A gracious entry foyer with 2 large closets and a wall of deep mirrored closets welcomes your arrival home. Exceptional details of the elegantly designed interiors include white oak hardwood floors, 2 wood-burning fireplaces, airy ceilings with beams, a striking turned column, Dedar wallpaper, Philip Watts door handles and knobs, Hermes curtains, Pierre Frey furnishings, and plentiful closets throughout.
The wonderful open-concept layout is ideal for entertaining, featuring a spacious living room, dining area for formal meals, and sleek kitchen for the chef. The top-of-the-line Balthaup kitchen will inspire your inner gourmet with its custom cabinetry, chic stone countertops and breakfast bar, and premium Gaggenau appliances.
Off the living area is a corner bedroom which also makes a great home office, with partial East River views, a large closet, and upscale windowed full bath. Across the residence, with direct access from the foyer, rests the divine primary bedroom suite offering a large dressing area, working fireplace, a wall of custom closets, and spa-like windowed bath. Both through-wall and window AC units keep the climate cool in summer.
Built circa 1930 by the renowned Bing & Bing, and conceived by famed Emery Roth in the distinctive art deco style, 434 East 52nd is a world-class prewar co-op in the coveted Southgate complex. The building has a full-time doorman, porter, onsite super, and resident manager, as well as common laundry, a bike room, and lush landscaped garden. The hallways were recently renovated, and electricity is included in the monthly maintenance. Plus pets, pied-a-terres, sublets, co-purchasing, guarantors, and gifting are allowed.
The outstanding address is on a quiet tree-lined cul-de-sac between Sutton and Beekman Place, across from the prestigious River Club of New York. Yet you're close to all that vibrant Midtown East and the Upper East Side has to offer, from the best restaurants and shopping to lovely parks, UN Plaza, and cultural attractions.
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.