Brisbane House at 1215 Fifth Ave. #8B

This mint, move-in condition, meticulously (and recently) renovated apartment with stunning Central Park views includes three full-size bedrooms (each with an en suite full-bathroom), two staff rooms (adjoining a fourth bathroom), a newly-installed chef’s kitchen (with all-new, top-of-the-line appliances), an eat-in butler’s pantry, a large formal dining room (overlooking the park), a marble entry and a spacious gallery (with a park view) and a large corner living room (also overlooking the park) with a wood-burning fireplace (currently fitted with a gas-burning grill), together with great closet space (including nine large cedar-lined closets), ample through-the-wall and enclosed air conditioning/heating units and a full-size washer/dryer (vented to the outdoors). Completely re-wired and plumbed to the building’s risers, with 6 rooms (plus the butler’s pantry) wired for cable, this high-ceiling residence contains restored old-growth oak floors, all-new period mouldings, full-size Thermopane tilt-and-turn windows and original brass hardware and hinges on all 31 interior doors. Excellent light and pleasant views in all rooms of this apartment (including over 43 feet of Fifth Avenue frontage), along with direct access to two internal fire-stair exits.

1215 Fifth Avenue (The Brisbane House) on Museum Mile is a full-service Beaux-Arts co-op built in 1926 and designed by Schultze and Weaver, architects of The Pierre, The Sherry-Netherland and The Waldorf Astoria. With direct access to Central Park through the Girls’ Gate at 102nd Street and Fifth Avenue, the building is located across from the North Meadow and Butterfly Gardens and within a short walk to the East Meadow, the Ravine, the North Woods, the Conservatory Garden, the Reservoir and the Harlem Meer, along with park playgrounds and ball fields, as well as the Lasker pool and ice-skating rink. Next door to the landmarked New York Academy of Medicine building, one block south of the Museum of the City of New York and one block north of two pre-war condominium conversions, Brisbane House has just completed an extensive (and fully-funded) multi-million dollar infrastructure replacement and improvement program, including a new gas-fueled heating and hot water infrastructure, all-new passenger and service elevator mechanicals, a new water tank and recently upgraded and restored common areas (including the lobby, passenger/service elevator interiors and outdoor gardens). The building has a private gym overlooking an enclosed courtyard, a bike storage room and a fully-equipped laundry room, with added storage units available in the basement. Its full-time doormen are managed on-site by a live-in superintendent.

With a regular flow of taxis on Fifth Avenue, a five-minute walk to the No. 6 (local) east-side subway and a ten-minute walk through the park to the Nos. 2 and 3 (express) and the B and C (local) west-side subways, together with a stop for the M1, M2, M3, M4 and M106 (local and express) bus lines across the street on Fifth Avenue and a five-minute walk to the M96 crosstown bus at the corner of 97th Street and Fifth Avenue, along with a public parking garage around the corner on 102nd Street and a Citi Bike station next door, Brisbane House enjoys convenient access to all modes of transportation throughout Manhattan. A wide variety of shops and restaurants (including all essentials) also are within pleasant walking distance of the building. Finally, multiple north and south access points for the FDR (East River) Drive and for the RFK (Triboro) Bridge, along with direct access to the west side of Manhattan by means of the 97th Street Transverse off Fifth Avenue, are a short drive from the building.

Don’t miss this opportunity to experience a spectacular and pristine residence in a classic Fifth Avenue building, which has been restored to its historic grandeur, across from Central Park – Apt. 8B at 1215 Fifth Avenue.