221 W 138th Street #0

The best of old and the best of the new ? the famous 1891 Marion Cook townhouse on Strivers Row is for rent for the first time. This is the premier rental presently available in Harlem. The property sits on a 32' wide lot with a 12' side-yard and an extraordinarily rare three exposures.1.Georgian style townhouse designed by famous architects Price & Luce with an intricate limestone and brick façade and a nearly one-of-a kind three exposures mid-block ? you avoid the noise of a main avenue but have the highly prized three exposures and three sides with windows.2.Private parking at the house for two cars accessed via a private, gated road3.Everything is new that you would want new ? zoned HVAC, new electrical, new plumbing, a camera door system, central cable and Ethernet wiring, new bathrooms, a Miele kitchen with stone slab flooring and countertops, new windows and a new garage.4.Everything is original and as needed restored that you would want original ? floors, fireplaces, stained glass windows, entry door, plaster work, baseboard, window casements, etc. The façade has been completely restored, repointed and repaired into brand new condition5.Full sized washer drier, abundant closets and huge oversized bedroomsThe rental is the upper three floors of the townhouse which you enter from a grand limestone set of stairs from the sidewalk (there is a separate Garden unit below with a separate entrance below the stoop). On the Parlour level is a large living room with the original fireplace, original ornate plaster work, original French wrought iron balcony and original chevron intricately patterned floors, the main hall with the grand original staircase and a huge set of windows looking the side yard which bring tremendous light into the home, a new powder room, then in the back half of the main floor a large dining room with an outdoor terrace above the garage, a brand new kitchen with Miele appliances, a stone slab floor, stone countertops, and brand new solid wood cabinets.Upstairs is the primary suite with a new marble bathroom with a window into the side yard, a huge primary bedroom and second very large bedroom or extension of the primary suite with large closets throughout including a massive hallway closet.On the top floor are two more oversized bedrooms and another full bathroom and half bathroom. All the bedrooms save one have the original fireplaces in them and have two exposures with large windows which is very rare. This house has extraordinary light because of the long and huge third exposure to the West with 24' of open space until the next townhouse.