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885 West End Avenue, #12AC

$6,500,000 | 5 beds, 5 baths
Building Profile  | 
46 days on Market

Key Details

  • Listed: Sep 20, 2024
    Days on Market: 46
    Building Type: Cooperative
    Neighborhood: Riverside Dr./West End Ave. (Manhattan)
    Doorman: PT Doorman
Monthly Maintenance: $7,521
Est. Monthly Mortgage: $34,456
Total Est. Monthly Carrying Cost: $41,977
Note: the above is based on a down payment of 20% ($1,300,000), which is the minimum amount permitted by the building.

Insider Highlights

  • High-End Kitchen and Dining: The apartment boasts a custom chef’s kitchen equipped with high-end appliances, perfect for culinary enthusiasts. The formal dining room can comfortably seat 15+ guests, making it ideal for hosting dinner parties.
  • Additional Amenities: The apartment includes a library, office nook, and a large gallery, offering plenty of space for various activities. It also features a built-in, centrally controlled audio system and high-speed Wi-Fi throughout.
  • Building Features and Location: The Italian Renaissance-palazzo-style building offers amenities such as a concierge, part-time doorman, additional laundry facilities, and a private storage unit for each apartment. It's located close to Riverside Park, various shops, restaurants, and public transportation, including the subway.
  • Spacious and Luxurious Living: This meticulously renovated 5-bedroom, 5-bathroom apartment is located in a historic, pre-war building in the Riverside-Westend Historic District. The apartment features 4 exposures, providing ample natural light, and a working wood-burning fireplace for cozy evenings.
  • Pet-Friendly and Convenient: This pet-friendly building is situated in a quiet and attractive neighborhood, offering a peaceful living environment. The apartment also includes a washer/dryer for added convenience.
  • Architectural Beauty: The building's beautiful Italian Renaissance-palazzo-style architecture is complemented by sidewalk landscaping, adding to the overall charm and appeal of this historic property.

Description

The most beautiful apartment on the Upper West Side. A Classic 7 seamlessly combined with a classic 6 to create a gorgeous, light filled, elegant 4-6 bedroom home with 4 exposures in MINT condition. Currently configured as 11 rooms. This prewar home has been meticulously renovated to the highest of standards. 9 zones of Central Air with compressors on the roof, herringbone floors newly laid to recreate the original patterns, moldings done to perfection and a working wood burning fireplace in the main living room.

Everything is new yet it all feels perfectly in character with the turn of the century era of the building. Enter through the formal foyer into the large perfectly proportioned formal living room with WBF, room for multiple seating areas all beautifully lit by a wall of South facing windows. There is a hidden pocket door (if entertaining) or flow through into the custom chef’s kitchen. Vented Blue Star 8-burner stove, 2 full sized dishwashers, 2 sinks, a convection/microwave by Gaggenau, column fridge by Thermador and 4 Sub-Zero drawers for freezer space and additional refrigeration.

A butler pantry leading to the service door off the kitchen offers additional storage space. Not a thing is missing in this kitchen. Pull up a stool to the long counter, there is plenty of room to sit. The Southern sun flows in as the wall of Southern windows continues on into the dining room where there is room to seat 15+ and spill into the gallery for even more seamless seating.

An additional original decorative fireplace is next to the dining table. Turn the corner and there is another entry door with access to a walk-in closet outfitted with a hidden cache of cubbies, hooks & shelves as one would find in a suburban home. A discreet office nook with a cutout, thoughtfully tucked above the desk, allowing more Southern light to stream through. The large gallery allows for the spillover of large, seated dinner parties or have some fun and pull out the full sized ping pong table.

There is a lovely jewel of a powder room here to accommodate guests. Off the gallery is a stand-alone bedroom with river views. Next door is a gorgeous library with river views and murphy bed hidden behind lovely millwork.

Make this the 5th bedroom or keep it as a library or music room. A full windowed bath renovated in keeping with the prewar style is easily & discreetly accessed by both bedrooms. Full height glass French doors lead to a 2nd large casual living space with river views, wet bar and plenty of room to lounge, play games or do a movie night.

Further back is a staff room with vented laundry and a powder room. Turn left from the formal entry foyer into the other bedroom wing with 3 large bedrooms on the East side of the home. All with great storage and unbelievable unobstructed Eastern light. There are 2 fully renovated bathrooms, one shared and the other functioning as the primary bath to the corner primary bedroom which is outfitted with 3 large custom closets. Nothing has been overlooked in this renovation.

There is a built-in, centrally controlled audio system as well as high speed Wi-Fi throughout apartment. All of the windows were replaced by Skyline. The unit transfers with a private storage unit. 885 West End Avenue is a 13 story corner building built in 1915 by Joseph Paterno and designed by Gaetan Ajello. It is located in the Riverside-Westend Historic District.

