Carter's Review

The Veneto is an attractive, 34-story residential condominium tower at 250 East 53^rd Street at Second Avenue with a very distinctive entrance with a heavily and randomly rusticated one-story base highlighted by embedded horizontal lights.

Designed by Davis Brody Bond, it was developed by The Related Companies with an 8-story base clad in limestone and red brick on the avenue and limestone on the side-street.

Adam Tihany, who designed Le Cirque and Per Se restaurants, did the interior design.

The building, which was completed in 2007, has 137 apartments.

Bottom Line

With its warm palette, this building’s website emphasizes that the building evokes European glamour and good living epitomized by Rome’s famed Via Veneto that is noted for its fine restaurants and hotels.

Description

The building has a lot of corner windows and sets back at the ninth floor.

It also has a “Giardino” serenity garden designed by H. M. White, landscape architects.

Amenities

The building, which is pet friendly, has a two-story-high lobby with a five-foot-high chandelier.

It also has a doorman, a concierge, garage, a fitness center, a “party” room and terrace, private storage, and a children’s playroom.

Apartments

Ceilings are 9 feet high and reach 12 feet in the penthouses.

Apartments have mahogany flooring and many have corner windows.

Kitchens have Sub-Zero refrigerators, Viking gas ranges, and Bosch dishwashers and walnut and frosted glass cabinetry and black granite countertops.

Bathrooms have double trough vanities with walnut cabinetry, travertine flooring and countertops and Kohler soaking tubs.

Apartment 901 has a large foyer that leads to a 32-foot-long living/dining room next to an 11-foot-wide kitchen.  The two-bedroom unit has a 26-foot-wide terrace off its master bedroom.

Apartment 1902 is a two-bedroom unit that has an entry foyer that leads past is 13-foot-long enclosed kitchen to a 20-foot-long living room.

Apartment 1904 is a three-bedroom unit with a 16-foot-long entrance gallery that leads past an enclosed kitchen to a 17-foot-long living/dining area.

Apartment 1103 is a 5-bedroom unit with a very long entry foyer that leads past an enclosed 21-foot-long kitchen to a 30-foot-wide living and dining area.

The penthouse is a 5-bedroom unit that has a 44-foot-long entrance gallery that leads to a 37-foot-long living room that opens onto a 788-square-foot terrace.  The 34-foot-long master bedroom suite has a 307-square-foot terrace.