1085 Park Avenue: Review and Ratings

Review of 1085 Park Avenue by Carter Horsley

This attractive, 15-story condominium apartment building at 1085 Park Avenue on the northeast corner at 88^th Street was erected in 1926 and has 44 apartments.

It was designed by Schwartz & Gross for the Bricken Construction Company.

Bottom Line

A handsome, pre-war building in the heart of Carnegie Hill.

Description

The building has a three-story limestone base with a bandcourse above the second floor and stringcourses above the third, 12^th and 14^th floors.

It has a canopied entrance and a cornice.

The beige-brick building has some protruding air-conditioners and an exposed rooftop water-tank.

“The entrance to his understated neo-Renaissance building is flanked with pairs of Corinthian pilasters supporting a simple entablature,” according to the “Carnegie Hill Architectural Guide” published by Carnegie Hill Neighbors.

“Above the door is a double window with a scrolled enframement and keystone….The bandcourse under the third floor is detailed with an edge roll and a dentil course.  The remaining twelve stories are of buff brick, with the edges marked by stone quoins….Visual interest focuses on the thirteenth and fourteenth stories: Window pairs are framed by rope moldings and topped with a dentiled cornice and an escutcheon.  Two single windows have scrolled enframements.  A row of dentils, an egg-and-dart band and modillions comprise the ornate building cornice,” the guide continued.

Amenities

The building has a 24-hour attended lobby, a live-in superintendent, a package room and is pet friendly.

Apartments

A three-bedroom penthouse unit has a 26-foot-long entrance gallery that leads to a 27-foot-long living room with fireplace and a 22-foot-long dining room next to a 12-foot-long kitchen, a 9-foot-long pantry and two maids’ rooms.

Another three-bedroom penthouse unit that as 26-foot-long living room with fireplace, a 23-foot-long living room next to a 14-foot-kitchen, a pantry and two maids’ rooms.

Apartment 3C is a two-bedroom unit with an 11-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 26-foot-long living room, a 19-foot-long dining room, next to an 11-foot-long pantry and a 12-foot-long dining room and a maid’s room.

Location

It is convenient to several gourmet food shops and public transportation as well as Carnegie Hill’s impressive collection of museums and schools.