Enter through a grand scaled foyer that opens into the large living and dining room with a working wood burning fireplace. The restored casement windows fall just at the tree line providing a lush backdrop to the space and an added level of privacy. Adjacent to the living room, the windowed, dual-entry kitchen provides a functional layout, ample counter space, and stainless-steel appliances. Off the kitchen, there is a windowed powder room. The apartment has two generous bedrooms with a shared Jack-and-Jill style bathroom and ample closet space in each.
This white-glove doorman building has 24hr doorman, live-in super, common garden and roof deck with panoramic views, bike room and laundry room.
Quick Profile
Turtle Bay is best known for hosting the world’s dignitaries at United Nations once a year as the world institution sits on the eastern edge of the neighborhood along the East River.
But this midtown location offers a lot more, a bustling neighborhood teeming with high-rise apartment buildings and an easy walk to the Midtown business district.
Over the past two decades, developers have assembled almost every corner development site along Second Avenue and have built straight up. Not much left to assemble.
Some of the more glamorous, and of course most expensive, addresses are in close proximity to the United Nations. Trump World Tower, which caused a big stir with area residents, in particular, Walter Cronkite, when it was built sits just north of the United Nations Grounds.
In contrast to the proliferation of the residential highrise, Turtle Bay does have some lovely tree-lined streets between the avenues. In particular, Turtle Bay Gardens, which fronts both 48th Street and 49th Street between Third and Second Avenue has always been a haven for the rich and famous.