Turtle Bay Towers, 310 East 46th Street: Review and Ratings
between Second Avenue & First Avenue View Full Building Profile
This attractive, 26-story, beige-brick, mid-block condop was erected in 1929 and has 337 apartments.
The building conversion from an industrial loft building to apartments was given an honor award in 1978 from the American Institute of Architects.
The building's canopied entrance is in an arcade that is set back considerably from the building line. The very large lobby is highly visible behind glass partitions, the top part of which is angled. Part of the west wall of the lobby is curved and part of the mail box wall at the rear of the lobby is visible from the street. The building has a concierge, a garage, discrete air-conditioners, some terraces and basement storage, but no sidewalk landscaping and no balconies.
The building is convenient to the United Nations and there are numerous restaurants and stores in the vicinity. There is cross-town bus service on 42nd, 49th and 50th Streets, but subways are a few blocks away.
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