Enter the residence through the foyer, followed by the spacious gallery which flows into the grand living room. There youll find the apartments extraordinary private terrace. Adjacent to the living room sits the library, also overlooking Central Park. A large formal dining room sits opposite from the living space with expansive, bright, Eastern facing views. The windowed galley kitchen can easily be combined with the dining room or the adjacent fourth bedroom next door.
Three additional bedrooms encompass their own wing of the home. The luxurious Park-facing primary bedroom has a gracious wall of custom built-in closets, an ensuite marble bathroom, soaking tub, and large walk-in closet. The other two bedrooms within the wing have ensuite bathrooms, large closets, and serene, Eastern views. Additional features of the home include hardwood floors and in-unit laundry.
Residents of 1050 Fifth Avenue enjoy a full suite of amenities, including a 24-hour doorman, full-time porter, live-in Resident-Manager, fitness center, a spectacular roof deck with panoramic views of Manhattan, on-site laundry facilities (washer/dryers allowed in-unit), bike storage, and a parking garage. The building is pet-friendly, making it a great option for animal lovers.
Built in 1959 by Melvin D. Lipman and Bernard Spitzer, 1050 Fifth Avenue is an attractive postwar building located between 86th and 87th Street across from the Neue Galerie.
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Carnegie Hill is a small neighborhood at the northern tip of the Upper East Side that borders Central Park. It is steeped in history, great wealth, architecture and culture. It is known for its world-class museums and its rows of historic mansions. Nothing much changes here as the entire area is landmarked, preventing the proliferation of high-rise developments. Thus the buildings stay a human scale, the sky is aplenty and the neighborhood kind of feels like a small town to its long time residents.
The name Carnegie Hill is derived from the industrial magnate Andrew Carnegie, when Carnegie decided to build himself a mansion at 91st Street and Fifth Avenue….
Carnegie Hill is a family neighborhood with old fashioned upper crust money. The mid-rise co-ops that line the avenues are among the most prestigious addresses in the city. The avenues are lined with small restaurants, boutique shops
The residential towers that have proliferated on the eastside of Third Avenue in the East 90s simply do not exist between Lexington and Fifth.