There is a live-in super, two porters and a 24-hour door attendant. The building has: bike storage, gym, private storage as well as additional laundry facilities for large items. This beautifully maintained prewar building is a gem.

Easy access to subways and West Side Highway. Steps to Riverside Park’s promenade, cafe, “beach”, playing fields and the Hudson River Greenway. Great neighborhood restaurants, shops, everyday conveniences and groceries are all within a few blocks. Pet friendly.

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Apartment Amenities

  • Wood Burning Fireplace
Listing courtesy of Sothebys International Realty

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About 885 West End Avenue

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885 West End Avenue has received a CityRealty Rating of 57, based on:

 
Architecture

Anything above 30 is remarkable, from 20-29 is distinguished and from 11-19 is average, while below 11 is below average.

 
Location

Anything above 27 is remarkable, from 18-26 is distinguished and from 9-17 is average, while below 9 is below average.

 
Features

Anything above 22 is remarkable, from 16-21 is distinguished and from 9-15 is average, while below 9 is below average.

Rating Summary

20
Out of 44
+
25
Out of 36
+
12
Out of 39
=
57
Out of 119
 

Architecture Rating: Points Breakdown

Exterior:
Very Attractive 5 out of 8 points
Retail Quality:
None 2 out of 5 points
Canopy Entrance:
Attractive 2 out of 3 points
Alterations:
None 2 out of 2 points
Plaza Or Atrium:
None 0 out of 3 points
Contextual Design:
Yes and Good 2 out of 3 points
Skyline:
Exists 1 out of 2 points
Local Visibility:
Highly Visible 2 out of 2 points
Watertank:
Enclosed 1 out of 2 points
Airconditioners:
Allowed and Present 0 out of 2 points
Free Standing:
Corner 1 out of 2 points
Gargoyles:
None 0 out of 2 points
Garden:
None 0 out of 2 points
Fenestration:
Consistent 1 out of 1 points
Landmark:
No 0 out of 2 points
Unity:
Unified Design 1 out of 1 points
Illumination:
None 0 out of 1 points
Water Element:
None 0 out of 1 points

Location Rating: Points Breakdown

Street Ambience:
Attractive / Pleasant 3 out of 5 points
Distance To Neighborhood Center:
More than 50 blocks 0 out of 5 points
Views:
Open 2 out of 4 points
Neighborhood Ambience:
Very Attractive 3 out of 3 points
Traffic Noise:
Very Little 3 out of 3 points
Protected Views:
Only Top Floors 1 out of 2 points
Distance To Subway:
Less than 3 Short Blocks 2 out of 2 points
Firedepartment Noise:
No Noise 2 out of 2 points
Distance To Supermarket:
Less than 3 Short Blocks 2 out of 2 points
Distance To Park:
Less Than 3 Short Blocks 2 out of 2 points
Distance To Water:
3-6 Short Blocks 1 out of 2 points
Shopping:
5 or less Short Blocks 2 out of 2 points
Schools:
No Noise 1 out of 1 points
Noise From Nightlife:
None 1 out of 1 points

Features Rating: Points Breakdown

Lobby:
Quite Stylish 3 out of 5 points
Units Per Floor:
3-4 3 out of 5 points
Ceiling:
8-9 Feet 1 out of 4 points
Balconies:
None 0 out of 3 points
Health Club:
None 0 out of 2 points
Private Gardens:
None 0 out of 2 points
Storage Rooms:
Minimal 1 out of 2 points
Bay Windows:
None 0 out of 1 points
Fireplaces:
Some 1 out of 1 points
Door Person:
None 0 out of 1 points
Concierge:
Yes 1 out of 1 points
Elevator Person:
None 0 out of 1 points
Recreational Roof:
None 0 out of 1 points
Driveway:
None 0 out of 1 points
Maids Room:
None 0 out of 1 points
Catering:
None 0 out of 1 points
Garage:
None 0 out of 1 points
Mixed Use:
No 0 out of 1 points
Non Rectilinear Form:
No 0 out of 1 points
Unusual Layouts:
No 0 out of 1 points
Prewar:
Yes 1 out of 1 points
Other Amenities:
Some 1 out of 2 points

Building Amenities

  • Concierge
  • PT Doorman
  • Pre War
  • Washer/Dryer in building
  • Elevator

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Pros
  • One block from Riverside Park
  • Consistent fenestration
  • Handsome Italian Renaissance-palazzo-style pre-war building
  • Sidewalk landscaping
  • Bronze entrance doors
  • Canopied entrance
  • Concierge
  • Convenient public transportation
  • Close to Subway
Cons
  • No garage
  • No health club
  • Fairly far north
  • No sundeck
  • Protruding air-conditioners
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Subways

  1. 1
at Broadway and 104th 0.10 miles
  1. 2
  2. 3
at Broadway and 95th 0.44 miles

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