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62Units
15Stories
1926Year Built
$846K - $2.6MValue Range
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Highlights
Green Community
P.S. 171 Patrick Henry Rated A
Fitness Center
City View
Game Room
4 min walk to Mae Grant Park
Historic Fifth Avenue co-op across from Central Park
It’s a rare building that can attribute its existence to a journalist, but that’s the case with Brisbane House, named for full-time editor and part-time real estate developer Arthur Brisbane. Brisbane earned up to $260,000 a year thanks to his popular column, and used some of that money to commission architects Schultze and Weaver, best known for hotels like the Sherry-Netherland and Waldorf Astoria, to build the 16-floor apartment house at 102nd Street and Fifth Ave. Completed in 1928, the elegant limestone-and-brick facade is less dramatic, although no less attractive, than the luxury hotels, but the location was a bold decision for the era. A 2011 New York Times article about this particular stretch of Fifth Avenue explained that mansion developers in the early 1900s didn’t build above 96th Street as families of a certain standing didn’t want to live too close to Mt. Sinai Hospital at 100th Street. Undeterred, Brisbane didn’t just name the rental building after himself, but he also occupied the top three floors after its completion in 1928. His triplex penthouse included a private elevator, 32 rooms, two kitchens, a laundry area and a solarium.
After Brisbane’s death, the New Yorker’s Talk of the Town column mentioned his apartment was available to rent in 1937: “In the library are 15 murals by William Leftwich Dodge. Most of Mr. Brisbane's work was done in the library of [the] master's bedroom,” wrote Milton McCarty and Russell Maloney. Brisbane’s apartment has since been carved up into smaller units and the private elevator boarded up, but the solarium lives on in one of the penthouses. Brisbane House has attracted attention again in recent years, when the 2020 HBO miniseries “The Undoing,” a murder mystery starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant, used the facade as one of the character’s homes.
Preserved pre-war details in spacious layouts
Roomy pre-war apartments offer one- to four-bedrooms, and though most of the 62 residences have been gutted, early 20th-century elements like galley kitchens with windows, wainscoting and wood-burning fireplaces remain here and there. Even an original parquet floor or light fixture turn up every so often. The most desirable units feature Central Park views, terraces and 11-foot ceilings. But even those that don’t are still likely to contain through-wall air conditioners, top-of-the-line appliances from Sub-Zero or Wolf, Carrara marble kitchens and baths and even washers and dryers. One-bedroom apartments have a big enough footprint for a king-sized bed and dining area and contain ample closets; the most recent sale netted $850,000. Two- and three-bedrooms are more common, starting at 950 square feet; the last one sold in 2022 for $1.5 million. Three-bedrooms start closer to $3 million and quite a few are the result of combined units. Some of these are duplexes, including a penthouse with a 1,900-square-foot terrace. Besides the (carved-up) apartments that once belonged to Brisbane, apartment 14AB attracted media attention when it went on the market in 2015. That’s because interior designer Howard Slatkin spent 17 years turning his home into an ode to Versailles, complete with leather doors, original marble from the St. Regis Hotel, a real Louis XVI white marble fireplace mantel, private elevator and even the same type of parquet floors found in the original palace. A hidden bar and bathtub are other fun features. It went on to sell for almost $8 million, making it the most expensive apartment in the building.
Grand lobby in a full-service building
Full-time door staff monitor the coming and goings through the ornate doors, made of wood, bronze and glass. The lobby is ornate at this white-glove co-op, a mix of ivory tones and textures punctuated by arched medieval columns and a decorative ceiling. The limited amenities are less grand, but the fitness center is filled with windows and the latest equipment with exposed pipes painted in blue and green. There’s also a laundry room and storage areas in the building, and pets are allowed.
Close to Central Park, museums, shopping and dining
This part of Fifth Avenue is also called Museum Mile, and the Museum of the City of New York and El Museo del Barrio are both about a block north. Mt. Sinai Hospital dominates the other side of the building between 98th and 101st streets. The entrance to Central Park is across the street leading to various meadows, a butterfly garden and Robert Bendheim playground, but the real highlight is the six-acre formal Conservatory Garden. To the north, Harlem Meer will be adding an ice-skating rink near its lake. Brisbane House is part of East Harlem and shopping and dining are more limited in the immediate area, with casual restaurants and basic needs along Lexington Avenue. More options open up heading south along Madison into the Upper East Side.
Convenient to 6 train and FDR Drive
The local 6 train is the closest subway option, just two blocks east at 103rd Street and Lexington Avenue. Crosstown access to the west side is also accessible at 96th Street, while FDR Drive all the way to the east wraps along the Harlem River making for a short commute to LaGuardia airport.
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Area Factors
Moderate Crime
Crime Score®
5/ 10
Bikeable
Bike Score®
67/ 100
Walker's Paradise
Walk Score®
94/ 100
Rider's Paradise
Transit Score®
100/ 100
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Parks in this Area
Mae Grant Park
4 min walk
Basketball
Playground
Park Avenue Malls
8 min walk
Picnic Area
Peter Minuit Playground
9 min walk
Playground
White Park
9 min walk
Basketball
Playground
Blake Hobbs Playground
10 min walk
Basketball
Playground
Cherry Tree Playground
10 min walk
Basketball
Trails
Playground
East Meadow
11 min walk
Multi-Purpose Field
Samuel Seabury Playground
12 min walk
Basketball
Playground
Events
Poor Richards Playground
13 min walk
Basketball
Playground
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