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885 Park Avenue

Northeast corner at 78th Street

885 Park Avenue

885 Park Avenue

By Carter B. Horsley

This distinguished, brown-brick, 14-story building was erected in 1927 and converted to a cooperative in 1956.

It has 48 apartments.

885 Park Avenue and sidestreet

View from the west

It was designed by Schwartz & Gross, whose other buildings on the avenue include 470, 525, 888, 910, 911, 930, 941, 970, 983, 1045, 1070, 1095, 1125 and 1165.

885 Park Avenue entrance

Entrance

The building, which has a doorman but no sidewalk landscaping, is a block north of Lenox Hill Hospital.

It has a two-story limestone base, a handsome third-story bandcourse and third story window reveals, limestone quoins, multipaned windows and protruding air-conditioners. It is also close to many boutiques and art galleries along Madison Avenue as well as many restaurants and cultural institutions in the area. A local subway station on Lexington Avenue at 77th Street. Cross-town buses run on 79th Street.

The sidestreet here is very pleasant.

 

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