888 Park Avenue, #12B
Key Details
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Listed: Mar 22, 2024Last Price Change: ($500,000) on Jun 7Days on Market: 169Building Type: CooperativeNeighborhood: Park/Fifth Ave. to 79th St. (Manhattan)Doorman: FT Doorman
Insider Highlights
- Prime Location: This luxury cooperative apartment is located in a prime Upper East Side location, close to Central Park, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Met Breuer, and New York's finest restaurants, shops, and schools. It's also conveniently close to the subway and one block south of cross-town bus service.
- Building and Apartment Features: The full-service prewar building, designed by renowned architects Schwartz & Gross, features a full-time doorman and highly attentive maintenance service. The apartment itself has been completely renovated and refinished with high-end finishes, retaining the hallmarks of grand prewar Park Avenue buildings.
- Unique Interior Details: The apartment boasts fine Parquet de Versailles wood flooring, a Louis XIV mantle surrounding a wood-burning fireplace, and a hand painted canvas mural in the dining room. It also features a custom wine bar with Polished Bardiglio Imperiale countertops, a full-size Subzero wine refrigerator and Miele ice maker.
- Spacious Kitchen and Bedrooms: The spacious chef’s kitchen comes with Super White Quartzite countertops and backsplash, custom Walnut butcher block island, two generous Super White Quartzite sinks, cork floors, and state-of-the-art appliances. The main bedrooms are accessed off a private hallway, with ample closet space, built-in cabinetry, and beautiful hand painted wallpaper.
- Additional Amenities: The apartment includes a large laundry room, an additional bedroom and full bath accessible from the kitchen, and sound-proofing installed between each of the adjoining bedroom walls. Building amenities include a fully equipped fitness center and additional private storage.
- Recognition and Convenience: The apartment was featured on the cover of Elle Decor in September 2020. It's also conveniently located near many restaurants and boutiques, and includes a washer/dryer in the apartment.
Description
The south facing living room is 29’ in length and has a Louis XIV mantle surrounding a wood-burning fire place. The tabor wood paneled Library can be accessed by the gallery or through the living room and also faces south. A hand painted canvas mural adorns the walls of the gracious formal dining. Off the dining room is a custom wine bar with Polished Bardiglio Imperiale countertops and a Pyrite backsplash, a full-size Subzero wine refrigerator and Miele ice maker.
The incredibly spacious chef’s kitchen uses some of the finest and durable materials such as Super White Quartzite countertops and backsplash, custom Walnut butcher block island, two generous Super White Quartzite sinks and cork floors. The state-of-the-art appliances include a Lacanche stove from France, double Sub-zero refrigerators with four freezer drawers and double Miele dishwashers. In the corner is a large, custom curved banquette with Pindler fabric perfect for informal dining.
A large laundry room, additional bedroom and full bath can be accessed off the rear of the kitchen. All of the main bedrooms are accessed off a private hallway where a lovely powder room also sits. The corner primary suite is sun-flooded with eastern and southern light from the dual exposures throughout the day. The elegant primary bath was created by using Cote D’Azur slab stone throughout and a single, honed block of Bianco Dolomiti for the vanity top.
The shower has a window within the space, a beautifully finished cove ceiling and THG Paris fixtures. The ample closet spaces which can be found throughout the suite have been carefully thought out. Each of the secondary bedrooms has an abundance of closet space, built-in cabinetry and beautiful hand painted wallpaper.
The secondary bathrooms have polished Quarzo Bianco/Cristallo slab throughout with glass tile showers. Thoughtful additions are found in every detail of the finishes. Sound-proofing has been installed between each of the adjoining bedroom walls making each room a quiet and lovely cocoon for sleeping, and the library perfect for movie watching or business conference calls in the midst of activity in other parts of the apartment.
Featured on the cover of Elle Decor, September 2020 as well as the designer’s own well reviewed opus - Steven Sills: A Vision for Design, apartment 12B is a stunning showpiece retaining a sense of Old-World elegance, while replete with the best of today’s modern design. Incredible thought and consideration were put into every detail of this completely gut renovated apartment. The incredible proportions and sun-flooded exposure create a space perfect for large scale entertaining, yet wonderfully intimate for everyday living.
Rarely does such a newly and thoughtfully finished apartment become available in a building of this caliber.
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Apartment Amenities
- City View
- Washer/Dryer in apt.