525 W 238TH Street #3B

This grand seven room apartment with oversized rooms and a gracious layout feels like an English country house. Open South, West and North exposures provide excellent light all day. All rooms flow off the room-sized entry foyer, with a separate hallway leading to the three bedrooms and two full baths. The living room has a wood-burning fireplace. The banquet-size dining room could be a fourth bedroom if needed. The kitchen, with a dishwasher and washer/dryer, was renovated in the 1980s. There is also a pantry, and the adjoining maids room has its original bath and a large walk-in closet. It could be used as an additional bedroom or home office. Bathrooms are in good original condition. Architectural details include moldings, built-in bookcases, leaded glass transom windows and patterned hardwood floors. French doors have been removed, but are in storage and can be reinstalled if desired. There are high ceilings and an abundance of closets including several walk-ins. Fieldston Gardens, an elegant Tudor style building with 70 apartments, was built as a coop in 1926, with beautiful grounds and a private park for residents. It is situated between Riverdale Avenue and the Henry Hudson Parkway, with access to 3 local bus lines with connections to subways, and express buses to Manhattan. Shopping, restaurants, schools and houses of worship are within short walking distance.