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Building: 170 East 79th Street

170 East 79th Street, New York, NY, 10075

  • 26 units
  • 15 stories
  • Built in 1927
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Description

170 East 79th Street is an elegant pre-war building designed by renowned
architect, James E. R. Carpenter, that was built in 1926 and converted to
co-operative in 1962. The sixteen-story brown-brick building consists of 23
apartments, primarily seven room simplexes and duplex

170 East 79th Street is an elegant pre-war building designed by renowned
architect, James E. R. Carpenter, that was built in 1926 and converted to
co-operative in 1962. The sixteen-story brown-brick building consists of 23
apartments, primarily seven room simplexes and duplexes. The apartments
offer large living rooms, wood-burning fireplaces, impressive entryways and
private or semi-private elevator landings.

This is a full service building with a doorman from 8 am to midnight, resident superintendent, private storage units for residents, central laundry room and common garden. A new elevator was installed in 2013 and the common garden was re-landscaped in 2014. Washer/Dryers are permitted in units.

Located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, 170 East 79th is within
walking distance of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Frick Collection,
The Whitney Museum, The Guggenheim Museum, The Cooper Hewitt Museum, as
well as many fine art galleries and shopping. It is also conveniently
located two blocks from the 4,5,6 trains.

The building allows up to 50% financing and there is a 1.5% flip tax.


Amenities

Highlights

  • Cats and Dogs Allowed
  • Elevator
  • Part-time Doorman

Co-op Rules

Pied-a-Terre Allowed
  • Bike Room
  • Laundry in Building
  • Live-in Super
  • Storage Available

Outdoor Space

Roof Deck

Building Facts

Units

Nearby

Transportation

  • 6 at 77th St

    under 500 feet

  • Q at 86th Street

    0.31 miles

  • 4 5 6 at 86th St

    0.37 miles

  • Q at 72nd Street

    0.38 miles

  • 6 at 68th St

    0.54 miles

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Schools

District 2 - Schools zoned for this address:
P.S. 158 Bayard Taylor

(PK,0K,01,02,03,04,05,06,SE)

J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner

(06,07,08,SE)

Disclaimer: School attendance zone boundaries are not guaranteed to be accurate – they are provided by a third party and subject to change. Check with the applicable school district prior to making a decision based on these boundaries.

Colleges

  • Marymount Manhattan College

    0.4 miles

  • New York School of Interior Design

    0.45 miles

  • Hunter College (CUNY)

    0.56 miles

  • Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Science

    0.66 miles

  • Weill Cornell Medical College

    0.68 miles

Parks

  • Central Park

    0.34 miles

  • John Jay Park

    0.58 miles

  • Ruppert Park

    0.62 miles

  • St. Catherine's Park

    0.64 miles

  • Carl Schurz Park

    0.67 miles

Museums

  • Whitney Museum of American Art

    0.3 miles

  • Goethe-Institut New York

    0.37 miles

  • Asia Society

    0.44 miles

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET)

    0.44 miles

  • Neue Galerie New York

    0.48 miles


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