The Riviera at 790 Riverside Drive #10C

SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION! South-facing beautiful, 2 bed/1 bath, high-ceilinged, DOG-FRIENDLY pre-war full service, 24 hour 24 hour doorman coop apartment in a classic Riverside Drive, grand dame of a building, the Riviera, with a palatial marble lobby, in southern Washington Heights, two blocks from Harlem’s Hamilton Heights. Loft-like open social space includes a full living area, as well as a dining space large enough to accommodate a Thanksgiving dinner, and an open, windowed, contemporary kitchen with a Fisher-Paykel refrigerator, Bertazzoni stove, Bosch dishwasher, SubZero wine cooler and lots of storage space. East-facing small bedroom works well as a home office. At the far side of the apartment is the primary bedroom with two windows set 90 degrees apart, offering east and southern exposures. Four closets, all larger than is typical of the pre-World War I apartments. Building offers ground-floor laundry, two rooms of storage lockers, bike room, and a staff of 11, including porters, handymen, doormen plus a live—in super. Landmarked neighborhood, The Audubon Park Historic District, unknown to most New Yorkers, boasts great transportation lots of greenery, open sky, gated planned garden and a museum with the world’s second largest collection of Spanish and Portuguese art. An ever-growing supply of cafes, restaurants and a Bo’s Bagels, which bakes delicious bagels on-site are part of the food environment . Recreational space abounds: Riverside Park as well as Riverbank Park with its Olympic-sized pool, skating rink and track, and the Hudson River pathway which circles Manhattan Island and boasts all kinds of recreational spaces. Just down the block is the entrance to the Henry Hudson Parkway, one exit from the GWB. Apartment is in the immediate orbit of Columbia Irving Medical Center, NY-Presbyterian Hospital, City College, Columbia’s new Manhattanville campus, and it’s only a 15-minute subway ride to the original Columbia Morningside campus on 116th Street. Easily accessible to the Hudson Valley and New Jersey.