118 Riverside Drive by Carter Horsley

This handsome 16-story complex at 110 and 118 Riverside Drive was erected in 1929 and was converted to a cooperative in 1968. It has a total of 169 apartments. It was designed by Gronenberg & Leuchtag, whose other buildings in the city include 50 Riverside Drive, 235, 467 and 639 Central Park West, and 130 and 315 West 86th Street. There is excellent cross-town bus service nearby on 86th Street at Broadway and the building is across from Riverside Park and is convenient to some excellent retail including Harry's Shoes, Barnes & Nobles, and Zabar's. Babe Ruth was once a resident.

Bottom Line

A gracious, pre-war co-operative in a fine Upper West Side location with an impressive lobby with a fireplace and large apartments.

Description

The orange-brick building, which has a slightly angled corner at 83rd Street, has a thin bandcourse above its second floor and another above the 13th floor.

There are attractive decorative window surrounds on the third and the 13th floors and a discrete cornice.

The building has a canopied entrance with an attractive arched surround, sconces and sidewalk landscaping on the side-street.

It has inconsistent fenestration and permits window air-conditioners.

The building has a very handsome paneled lobby that is steps up from the vestibule and it has a fireplace and stained glass windows.

Amenities

The building has a full-time doorman, a live-in superintendent, a gym, a bicycle room, a laundry and permits cats and dogs.

Apartments

Apartment 15B is a four-bedroom unit with a 13-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 25-foot-long living/dining room and a 16-foot-long breakfast room next to a 13-foot-long kitchen.

Apartment 1C is a four-bedroom unit with a 13-foot-long entrance gallery that leads to a 21-foot-long living room and a 16-foot-long dining room adjacent to a 12-foot-long, windowed kitchen with a breakfast bar and a 12-foot-long windowed home office.

Apartment 14B is a three-bedroom unit with a 20-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 24-foot-long living room, an 18-foot-long dining room next to a 14-foot-long enclosed kitchen.

Apartment 4B is a three-bedroom unit with a 14-foot-long entrance gallery that leads to a 24-foot-long living room across from a 17-foot-long dining room near a pantry, a 13-foot-wide, windowed kitchen and a 10-foot-long maid's room.

Apartment 3C is a three-bedroom unit with a 13-foot-long entrance gallery that opens onto a 23-foot-long living room across from a 17-foot-long dining froom next to a 14-foot-long kitchen.