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Thinking about buying a place there. Can someone tell me about the area and maybe this building too? Thanks

Austin

Out of curiosity I found it on yahoo maps. Looks like it's right on Central Park around 96th st.

nytraveler

Actually I believe this building is at 97 or 98th st. As you know it faces the Park and is at the Northern end of the upper crust Fifth Avenue neighborhood. Just North is the hugh Mount Sinai Hospital complex. This area is still pleasant but as you go farther east - by several blocks - the neighborhood starts to get a little more run down. I don;t know specifics of the building - assume it is a co-op since most in that neighborhhod are - but wouldn't you get a lot more info and at least go to visit before considering making that sizeable an investment? Doesn't the seller/real estate agent have info on the neighborhood/ pix on their web site? If not, you might try the NYTimes real estate section for other buidlings within a couple of blocks to get a better feel. (1107 Fifth is at 92 and 1150 Fifth is 96/97 and both have apartments for sale).

Anonymous

The building is actually on the southeast corner of 98th; being north of 96th, many would consider it to be in Spanish Harlem, though I'm sure residents claim to be in Carnegie Hill. At 96th, you'll get subway station, crosstown bus, and a children's playground in Central Park.

You'd be one block south of the huge Mt. Sinai medical complex, and just a few blocks south of Central Park's Conservatory Gardens, one of my favorite places on earth. Also handy to "Museum Mile" especially northern outposts like the Museum of the City of NY.

The building itself, like so many other of the 1920s buildings on Fifth, was designed by J.E.R. Carpenter, who was very popular in his day but left no particular impression on the architectural world.

bugswife1

I have a friend who just sold a 1 bedroom on the 20th floor of that building. If you are on a high floor, the view is amazing. They lived there because he works at Mt. Sinai. I think that unless I worked in the area, that would be too far uptown for me, but to each his own. The building was fairly bland in appearance, not grand like the pre-war in that area. No real character, if that matters to you. My friends apartment had a 1/2 bath to the right when you walked in the door, then a wider area where there was a small dining table. Teeny tiny galley kitchen to the left and smallish bedroom to the right, with a full bath (also small). The living room area was straight ahead and also felt small to me. Were it not for the floor to ceiling windows across the back, there would have been no redeeming qualities in my book. I think it was about 800 square feet, it took him 3 months to sell, and he took less than he was looking for to get out of there (having a baby).

lisettemac

It is the building on the SE corner of 98th street. Directly across the street is an office building owned by Mt. Sinai that holds, among other things, the faculty practice clinics. Down the street (toward Madison) is St. Bernard's private school.

I think it is quite a grand building. My church owns a large apartment there (a "classic 6" I believe) and has for several decades. We use it as a "manse" in which our senior pastor lives. I have always found the staff there to be quite gracious and helpful. The apartments on the park have a beautiful view of the "north meadow" a large, open area beginning at 96th street and going north. You are also close to the Conservancy Gardens at 105th street.

Heading west, the neighborhood gets less grand, although from 96th street south it is nicer. Many of the buildings on 96th street are gentrifying, too. There are a couple of restaurants in the area and especially on Madison in the lower 90's. I guess my big question would be where do you grocery shop -- the nearest stores don't seem that nice to me.

If you are working at Mt. Sinai it's ideal. If you are working on the upper east side, especially west of 3rd, it's still pretty convenient.

nytraveler

FYI - 800 square feet is large for a 1-bedroom apartment in Manhattan. If you look at real estate ads there are many in the 500 to 600' range. You will even see small 2-bedrooms in the 800 - 900' range.

nytraveler

ttt

Scarlett

We were thinking of buying a three bedroom in 1160 Fifth
We opted instead for much more in Florida~
The area is great, what can be bad about Central Park in front of your building?
The one thing that I heard as a negative was the time it takes to get used to the sirens coming to and from the hospital.