68 E 86TH Street #4B

Stunning classic seven features grand proportions, soaring ceilings and original turn of the century details. A semi-private landing leads to residence 4B which awaits your personal touches. The entry foyer is well sized and opens into the dramatic entertaining space. The grand salon is a double living room 26 feet long with soaring ceilings and oversized windows that capture tree top views across a double wide street lined with classic prewar architecture. Continue into this distinguished formal dining room which is perfect for casual dining, formal entertaining or cocktails for thirty. Sophisticated details include beamed ceilings, decorative wainscoting, and hardwood floors. Enter the windowed kitchen through a transformed butler's pantry into additional storage and counter top space thoughtfully renovated. The kitchen continues and features white cabinetry, granite countertops and stainless appliances by GE and Electrolux. Adjacent to the kitchen is a guest room or perfect home office with a windowed powder room and a large laundry closet. Down a winding hallway with three closets, you enter the bedroom wing, with three well-proportioned bedrooms and two full windowed baths. The primary corner suite faces south and west and has an en suite large full bath. The two additional bedrooms face south and the other west, and share a windowed oversized hall bath. This home has all the hallmarks of glamor from yesteryear and a layout for modern living. Sixty-Eight East Eighty Sixth Street is a handsome limestone and brick building built in 1912 and converted in 1986. This boutique cooperative has twelve floors and only twenty-six residences. The beautifully appointed intimate lobby has rich original details of classic marble floors and decorative moldings. With a full-time doorman and resident superintendent, this well staffed building has excellent service. Within two blocks of Central Park , gourmet grocers, many boutique shops and fine dining, this is the perfect east side location. Pets are permitted with approval. 75% Financing is permitted