210 West 19th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 210 West 19th Street by Carter Horsley

This attractive, mid-block building at 210 West 19^th Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues in Chelsea was erected in 1939 and has 60 condominium apartments.

Bottom Line

A pleasant, mid-block low-rise, Art Deco-style building with sunken living rooms in a central location in Chelsea.

Description

This beige-brick building is distinguished by its handsome, Art Deco-style, one-step-up entrance surround that has narrow slit windows and small lights at the top of the recessed doorway.  The entrance surround is topped with a large, impressive entablature with circular motifs.

The one-story base of the building is rusticated as the second floor above it and it has a large entablature above its top floor that has a geometric design.

The building has two banks of curved fire-escapes that are painted white and permits protruding window air-conditioners.

Amenities

The building has an on-site superintendent and a bicycle room, but no sidewalk landscaping, no garage and no roof deck.

Apartments

Apartments have sunken living rooms with arched openings between some rooms.

Apartment 1F is a duplex with a long entry foyer leads to an open L-shaped, 23-foot-long  kitchen with pass-through counter to the 23-foot-wide living/dining room that opens to a 24-foot-wide patio and has stairs leading to the lower level with a 13-foot-long den and two bedrooms.

Apartment 4A is a one-bedroom unit with an angled entry foyer that leads to a 12-foot-long dining space next to an enclosed 9-foot-long kitchen and a 20-foot-long living room.

Apartment 3C is a one-bedroom unit with an 11-foot-wide kitchen leading to a 17-foot-long sunken living room.