Building: 140 East 40th Street

Situated in the heart of Murray Hill on a tree-lined street near major transportation hubs, 140 East 40th Street is one of New York City’s most dramatic and best preserved Art Deco co-ops. It was designed in 1930 by the renowned firm of architects Bien & Prince, who also created the elegant Carlyle Hotel.

This well managed, thirteen-story co-op has 98 apartments, most retaining all of the sought after prewar details: beautifully proportioned rooms, high, beamed ceilings, graceful archways, oak parquet floors, substantial moldings and doors, generous closets and large casement windows.
The building features an eye-popping Art Deco lobby with a silvered frieze, period art work, terrazzo floors, Le Corbusier designed seating and a sleek 1930’s fireplace. It has newly installed elevators, a central laundry, extensive personal and bicycle storage, a live-in super and a fully furnished, recently landscaped roof deck with glorious views of the Empire State Building.
The lobby is attended seven days a week by a part time security guard and also by a twenty-four hour closed-circuit camera. Its supremely convenient location just minutes from Grand Central Station, combined with its easy access to fine dining, shopping, night life and the exhibits and programs of the Morgan Library, makes it the perfect place to call home. The building allows pied-a-terre buyers, co-purchasing and parents buying for children. Resident dogs are not permitted.

Description provided by Royce Berler