28 East 21st St. #3A

28 East 21st Street is a landmark twenty five feet wide, 8 unit, five story townhouse built in 1846 that once served as the home for the Tiffany studio in the late nineteenth century. Apt 3A located on the 2nd floor or what is known as the “piano nobile” and only one flight of stairs from street level, once served as the studio for Richard Morris Hunt-renowned architect of Carnegie Hall, The Met and many more extraordinary works of gilded-age NYC architecture. The convertible one bedroom, one bath features incredibly high ceilings reaching almost 13 feet, Parisian-style, oversized windows facing North opening up onto charming Juliette balconies and original crown moldings and hard wood floors. An open-style kitchen is great for entertaining and custom-designed bookshelves in the living room offer plenty of storage for your books or to display your collectibles.
Rarely available in the Flatiron district, this pre-war townhouse is pet friendly, allows washer/dryers in the units(a washer/dryer hook-up is in unit 3A), pied a terres, ownership under a corporation name, guarantors, co-signers and has a fast and light approval with a right of first refusal.
Converted in 1990, 28 East 21st Street is a self-managed Coop, has a live in super, laundry facilities and has a 60% tax deductible maintenance. Architecturally speaking this is a fairly unique Italianate townhouse typified by the round arched entrance, the rusticated stone at its base and the play of round and pointed pediments above each exterior
window.
The best restaurants, nightlife and shopping that the city has to offer are at your doorstep. Gramercy Park, Madison Square Park and Union Square are all within less than a 5 minute walk from this highly sought after location.