Property Description

Renovated, Sunny, Quiet Alcove Studio

Perched high on the 13th floor of the East Wing and set back from West End Avenue over the private Schwab House gardens, this spacious alcove studio faces South and East and offers wonderful light and an open city view. The generous layout offers plenty of room for lounging, dining and entertaining in the living room while the large sleeping alcove easily fits a queen-sized bed and matching nightstands and a closet. Open kitchen features a breakfast bar with pendant lighting and has been completely renovated with light Shaker cabinets/drawers, quartz countertops, glass tile backsplash and high end stainless steel appliances including dishwasher. Welcoming spacious foyer includes two huge fitted walk-in closets. Fabulous additional upgrades include: through wall A/C, new soundproof windows, two ceiling fans as well as new doors and hardware throughout.

The Schwab House, a fully serviced cooperative in the coveted West 70's on the Upper West Side, is in the middle of one of the most desirable, vibrant, beautiful and historic residential neighborhoods in Manhattan. It is conveniently located around the corner from Citarella, Fairway, Trader Joe's, The Beacon Theater and the 1, 2 & 3 subways. It is just across the street from Riverside Park with its playgrounds, bicycle paths, sports fields, restaurants and dog runs. Enjoy the neighborhood, for in addition to fantastic dining and shopping venues, it is a very short distance to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and multiple cinemas. Schwab House features on-site management and 24 hour: doormen, concierge, handymen and garage, plus a gym, playroom/community room (offering teen hours and pilates, yoga and tai chi classes), two enormous & luxuriously landscaped roof decks with fantastic city/river views, a bike room, storage lockers, a dry cleaner/tailor, a lending library and an air-conditioned lobby. Schwab House permits pied-a-terre ownership, parents buying for children, guarantors and joint purchases and is accessible and pet friendly. The hallway and lobby modernization project is nearly complete and is being paid for out of current reserves.

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