125 Riverside Drive: Review and Ratings

Review of 125 Riverside Drive by Carter Horsley

This handsome, 12-story building at 125 Riverside Drive between 84^th and 85^th Streets was erected in 1907 and has 100 rental apartments.

It was built at the same time as the adjoining 9-story, 55-unit building at 120 Riverside Drive on the northeast corner at 84^th Street with which it shares a common entrance and similar architecture treatment.

The buildings, which were designed by S. B. Ogden & Company and were once known as the Turrets Apartments, are owned by GreenOak Real Estate Partners.  The buildings were purchased in 2014 by GreenOak and Thor Equities for about $85 million and GreenOak bought out Thor’s interest in May, 2017 in a transaction that valued both buildings at a combined $190 million, according to a May 16, 2017 article at therealdeal.com by Mark Maurer.

Bottom Line

A distinctive 1907 building with large rounded window bays in living rooms and it has a 9-story south wing, 120 Riverside Drive with a shared entrance and very bold bandcourses.

Description

This 12-story north wing of this two-building complex is a deep light court entrance with a two-step-up entrance and two square-off limestone columns at its building line whereas its 9-story south wing has a four-step-up entrance on 84^th Street and a fire-escape that is partially over its entrance surround.  This wing does not have a fire escape.

The building has a one-story rusticated limestone base over a granite bottom and three thin stringcourses above the first, second and eighth floors. 

There are very bold bandcourses above the 4^th and 8^th floors that are blank except for vertical extensions of the thin window surrounds.

The second-floor façade is also limestone and the light-brown third and four stories have ribbed rusticated.  The upper floors have a beige-brick façade with continuous, narrow and vertical surrounds.

The top floor has arched windows beneath a small scalloped cornice.

It permits window air-conditioners.

Amenities

The building has a 24-hour doorman, a live-in superintendent and a laundry.

Apartments

Apartments have washers and dryers and high ceilings.

Apartment 8AB is a four-bedroom unit with a large living room, a windowed dining room and a long, windowed kitchen.

Apartment 10A is a three-bedroom unit with a great room with an open kitchen.

Apartment 6D is a two-bedroom unit with an entry foyer that leads to a large living room and a large, windowed kitchen.

Apartment 5EX is a three-bedroom unit with an entry foyer that leads to a 18-foot-wide living room and a 14-foot-long, enclosed and windowed kitchen.

Apartment 60130 is a one-bedroom unit with a 20-foot-long living/dining room and an open kitchen.