Property Description

Set your sights sky high with views of the New York City skyline and all of Central Park.  Apartment 15A at 875 Fifth Avenue is an oversized Classic 6 estate in one of Fifth Avenue's finest prewar white glove cooperatives on the stylish Upper East Side.  Offered for the first time in over 50 years to be designed to your exact specifications, this rarely available A line property features direct Central Park views from all major rooms and exquisite light throughout the day from the East to West plus Western sunsets over Central Park.  The expansive park-facing living room and eastern-facing formal dining room measure 54.5 feet from end to end, joined by a 17 foot gallery with an old-school dry cocktail bar. 

A second bedroom with a full bathroom enjoys a partially open eastern view of neighboring buildings and sky.   The windowed galley kitchen and butler's pantry are adjacent to a staff room with its own ensuite bathroom, offering a myriad of redesign options.

Old-world elements include original hardwood floors, high ceilings with beams, large closets, art deco moldings, and in-unit washer/dryer.  4% flip tax is paid by the buyer.  There is an assessment of $458.33 through March 2026.  

Located across from New York's Central Park at the corner of East 69th Street, 875 Fifth Avenue is an elegant limestone building designed by Emory Roth in 1941, just at the end of the art deco period.  This premiere full service white glove cooperative features a 24-hour doorman, porter service, live-in superintendent, state-of-the-art fitness room (fee), storage, bike room, resident lounge and business center, daily mail delivery, central laundry room, and garden. 50% financing and pied-a-terres are permitted, but no pets are allowed. Easy transportation includes the Fifth Avenue bus line, and Eastside subways 4, 5 and 6. Nearby Central Park sites include The Boat Pond and The Central Park Zoo.  Also close by are fine Fifth and Madison Avenue shopping, Birley Cafe, restaurants Danielle and Majorelle, Maxime's, The Frick Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Sotheby's Auction House.

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