300 Riverside Drive: Review and Ratings

Review of 300 Riverside Drive by Carter Horsley

Built in 1924, this rather stately, 14-story building at 300 Riverside Drive on the northeast corner at 102^nd Street was converted to a cooperative in 1979.

The brown-brick building was designed by George F. Pelham.

The building has 113 apartments.

Bottom Line

With its excellent views of the Hudson River and Riverside Park, this building is typical of the fine pre-war construction of the better Riverside Drive buildings. 

Description

The building has a one-story rusticated limestone base and a two-step-up entrance with a very handsome cast-iron door and a handsome surround that is flanked by small scones.

The building has a large bandcourse above the third floor with some nice window surrounds on the 4^th floor. 

There are some balconies on the 11th floor and a stringcourse above the 3th floor.

The building has some discrete and protruding air-conditioners.

Amenities

It has a full-time doorman and a few balconies, but no garage, no roof deck and no fitness center.

Apartments

Apartment 11A is a two-bedroom unit with a 9-foot-wide entry foyer that opens onto a 22-foot-long living room next to a 15-foot-long, windowed, dining room adjacent to a 17-foot-long, windowed kitchen and a 15-foot-long, windowed, home office.

Apartment 6A is a three-bedroom unit with an 8-foot-long entry foyer that opens onto a 22-foot-long living room next to a 16-foot-long, windowed, dining room near a 17-foot-long kitchen.

Apartment 9A is a two-bedroom unit with a 9-foot-wide entry foyer that opens onto a 22-foot-long living room next to a 16-foot-long, windowed, dining room that leads to a 10-foot-long pantry and a 17-foot-long kitchen and an 11-foot-long maid’s room.

Apartment 13G is a two-bedroom unit with a 15-foot-long dining foyer next to the kitchen and a 16-foot-long living room.

History

According to a December 19, 2008 article by Vivian S. Toy in The New York Times, the building’s board voted to renovate the building’s lobby but deferred the creation of a roof deck.