Carter's Review

West 96^th Apartments at 750 Columbus Avenue is a very attractive, 11-story, red-brick apartment building with 207 rental units with many bay windows.

It was erected in 1987 and designed by Schuman Lichtenstein Claman & Efron. It was acquired by Equity Residential in 2012.

The building, which was previously known as Key West and then Archstone West 96th Street, is also known as 101 West 96^th Street and 100 West 97^th Street.

It is one block from Central Park and the B and C subways, and two blocks from the 1, 2 and 3 subways.

A Whole Foods store is one block away.

Bottom Line

This very handsome, red-brick apartment building is close to Central Park and a Whole Foods store and has a lovely garden courtyard and excellent public transportation.

Description

In their great book, “New York 2000, Between the Bicentennial and the Millennium,” Robert A. M. Stern, David Fishman and Jacob Tilove described this U-shaped building as “relentlessly bay-windowed.” 

The building is 11 stories on the avenue but steps down to four stories on 96^th Street.

The building has a 30,000-square-foot neighborhood health center and 10,000 square feet of commercial space.

Amenities

It has a 24-hour concierge, a laundry facility, a direct-access garage, a children’s playroom, a fitness center, a sundeck and a landscaped garden court.

Apartments

Apartments have European-style kitchen cabinetry with brushed silver finishes and stainless-steel kitchen appliances and granite countertops.

Bathrooms have three-panel, mirrored medicine cabinets.

A 770-square-foot, one-bedroom unit has a 23-foot-long living room with a 10-foot-long dining alcove adjacent to a 9-foot-long kitchen.

A similar one-bedroom unit has a slightly larger dining area and a 23-foot-long patio.