420 Riverside Drive , 5G

Description

Expansive prewar Classic 6 in Morningside Heights. A welcoming entry foyer leads to the side-by-side living and dining rooms featuring original hardwood floors, soaring beamed ceilings, crown moldings and a decorative fireplace mantel. Walk through period French doors into the dining room, which can also serve as an office or study. Beyond the formal dining room is an eat-in-kitchen with plentiful cabinetry, dishwasher and white quartz countertops. Sunlight directly enters the front rooms through oversized windows with tranquil eastern views. Both generously sized bedrooms are pin-drop quiet and tucked away from the common areas. There is a renovated windowed bathroom as well as a full-size washer and dryer conveniently located by the bedrooms. The former maid's room with a second full bathroom can be used as a bedroom or home office. Built in the early 1900s by the famed architect Gaetano Ajello, this well-maintained turn-of-the-century full service building boasts a stunningly elegant Italianate lobby, 24-hour doorman, live-in resident manager, porters, large fully-equipped gym, playroom, landscaped furnished roof terrace with city and Hudson River views, as well as central laundry, bicycle storage and a pet care area. 420 Riverside is pet-friendly and conveniently located at 114th street in the highly coveted Morningside Heights section of the Upper West Side. Residents love the proximity to local cultural, recreational and educational institutions including Columbia University, the iconic Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Riverside, Central and Morningside Parks, shopping, dining, and easy access to the rest of the city with the 1, B, and C trains only blocks away.