Carter HorsleyMar 07, 2013
Carter's Review
This 5-story building at 253 West 28th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in Chelsea dates to 1896 and has several residential condominium apartments above a nightclub space.
The building is across the street from the Fashion Institute of Technology, near a subway station and a few blocks south of Penn Station.
It has three residential units.
Bottom Line
This small building in the heart of Chelsea is convenient to the High Line Elevated Park and Penn Station and has only three residential units.
Description
The mid-block building has inconsistent fenestration.
Amenities
The building has video security, a laundry and storage and permits pets.
Apartments
Apartments have 10 1/2 –foot-high ceilings.
The fourth floor unit has a 16-foot-wide entry foyer that opens in to a 35-foot-long office/living space, 10-foot-long office, a 45-foot-wide curved entertainment space, a 14-foot-wide media boom, a 13-foot-long open kitchen, a 45-foot-long living/dining room and two bedrooms.
History
The building was built as a stable and wagon storage facility and changed to light manufacturing and furrier use in the 1930s and was left vacant in the mid-1970s. It was converted to a co-operative in 1979 and subsequently the first floor and cellar was sold to a nightclub and the second and fifth floors were sold to photographers, the third floor was sold to an artist and the fourth floor was sold to an attorney.
- Condo built in 1896
- Converted in 1979
- 1 apartment currently for rent ($27K)
- Located in Chelsea
- 3 total apartments 3 total apartments
- 1 recent sales ($1.6M to $1.6M)
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