219 West 70TH Street, New York City, NY 10023

Centrally located among some of the City's finest restaurants, cultural and&nbsp;academic institutions, specialty boutiques, and Riverside and Hudson River&nbsp;Parks, 219 West 70th Street offers exceptional opportunities to live, rent, and&nbsp;invest:<br> <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br> <strong>First</strong>, amidst a distinguished&nbsp;row of Clarence True townhouses, the building offers the potential to create a&nbsp;gracious single-family residence on one of the Upper West Side's most<br> sought-after blocks. With the possibility of being delivered vacant, the new&nbsp;buyer can create their dream home in the center of the Upper West Side;<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br> <strong>Second</strong>, the building offers the&nbsp;potential to live in one or more gorgeous units while collecting substantial,&nbsp;rental income to offset the expenses of the building;<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br> <strong>Third</strong>, the building presents an&nbsp;investor with a collection of six units of which five are achieving top market&nbsp;rates, and the sixth, once renovated, may legally be brought to the<br> highest-tier market rent.<br> <br> <strong>LAYOUT<br> </strong><br> The entire first&nbsp;floor is given over to Unit 1 which is an expansive 2 bedroom/2 full&nbsp;bath unit with exclusive access to the private garden. There is a bonus&nbsp;recreational room on the floor below perfect as a home office, gym, playroom,&nbsp;or additional storage. There is also central air and a washer/dryer.<br> <br> The second floor, <strong>Unit&nbsp;2</strong>, is a floor-through apartment with soaring ceilings that almost reach 11&nbsp;feet, French doors, a fireplace, and a charming tin ceiling. This level could<br> be combined with Unit 1, the garden floor duplex, creating a grand 3-bedroom&nbsp;owner unit; or renovated as another highly desirable, stunning floor through <strong>WITH&nbsp;ITS FIRST RENT AT FAIR MARKET.</strong><br> <br> The third floor&nbsp;hosts Units <strong>3F</strong> and <strong>3R</strong>: a bright, an oversized studio at the front and a&nbsp;junior one-bedroom at the rear, respectively.<br> <br> The fourth floor&nbsp;features Unit <strong>4R</strong>, a delightful studio with a seamlessly integrated&nbsp;Murphy bed and a private terrace to enjoy the outdoors. At the front of this&nbsp;floor, Unit <strong>4F</strong> is a unique two-bedroom, two-bath duplex, connected by an&nbsp;architecturally striking staircase to the full top floor. This top floor&nbsp;showcases a lovely kitchen that opens up to a sun-filled living space, with a&nbsp;wall of windows that joins the living room with the large, private, manicured&nbsp;terrace with open sky views plus a large bedroom with a Juliet balcony,<br> skylight and architecturally unique windows. The first floor of the 4F duplex&nbsp;has a large entry way, a large bedroom, a full bathroom, a washer/dryer,&nbsp;central air, and ample storage space and closets. There is also a communal&nbsp;washer/dryer for the other units in the basement level.<br> <br> Lovingly&nbsp;maintained by its current owner, 219 West 70th Street benefits from thoughtful&nbsp;updates to kitchens and baths whenever leases have turned over. With the&nbsp;exception of the vacant Unit 2 located on the second floor, all the units are&nbsp;free market, and there is a possibility of delivering the building vacant.<br> <br> <strong>HISTORIC&nbsp;SIGNIFICANCE</strong><br> <br> Built in 1893-1894&nbsp;by the architect Clarence True, one of the foremost architects of the Upper&nbsp;West Side. True never seemed to repeat a design except during this time period<br> while working with developer Harry Chafee. The two collaborated on two&nbsp;projects: one along West End Avenue and on West 70th. With the presumption of&nbsp;economic efficiency the two projects were identical. Each set of 5 houses were&nbsp;to appear as a complete set in an ABBBA pattern. 219 West 70th is the last B of&nbsp;this pattern, sharing two stories of bowed fronts above the first floor, vs.&nbsp;the two A anchor houses of this grouping that rise straight up from the&nbsp;property line. These houses are built in a Romanesque Revival style. There are&nbsp;cross shaped window openings or 'cruciform openings' at the top floor of 219&nbsp;and arch-headed window openings at the 4th floor; and for more added&nbsp;architectural interest, curved bays at the 2nd and 3rd stories, capped by a&nbsp;balustrade balustrade. Sold before construction was completed, the original&nbsp;owners were well-to-do professionals with 219 home initially to physicians.<br> <strong><br> LOCATION</strong><br> <br> Perfectly&nbsp;positioned near the 1/2/3 subway lines, across the street from beloved Cafe&nbsp;Luxembourg, and moments from Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Opera, Fordham<br> University, and just two blocks from Central Park, Hudson River Park and&nbsp;Riverside Park- this address offers the best of the Upper West Side at your<br> doorstep.<br> <br> 219 West 70th&nbsp;Street is more than a property- it's a rare opportunity in an unbeatable&nbsp;location.