825 Fifth Avenue

825 Fifth Avenue
April 2021
825 Fifth Avenue is located in New York City
825 Fifth Avenue
Location within New York City
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeResidential
Architectural styleArt Deco
Location825 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10065 (between 63rd and 64th Streets), United States
Coordinates40°46′02″N 73°58′14″W / 40.7671°N 73.9706°W / 40.7671; -73.9706
Construction startedDecember 1, 1926
OpeningOctober 5, 1927
Cost$1 million[1]
Owner825 FIFTH AVE CORP[2]
Technical details
Floor count23
Lifts/elevators2
Design and construction
Architect(s)JER Carpenter
DeveloperPaterno Brothers
Other information
Number of units64 apartments

825 Fifth Avenue is a luxury apartment building located on Fifth Avenue between East 63rd and East 64th Streets in the Lenox Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.[3][4] It was built by the Paterno Brothers.

Design

The 23-floor building was erected in 1926-1927 as a cooperative with 77 apartments, but today it has only 64 units.[5] Developer Joseph Paterno initially opted to list the building as an apartment-hotel so as to legally build 23 stories as opposed to only 15 stories restricted for apartment houses.[6] The building has a notable red-tiled steep-pitched roof, making it visible from a long distance. When it was built, The Real Estate Record & Guide praised the $1 million building's "unusually striking upper-floor effect."[7]

References

  1. ^ "Building Permit Search". Office for Metropolitan History. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
  2. ^ "BUILDING DESCRIPTION". Streeteasy. streeteasy.com. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  3. ^ "825 Fifth Avenue, 11DE - Upper East Side, New York". Douglas Elliman. elliman.com. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  4. ^ Alpern, Andrew (2002). The New York Apartment Houses of Rosario Candela and James Carpenter. Acanthus Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-0926494206.
  5. ^ "825 FIFTH AVENUE OVERVIEW". City Realty. cityrealty.com. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  6. ^ "825 Fifth Avenue". Central Park Real Estate. centralparkrealestate.com. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  7. ^ Gray, Christopher (September 25, 2005). "On the Avenue, Fifth Avenue, the Architects Attract Us". The New York Times. Retrieved February 5, 2016.