Carter's Review

This 6-story, red-brick apartment building at 360 West 55^th Street on the southeast corner at Ninth Avenue is notable for its very handsome, rusticated white marble, one-step-up entrance surround with fluted deep curved walls. 

The building, which is also known as 830-840 Ninth Avenue, has 101 rental apartments and was built in 1942. 

It was designed by Samson V. Becker, who had his own architectural firm from the early 1930s until he became an architect and housing consultant and a design deputy for the New York City Housing Authority in the 1950s. 

The developer was the 55^th St. Realty Corp. of Grand Avenue in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx.

Bottom Line

This pleasant rental building on one of the nicest tree-lined streets in Clinton has a handsome entrance with full-time doorman and is not far from Central Park. 

Description

The building has recessed bays along 55^th Street with fire escapes and it permits window air-conditioners.

Amenities

The building has a full-time doorman, a live-in superintendent and a laundry.  It allows pets under 30 pounds.

Apartments

All apartments are either studios, or one-bedrooms, or two bedrooms, and there are 20 apartments a floor.  

Most have dropped living rooms or raised dining areas. 

Apartment E at the northeast corner of the building has a 10-foot-wide foyer that leads to a 15-foot-wide bedroom and to a sunken 22-foot-long living room adjacent to a raised dining alcove. 

Apartment S at the northwest corner of the building is a two-bedroom unit with a 12-foot-wide foyer that leads to a dropped, 21-foot-long dining room and a 10-foot-wide dining room and an enclosed 10-foot-long kitchen.  All rooms including the two baths are windowed.