Key Details
-
Listed: Sep 3, 2024Days on Market: 38Building Type: CooperativeNeighborhood: Park/Fifth Ave. to 79th St. (Manhattan)Doorman: FT Doorman
Insider Highlights
- Prestigious Location: This property boasts a prestigious Fifth Avenue address, located in a quiet, prime location near Central Park and Madison Avenue's boutiques and restaurants. The building has a rich history and has housed many notable residents.
- Architectural Excellence: The apartment is designed by renowned architect, J.E.R. Carpenter, featuring high ceilings, original hardwood floors, and stunning Central Park views from multiple rooms.
- Comfort and Luxury: The property offers spacious bedrooms each with en suite baths and ample closet space, three wood burning fireplaces, and a large eat-in kitchen. It also includes a private elevator vestibule for added convenience.
- Building Amenities: The building provides a range of amenities including a concierge, full-time doorman, resident storage, and a state-of-the-art fitness center. Pets and washer/dryer are allowed in the units.
- Included Extras: The apartment comes with two storage units included, adding to the ample space available within the property itself.
- Fitness and Wellness: Residents have access to a state-of-the-art gym, ensuring fitness and wellness needs are met without having to leave the comfort of the building.
Description
As you tour this stately and stunning prewar home, one discovers the apartment’s many outstanding features-expansive Central Park views from 6 oversized windows in the living room and 3 main bedrooms, three wood burning fireplaces, a private elevator vestibule, high ceilings and Carpenter’s masterful design,
Entering from the private elevator landing, you are welcomed into the foyer, which is the keystone of Carpenter’s brilliant design.
From here you access the public rooms-living room, library, dining room and the long hallway to the private quarters and three main bedrooms, each with an en suite bath. Other "A" line apartments have added a powder room in the foyer area.
The perfectly proportioned and spacious corner living room has spectacular west and north Central Park views, a wood burning fireplace, original hardwood floors and high ceilings. The library, the ideal room for your media and reading time, enjoys views of the Park’s Conservatory Water (sail boat pond).
Rarely found, the grand dining room has a wood burning fireplace-the perfect venue for memorable events. Entering the long hallway to the private quarters, there are three exceptionally large bedrooms, each with direct Park views and en suite baths and spacious closets. The primary bedroom has an en suite bath with a dressing room, wood burning fireplace and gorgeous park views.
The eat in kitchen is what a kitchen should be-large with ample space for the design of your choice.
In the service area there is a full bath and two smaller bedrooms which could be combined for a larger bedroom.
The apartment has two storage units-a large cage and a locker. The resident’s gym has state of the art equipment and space for private sessions with a trainer. Pets allowed; washer dryer allowed.
The cooperative allows 50% financing.
The flip tax is 2% of the purchase price, paid by the buyer.
With its classic limestone facade from the building’s base to the roof and masterful apartment design, preeminent architectural historians consider 920 Fifth Avenue one of the finest Fifth Avenue buildings. Many residents of note have lived her-recognizing 920 Fifth Avenue’s brilliant design, the doyenne of interior design, Sister Parish, made it her home.
All content above are visible to screen reader users, so you may ignore the show more button below.