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Fred Leighton Building, 45 East 66th Street - Upper East Side
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45 East 66th Street

Fred Leighton Building,
45 East 66th Street

Doorman Co-op located in Upper East Side, between Madison Avenue & Park Avenue

  • Recent Sales (3)
  • All Units in Building (33)
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Overview of Fred Leighton Building at 45 East 66th Street

Originally known as the “Fred Leighton Building,” the full-service apartment building was completed in 1908, landmarked in 1977 and converted to cooperative apartments in 1987. The opulent exterior features a curving French Renaissance-style façade with an eclectic mix of Elizabethan and Flemish Gothic details. The building has a live-in resident manager, laundry facility, pets are welcome, and the board allows pieds-a-terres on a case-by-case basis.

 

Year Built
1906
Converted: 1987
Apartments
33
Floors
11
Pets: Allowed
Neighborhood
Min Down
50%
33Apartments
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Amenities

  • Attended Lobby
  • FT Doorman
  • High-Rise
  • Pre War
  • Elevator
  • Laundry Room
  • Live-In Superintendent
  • Historic District

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Nearby Subways

  1. 6
at Lexington Ave 0.21 miles
  1. F
at Lexington Ave and 63rd 0.25 miles
  1. N
  2. Q
  3. R
at 5th Ave and 60th 0.36 miles
  1. 4
  2. 5
at 3rd Ave and 60th 0.37 miles

Carter’s Review

"45 East 66th Street is one of three very interesting and highly decorative mid-rise apartment buildings designed shortly after the turn of the 20th Century by Harde & Short.

The others include the Alwyn Court at 180 West 58th Street and the Studio Building at 44 West 77th Street."
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Pros & Cons

  • Extremely distinctive facades
  • Large apartments
  • Few apartments per floor
  • Doorman
  • Close to Plaza office district
  • Convenient cross-town bus service
  • One block from Central Park
  • Prime location at the heart of fashionable Madison Avenue
  • Wonderful- 12-over-12 double-hung windows
  • Close to Subway
  • No garage
  • Considerable traffic on Madison Avenue
  • No recreational roof
  • No health club

CityRealty Rating

28
/44
Architecture
+
27
/36
Location
+
22
/39
Features
+
10
Editor’s Points
=
87
CITYREALTY
RATING
  • How is the CityRealty Rating calculated?

    Architecture
    • 30+ remarkable
    • 20-29 distinguished
    • 11-19 average
    • < 11 below average
    Location
    • 27+ remarkable
    • 18-26 distinguished
    • 9-17 average
    • < 9 below average
    Features
    • 22+ remarkable
    • 16-21 distinguished
    • 9-15 average
    • < 9 below average

Broker & Buyer Comments

This "architectural gem" from the designers of the Alwyn Court offers "gracious" prewar layouts in a "stunning" building that's "befitting its prestigious retail tenant" Fred Leighton. Originally configured with two "sprawling" units per floor, today's mix includes "generously proportioned" one-bedrooms (~900 sq ft) alongside larger apartments, making it a "notable example" of classic Upper East Side architecture "adapted for modern living."

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