440 Riverside Drive #37

This bright 2-bedroom prewar home is located on a particularly desirable stretch of Riverside Drive near Columbia University in the Paterno, a building well-known for its porte-cochere, exquisitely detailed faade, and its role in the movie Enchanted. French doors connect the two entertaining rooms: a side-by-side living room and formal dining room with decorative fireplace. These two rooms, along with the master bedroom, face eastward, to the lovely tree-lined Claremont Avenue, where the Paterno’s faade is beautifully curved to match the Avenue. The windowed kitchen with washer/dryer and dishwasher is generously sized, offering plenty of counter space and cabinet storage. Charming prewar details including ceiling motifs, hardwood paneling, moldings, transoms, and hardwood floors — not to mention the fireplace — complete this Morningside Heights 5-room apartment. The Paterno, a full-service co-operative building, offers bike storage and laundry facilities and benefits from the rich cultural environment provided by Columbia and the many restaurants and shops nearby.