212 East 48th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 212 East 48th Street by Carter Horsley

This handsome, pre-war cooperative apartment building at 212 East 48^th Street in the Turtle Bay neighborhood was erected in 1924. 

It was designed by John H. Duncan, who designed Grant’s Tomb in Riverside Park and the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch in Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn at the entrance to Prospect Park. 

The dark-red-brick building has nine stories and 46 apartments.

Bottom Line

This attractive, pre-war condominium apartment building at 212 East 48^th Street in the Turtle Bay neighborhood has many fireplaces and a 24-hour doorman. 

It is convenient to Grand Central Terminal and the United Nations.

Description

This mid-block, pre-war building has a one-story stone base with an entrance marquee and a nice cornice.  

It is adjacent to 767 Third Avenue, an office building developed by the William Kaufman Organization with metal footprints on sidewalk grates, a wall-mounted chess-board with movable pieces and a stagecoach.

Amenities

The building has a 24-hour doorman, a live-in superintendent, private storage, and a laundry room.  It is pet-friendly and pieds-a-terre and welcome. 

The building has a marble lobby with arched French glass doors that lead to the building’s private garden.

Apartments

Most apartments have wood-burning fireplaces, and beamed, 9-and-a-half-foot-high ceilings. 

Apartment 2E is a one-bedroom unit with an entrance foyer that leads to a 19-foot-long gallery that opens onto a 25-foot-long living room with an open kitchen and a wood-burning fireplace. 

Apartment  4D has a small entry foyer that leads directly into a 24-foot-long living room with a wood-burning fireplace.  The one-bedroom apartment has a small dining area across from an enclosed kitchen. 

Apartment 1C is a two-bedroom apartment with a 24-foot-long living room with a wood-burning fireplace next to an enclosed kitchen. 

Apartment 9A is a two-bedroom unit that has a windowed, eat-in kitchen off its entry foyer that leads to a 26-foot-long living room with a wood-burning fireplace. 

Penthouse A is a two-bedroom apartment that has a 17-foot-long living/dining area with an open kitchen that opens onto a 65-foot-long terrace.