You enter the apartment from your private elevator landing into a gracious gallery with a powder room. The West facing dining room can easily host 25+ guests and flows into a sunlit immense 31' living room with a wood burning fireplace and marble mantle, spectacular river and bridge views, and a total of 55' span of endless entertaining space.
The windowed kitchen is currently configured with a separate butler's pantry and laundry room, but can easily be opened up to create a large eat in chef's kitchen. The primary corner bedroom has sun-filled Southeast views from 3 windows, an en-suite bathroom with an 11' x 8' dressing room and walk in closet. 2 additional bedrooms with en-suite baths complete this rare offering.
Additional features include oak floors with beautiful mahogany inlays, original custom moldings, brass hardware, and 14 closets throughout.
The River House, one of the most acclaimed full-service white glove prewar coops in all of NYC was built in 1931 by James Stewart and designed by Wagner and White as a 26-story Art Deco building at the end of a quiet cul de sac with a private gated cobble-stone courtyard.
A live-in resident manager, multiple doormen, and lobby attendants provide the ultimate in service and privacy. 3% flip tax paid by purchaser. Pets and pied-a-terres permitted.
New shareholders at the River House have access to the fitness center and pool and are welcome to apply for a full River Club membership. The newly renovated private facility, which has its own we entrance on 52nd St. and is also accessible through the building lobby, has 3 squash courts, 2 tennis courts, a golf simulator, swimming pool and several entertaining and dining spaces.
Quick Profile
Beekman Place is less of a neighborhood than it is a quiet two-block enclave just north of the United Nations on the far eastern edge of Turtle Bay. There is only one street that runs through the neighborhood, also called Beekman Place, that wraps itself around 49th Street and 51st Street.
This bucolic little stretch of the east side has always been a cherished spot for those fortunate enough to have found refuge here. The noise and the street traffic from the city surrounds is virtually non-existent as there are no through streets in this neighborhood.
The neighborhood composition largely consists of a few clusters of townhouses and prewar co-ops. The exception to the rule is the charming art-deco-styled Beekman Place Hotel at the corner of First Avenue and 49th Street and the two post-war towers, 860 and 870 UN Plaza that front the grounds of the United Nations.