Carter's Review

Erected in 1915, this attractive, dark red-brick apartment building at 955 Park Avenue between 81st and 82nd Streets was converted to a cooperative in 1978.

The 13-story, mid-block building has 33 apartments.

It was designed by Robert T. Lyons, whose other structures include 993 Park Avenue and 1155 Park Avenue.

Bottom Line

A pleasant, red-brick, pre-war building with nice decorative façade touches close to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and P.S. 6.

Description

The façade’s composition is quite strong with light-colored, two-story pilasters near the top and pronounced window reveals on the third floor. Beneath the canopy, there is a nice fan grill in front of a marble slab above the entrance to the building's small lobby.

There are arched pairs of windows at either end of the avenue frontage with two finials rising above the roofline over each pair.

The building has consistent new fenestration and some protruding air-conditioners.

Amenities

The building has a full-time doorman, storage and a bicycle room.

It is pet-friendly.

Apartments

The second floor is a 7-bedroom unit that has a 17-foot-long entrance gallery that leads to a 21-foot-long living room that opens onto a 15-foot-long dining room next to an 11-foot-long pantry, a 16-foot-long windowed kitchen, a 17-foot-long breakfast room, 14-foot-long den, a maid’s room and a mud room and a 21-foot-long second living room.

Apartment 12W is a four-bedroom unit that has a 18-foot-long entrance gallery that leads to 15-foot-long library and a 21-foot-long living room with a fireplace that opens onto a 17-foot-long dining room next to a wine cellar and an 18-foot-long, windowed, eat-in kitchen and a 10-foot-long laundry.

Apartment 6E is a three-bedroom unit with a 10-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 19-foot-long living room that opens onto a 18-foot-long dining room next to an home office and a 14-foot-long kitchen.

Apartment 3SE is a one-bedroom unit with a 15-foot-square living room, a 14-foot-long bedroom and a 10-foot-long kitchen.

Location

It is close to the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street. There are several schools in the area as well as numerous religious institutions and there is good cross-town bus service on 79th Street.