Updated 4 years ago
Sold
4 Rooms2 Beds2 Baths1,401 Square FeetCondo
$2,195,000
Common Charges$2,171
RE Taxes$2,048
Price Per SF
$1,567
This property was sold for $2,085,000 on 04/20/22.
Listing Features
- BuiltIns
- Custom Lighting
- Hardwood Floors
- High Ceilings [13']
- Separate Dining Area
- Split Bedrooms
- Walk-in Closet
- Washer / Dryer
- Casement Windows
- Oversized Windows
- Window Treatments
- Adjoining Pantry
- Center Island
- Dishwasher
- Gourmet Kitchen
- Open Kitchen
- S Steel Appliances
- Trash Compactor
- Wine Cooler
- Double Vanity
- En Suite Bathroom
- Marble Bathroom
Outdoor space and views
- North Exposure
Building Amenities
- Part-Time Doorman
- Courtyard
- Elevator
- Fitness Facility
- Wine Cellar
Policies
- Pets Allowed
- Pieds A Terre Ok
Property Description for 520 West 45th Street, 3-A
Industrial cool meets NYC chic in this mint split 2 bedroom 2 bathroom prewar condo with soaring ceilings and abundant light.
Located in a converted Beaux-arts schoolhouse built in 1905, the glamorous interior of this loft-like 1401 square foot home is the perfect complement to the building’s original eye-catching architecture.
All at once welcoming and comfortable, the 24-foot wide living/dining room features 13’ ceilings and towering multi-panel state-of-the-art windows, flooding the apartment with natural light. The seller specially designed and installed an expansive built-in which seamlessly matches the rich wood of the apartment and provides an enormous amount of extra storage.
Designed for easy living and gracious entertaining, the chef’s kitchen is open and outfitted with a large pantry for additional storage and convenience. It features a massive center island with a soapstone slab counter and ample work space, and boasts a Viking appliance suite, wine cellar, deep farmhouse sink, Watermark faucet and disposal.
The large primary bedroom is ensuite and includes a custom-designed walk-in closet and blackout shades. The bathroom offers grey cement tile flooring with radiant heating, bone-colored glazed ceramic tile walls, AvroKO-designed vanities with Calacatta Gold marble top, Watermark fixtures and custom blackened steel framed medicine cabinets.
In its own wing, the secondary bedroom is generous in size and currently accommodates a home office and pull out queen-sized sofa. The second full bath is outfitted with beautiful Kohler fixtures.
Other features not to be missed are the Bosch washer and dryer, American Black Walnut wood floors, custom lighting and bespoke cabinetry.
Combining historical charm with modern features, this special and unique home includes original wire transoms, a chalkboard on which to write your grocery list, cubbyholes for your shoes and a rolling library ladder to access storage.
The building is attended 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and offers its residents a superintendent available 24 hours/day, a gym, courtyard and additional laundry facilities. Private storage transfers with purchase and pets are welcomed!
A masterful transformation with a rich history, The Inkwell is an 18-unit condominium whose entry and lobby evoke the vintage flourishes of the day. All of this situated in the diverse and eclectic Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood offering culture, entertainment and convenience.
The principal’s office never looked like this!
Listing History for 520 West 45th Street, 3-A
Now
04/20/2022
$2,085,000
Sold and Closed by Amy Goldberger
Compass
02/05/2022
Contract Signed by Amy Goldberger
Compass
Building Details for 520 West 45th Street
OwnershipCondo
Building TypeLow-Rise
Service LevelPart-Time Doorman
AgePre-War
AccessElevator
Year Built1905
Financing Allowed90%
Floors/Apts5/18
Transit and Citi Bike
Subway
42 St-Port Authority Bus Terminal
0.42 miles
50 St
0.47 miles
Citi Bike
W 44 St & 11 Ave
0.11 miles
W 47 St & 10 Ave
0.12 miles
Hell's Kitchen | Manhattan
Quick Profile
There is some mystery surrounding Hell’s Kitchen and how it got its name. There’s the tale about two policemen discussing how horrendous the neighborhood was back in 1880’s. The rookie cop turned to the veteran cop and said, “this place is hell.” The veteran cop replied, “No, this is hell’s kitchen.” Some say it's named after a notorious 19th century motorcycle gang. Even the historians will tell you the neighborhood's name has dubious origins.
Regardless of how it got its name, Hell’s Kitchen is here to stay.
Hell’s Kitchen is an iconic neighborhood on the west side of Manhattan. Its boundaries are 34th and 59th streets and 8th Avenue to the Hudson River. The neighborhood has a dense urban feel with plenty of bars, bodegas, restaurants and coffee shops. It’s inhabited by an eclectic mix of young professionals, long term residents from the old days, LGBQT community and members of the performing arts community - due to the highest number of off Broadway theatres in all of New York CIty.
From the early 1800’s to the 1980’s, Hell’s Kitchen held the title for one of the toughest neighborhoods in the city. In its early history it was populated by poor working class Irish and street gangs. Riots, violence, and crime were not uncommon. During prohibition times it was said that Hell’s Kitchen had more speakeasies than children.
Several attempts of neighborhood rebranding have taken place over the years. Clinton, Midtown West, and even the short-lived Hell’s Canyon are a few of the replacement names that have been used. Hell’s Kitchen has a lot of grit and no shortage of fortitude. A trendy name change seems doubtful.
Hell’s Kitchen benefited greatly from the Times Square clean up in the 1990’s. When crime rates lowered and adult theatres and prostitution disappeared, Times Square became less sleazier. Soon after, Hell’s Kitchen changed. The days of Gangsters, Irish immigrants, and rough and tumble housing tenements are part of its storied history. They’ve been replaced with bars, bodegas, restaurants, off broadway theatres, and luxury buildings. The recent completion of Hudson Yards and the Highline extension has brought new life into Hell’s Kitchen
Low-rises, brownstones, row houses and 5 to 6 floor walk ups with studio and one bedroom apartments are common in Hell’s Kitchen. The local zoning laws from previous years kept the building heights on the lower side. Over the past decade, developers have been granted exceptions to building height zoning laws and created more modern highrise developments.
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OLR ID: 1609258
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