Rivercross at 531 Main St. #303

Just listed in Rivercross, Apt. 303! A bright, airy and spacious simplex 3-BR, or 2-BR plus large flex space to use as suits you best; home office, library, guest room, playroom, exercise room, TV room, dining room, anything room! The LR is light-filled and serene, comfortably accommodating a baby grand piano, twin sofas, and 2 chairs. Overhead hidden lighting runs the full length of the LR windows (these and all others are oversized, soundproof and recently installed, and cabinets have been custom built and installed beneath both LR windows. The charming view from these and the “flex room” windows keeps you quietly connected to the coming and going of neighbors on Main Street, and the newly landscaped garden and trees behind our branch of the NY Public Library. The dining alcove has room for a large dining table, where you’ll host 8 for holiday dinners and other special gatherings.

Thoughtful, functional details have been added to ensure comfortable and enjoyable living in your new home; custom-built shelves, cabinets, and closets for storage and display options to satisfy a professional organizer. As you enter the foyer, you’ll see subteley hand painted, solid wood doors to the coat closets, linen closet, enormous pantry closet and a cabinet for your best dinnerware, ready for entertaining at a moment’s notice. To the right, the nicely updated galley Kitchen, plenty of cabinet storage, generous counter space for meal prep, with a pass-through and second entry to the dining area. Back in the foyer, to your left as you arrive home, is a hall to the primary bedroom with two walls of closets, ensuite bath with stall shower and heated towel bar! Bedroom-2 is spacious, overlooks the balcony and just across the hall is a full bath with bathtub and shower.

Rivercross, the original Roosevelt Island Coop, is exceptionally well-managed and beautifully maintained, deserving of its reputation as Roosevelt Island’s premier Coop. Residents and visitors enjoy the luxuriously open spaces on the Lobby floor, views of the fabulous, 60′×30′ indoor pool with saunas, and handsomely furnished sundeck, There are 19 residential floors with extra wide, well-lit corridors, double height elevator lobbies, oversized windows and river views! In addition to the year-round swimming pool, the vast array of amenities includes a two-level state-of-the-art fitness center, recently renovated playroom, full-time doorman, attended package room for deliveries, bike room and community room. Low monthly maintenance, 75% tax-deductible, includes: all building amenities, A/C, heat, hot water, electric, gas and real estate taxes. The building allows Co-purchasing, pied-a-terre purchases and up to 80% financing; the coop does not permit Smoking, Dogs or in-unit Washer/Dryers.

Numerous transportation options provide easy access to Manhattan and Queens via the F train and Tram; the recently launched East River Ferry service to Astoria, Long Island City, E. 96th St, E. 34th St, Wall Street and Rockaway Beach and free red bus transportation throughout Roosevelt Island! Nearby is Southpoint Park with stunning river and Manhattan skyline views, Four Freedoms Park designed by acclaimed international architect Louis Kahn, and the Cornell Tech campus of Cornell University. If you don’t already know Roosevelt Island, come over and explore this unique waterfront community and Apt. 303.