5 Riverside Drive, 5-D

This sprawling one bedroom home is richly supplied with pre-war character and offers Hudson River and Riverside Park views from a full-service art deco elevator building on lower Riverside Drive. The apartment has amazing features including a step-down living room, wood hand-railings capped with brass finials, decorative fireplace, built-in bookshelves, recently installed panorama windows, windowed kitchen and bath, grand entrance foyer and four large closets (one walk-in closet). Original detailing includes oak flooring (herringbone pattern in the living room) and high beamed ceilings. The apartment gets good light with both north and western exposures, has recently been painted and has a roomy and bright bedroom accentuated by two over-sized closets.

Built in 1937 and a co-op since 1965s, 5 Riverside is one of the Upper West Side's most renowned co-ops designed by the team of Boak and Paris on the corner of 73rd Street and Riverside Drive. The amenities of this 20-story building include a 24-hour doorman, live-in super, large central laundry room, bike storage and common storage area. The building also has a recently refurbished Dorothy Draper designed marble lobby and elevators, a recent comprehensive exterior renovation and is wired for both Time Warner Cable and Verizon FiOS. Riverside Park is right outside the door and the local and express subways are at Broadway and 72nd Street. There is an assessment of $187.50/month until December 2015. Pied-a-terres, guarantors and co-purchasers are not allowed, but pets are welcome. By Appointment Only.