400 E 85TH Street #18E

Rare high-floor alcove studio flooded with light! Move right in or impart your own vision to this spacious studio that has a separate kitchen and sleeping area along with a home-office nook. Enjoy a full wall of windows with a western exposure, three closets plus extensive built-in storage cabinets. Shoreview Towers is an established full-service cooperative with an attentive front desk staff and live-in super. The building has recently added a gym to its amenities which include central laundry, bicycle storage and on-site parking garage. The coop, which is financially sound with commercial tenants, is also pet friendly and permits co-purchasing. The Yorkville neighborhood has excellent food shopping including the new Whole Foods at 87th Street and 3rd Avenue and Fairway right on 86th Street. Beautiful Carl Schurz Park and the East River Promenade is two avenues away and the select bus M86 crosstown is one short block nearby bringing you to Central Park, 5th Avenue museums and the west side of Manhattan.The Lexington Avenue express and local subway gets you efficiently or downtown or uptown. And yes, the 2nd Avenue subway will open in the near future with a station at 86th Street & 2nd Avenue, one block away. The neighborhood also features numerous and varied restaurant and shopping options, with a Starbucks across the street, 86th Street movie theaters, Barnes & Noble, Soul Cycle, endless cultural offerings at the 92nd Street Y, and Asphalt Green on East 90th Street, known for its recreation programs. Not familiar with the neighborhood? Well take you on a guided tour!