Abingdon Court, 75 Bank Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 75 Bank Street by Carter Horsley

This handsome, 6-story, Art Deco-style building at 75 Bank Street at Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village was erected in 1938 and is known as Abingdon Court. 

It has 87 co-operative apartments. 

A November 30, 1930 article in The New York Times reported that its site was one of several acquired in Greenwich Village by Bing & Bing and that its site had been partially occupied by the 7-story Abingdon Hotel. 

It was erected by the Abingdon Court Company and designed by Irving Margon, who also designed 965 Fifth Avenue. 

It is convenient to the Whitney Museum of American Art and the southern end of the High Line Elevated Park. 

It is across from Abingdon Park and the Bleecker Playground and is convenient to public transportation. 

It is also known as 2-4 Eighth Avenue, 1-9 Abingdon Square and 419-425 Bleecker Street. 

This building is adjacent to the Bank Street School, a four-story building erected in 1905 for Rudolph E. and Gustave Schirmer, sons of G. Schirmer, the founder of the music publishing house, G. Schirmer Inc. 

Abingdon Square is a small triangular park named after Willoughby, the Earl of Abingdon, who married Charlotte, one of Sir Peter Warren's daughters.  Warren's estate before the Revolution included a major part of what is now Greenwich Village.

Bottom Line

An attractive Art Deco-style low-rise building just to the east Abingdon Square and the Bleecker Playground, this angled building, which has a full-time doorman, is distinguished by its broad bands of red and brown glazed brick and landscaped courtyard entrance.

Description

The angled, beige-brick building is highlighted by its broad bands of red and brown glazed brick. 

It has a landscaped entrance courtyard with a grey-granite entrance surround with its name carved into the surround. 

The building has beige-painted fire-escapes including one above its entrance. 

Its lobby has a chandelier, sconces, beamed ceilings and a terrazzo floor.

Amenities

The building has a full-time doorman, a porter, a resident manager, a laundry, bicycle storage, and storage.  Pets are permitted.

Apartments

Apartment 2PQ is a two-bedroom unit with a 10-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 11-foot-wide dining room and a 19-foot-long living room and an 11-foot-long enclosed and windowed kitchen. 

Apartment 4H is a two-bedroom unit with an 11-foot-long entry foyer next to a 12-foot-long open and windowed kitchen and an 18-foot-wide living room. 

Apartment 3K is a one-bedroom unit with a 6-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 12-foot-long dining area that opens onto a 19-foot-wide living room with an enclosed and windowed 13-foot-wide kitchen. 

Apartment 3E is a studio unit with a long entry foyer that leads past a 10-foot-wide, open kitchen with a breakfast bard to an 18-foot-wide living room with an 9-foot-square sleeping area. 

Apartment 6N is a studio unit with a 12-foot-wide angled entry foyer that leads to a 19-foot-long living room and an angled 11-foot-long, windowed kitchen.