The Armstead, 245 West 104th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 245 West 104th Street by Carter Horsley

This handsome apartment building at 245 West 104^th Street on the northwest corner at Broadway was erected in 1926 and was converted to a co-operative in 1982

It is known as the Armstead and was designed by Gronenberg & Leuchtag, whose other Manhattan buildings include 50 and 110 Riverside Drive, 235 and 639 West End Avenue, 1230 Park Avenue, 29 and 37 Washington Square East, 17 West 67^th Street, Clifton House at 127 West 79^th Street, 245 East 72^nd Street, 325 East 79^th Street, and the Greeley Square office building at 875 Sixth Avenue on the northwest corner at 31^st Street and the former Park Central Hotel on the west side of Seventh Avenue between 55^th and 56^th Streets.

The 16-story building has 82 apartments.

Bottom Line

An elegant and understated pre-war apartment building in an area that has undergone a lot of upgrading in recent years.

Description

The building has a two-story stone base and a beige-brick façade with bandcourses above the second and 12^th floors and the third and 14^th floors have groups of window surrounds. 

The building has sidewalk landscaping and a corner rope quoin.  It also has some protruding air-conditioners and a scalloped cornice.

It has retail space on Broadway.

Amenities

The building has a doorman, a live-in superintendent, a bicycle room, and storage.  Pets are allowed.

Apartments

Apartment 16F is a two-bedroom unit that has an 11-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 20-foot-long living room and to a 14-foot-long eat-in kitchen.  There is an angled hall to a 16-foot-long master bedroom with an angled wall.

Apartment 11D is a two-bedroom unit that has a small entry foyer that opens onto a 15-foot-wide gallery that leads in one direction to an 18-foot-long living room and in the other to a 17-foot-long dining room next to an 11-foot-long partially enclosed kitchen with a pass-through counter.  One of the bedrooms has an angled window.

Apartments 6E is a two-bedroom unit that has a 16-foot-long entry foyer that leads past a 14-foot-long enclosed kitchen to a 21-foot-long living room.

Apartment 6B is a two-bedroom unit that has a long entry foyer that leads to a long gallery that opens onto an 18-foot-long living room that is angled across from a 19-foot-long dining room that is next to a 10-foot-long maid’s room and a 13-foot-long kitchen.

Apartment 6C is a two-bedroom unit that has a 16-foot-long entrance gallery that leads to a 21-foot-long living room with an angled entrance across from a 9-foot-long dining alcove next to a 13-foot-long kitchen.

Apartment 9C is a two-bedroom unit that has an entry foyer that leads past a 21-foot-long living room to a 13-foot-long dining room next to a 13-foot-long open kitchen.