1148 5th Avenue #9A

Come watch the majesty of all four seasons unfold right outside your windows. On Museum Mile, in the heart of Carnegie Hill, with breathtaking views of Central Park and the NYC skyline, lies apartment 9A, a spacious Classic 8, in one of Fifth Avenues finest full-service, pre-war cooperatives. Not since the 1970s has this whisper-quiet apartment become available. Designed in 1923 by renowned architect J.E.R Carpenter, this highly desired but rarely available luxury apartment features handcrafted pre-war details, and an expansive high-ceilinged floor plan with multiple exposures a magnificent blank canvas inviting numerous reconfigurations to suit your living and entertainment lifestyle. An access-controlled elevator takes you to a semi-private landing where 9A opens into a dramatic 40 long central gallery. The central gallery offers immediate access to all main living areas, as well as to three spacious bedrooms with direct Central Park views. The expansive corner living room flows off the central gallery where south and west facing windows frame stunning Central Park vistas. Sun filters into this dramatic setting by day, and at night Central Park stretches before you aglow with the lights of the NYC skyline. And you will never cease to be amazed by the everchanging spectacular sunsets...truly gorgeous! Newly refinished original herringbone floors and a wood-burning fireplace with sitting area add dimension to this spacious room. A sun flooded elegant dining room with eastern facing window transitions seamlessly from the living room through a broad entryway. Accommodating large formal dining events as well as intimate smaller gatherings, it can easily be re-configured as a flow-through buffet. The huge, windowed kitchen area offers a rare opportunity to design your own dream kitchen complete with breakfast nook, home office, staff area, and full bath. All three over-sized bedrooms look out onto the splendor of Central Park and have abundant closet space. Both the en-suite master bath and shared full bath also feature gorgeous Park views. A large storage unit is included with the sale of 9A. 1148 Fifth Avenue provides white-glove, twenty-four hour doorman and porter concierge services, access-controlled elevator banks, a full state-of-the-art indoor gym for residents use, and a secured storage room for bicycles. 1148 Fifth Avenue is pet-friendly. 50% financing is permitted and 2% flip tax.