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Building: The Central

250 West 88th Street, New York, NY, 10024

  • 60 units
  • 8 stories
  • Built in 1920
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Description

When you step into this beautiful boutique 60-unit, 8 story condo you will be greeted by the incredibly friendly doormen that are 24-hours a day. Built in 1920 and converted to a condominium in the mid-1990s this is pre-war condominium is a rarity on the Upper West Side.

When you step into this beautiful boutique 60-unit, 8 story condo you will be greeted by the incredibly friendly doormen that are 24-hours a day. Built in 1920 and converted to a condominium in the mid-1990s this is pre-war condominium is a rarity on the Upper West Side. The Central Condominium includes a laundry room, live-in super and bicycle room and storage units for owners. This building does not allow pets and is a no smoking building.

The building is superbly located only blocks away from Riverside Park, Central Park, the Hippo Playground, the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, AMC Movie Theater, amazing restaurants, grocers, many places of worship and transportation.

Restaurants and eateries nearby include: Carmine’s, The Mermaid Inn, Talia’s Steakhouse,
Jacob’s Pickles, Barney, Greengrass, 5 Napkin Burger, and Café Lalo to name just a few.

Local grocers include: Brazini’s, Gristedes, Westside Market, and Zabars among many others.

Transportation in the area includes: the 1 (one block South, the 2/3 (seven blocks North), M104 (less than one block), M86 (two blocks South), M5 (two blocks West) and M7 and M11 (three blocks away).

Building description provided by Collin Bond


Amenities

Highlights

  • Elevator
  • Full-time Doorman
  • Bike Room
  • Laundry in Building
  • Live-in Super
  • Smoke-free
  • Storage Available

Building Facts

Units

Nearby

Transportation

  • 1 at 86th St

    under 500 feet

  • 1 2 3 at 96th St

    0.28 miles

  • 1 at 79th St

    0.43 miles

  • B C at 86th St

    0.44 miles

  • B C at 81st St

    0.55 miles

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Schools

District 03 - Schools zoned for this address:
P.S. 166 the Richard Rodgers School of the Arts An

(0K,01,02,03,04,05,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

  • Richard Gilder Graduate School - American Museum of Natural History

    0.58 miles

  • CUNY William E. Macaulay Honors College

    1.1 miles

  • School of American Ballet

    1.13 miles

  • The Juilliard School

    1.15 miles

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    1.18 miles

Parks

  • Riverside Park

    0.21 miles

  • Joan Of Arc Park

    0.32 miles

  • W 87th Street Garden

    0.32 miles

  • Central Park

    0.46 miles

  • Frederick Douglass Playground

    0.68 miles

Museums

  • Children's Museum of Manhattan

    0.27 miles

  • Rose Center for Earth and Space (Hayden Planetarium)

    0.5 miles

  • American Museum of Natural History

    0.62 miles

  • New York Historical Society

    0.72 miles

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET)

    0.96 miles


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