610 West 110th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 610 West 110th Street by Carter Horsley

This attractive, 14-story, mid-block apartment building at 610 West 110^th Street between Broadway and Riverside Drive was erected in 1922 and designed by Schwartz & Gross, one of the most prolific architects of high quality pre-war buildings.

The building, which is also known as 608 Cathedral Parkway, has 72 condominium apartments.

It is owned by Cayuga Holdings LLC and the 2007-8 conversion was done by Kinlin Rutherfurd Architects.

Bottom Line

A handsome, 1922 apartment building designed by Schwartz & Gross and converted to a condominium in 2008 at a good location very close to a subway station and not far from Columbia University and a few steps from Riverside Park.

Description

The beige-brick building has a two-story limestone base with a canopied, two-step-up entrance flanked by sidewalk landscaping.

The building has quoins and bandcourses on the 3^rd and 4^th floors and7th and 10^th floors.  It has some protruding air-conditioners.

Amenities

The building has a 24-hour doorman, a live-in superintendent, a bicycle room, a gym, a children’s playroom, a laundry room and a community room with a landscaped outdoor patio.  The building is pet-friendly.

Apartments

Apartment 3A is a two-bedroom unit with an angled entry foyer that leads past a large, “L”-shaped kitchen to a 14-foot-long dining room next to a 21-foot-long living room.

Apartment 11C is a two-bedroom unit with an entry foyer that leads past a windowed kitchen to a 15-foot-long dining room off the 20-foot-long living room and an 8-foot-long office.

Apartment 12D is a two-bedroom unit with 1,037 square feet and an 18-foot-long living/dining room next to an open, windowed kitchen.

Apartment 12E is a two-bedroom unit with a 17-foot-long living room next to an open, pass-through kitchen.

Apartment 6D is a two-bedroom unit with a 7-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 21-foot-long living room next to a 16-foot-long, eat-in kitchen.

Apartment 4B is a one-bedroom unit with 886 square feet and a 21-foot-living/dining room and a pass-through kitchen.

History

The building was bought by Louis Gerbino and Benjamin T. Walker in 1921 from the Liberty and Church Street Company, of which Robert E. Dowling was president who had sold the adjoining Riverside Drive corner to Michael A. Paterno for a 13-story apartment house.  According to an August 23, 1921 article in The New York Times both parcels originally formed part of the Russell Sage estate.