building at 1025 Fifth Avenue

+ An address on Fifth Ave. has its advantages, not to mention being across the street from the Met

- It's not really on Fifth- it has a lobby tongue that touches Fifth and the building is really 2 wings mid-block on 84th and 83rd between Fifth and Madison. Two buildings block it from direct contact with Fifth Ave - one of which is the Marymount School. Fifth Ave exit is ground zero for Met tour buses

+ 3 exits for convenience - 5th ave; 84th St., 83rd St. 84th St. is the exit for car traffic off Central Park, so is noisy.

+ Nice big garden in between the wings makes for a nice view if you face the inner courtyard as opposed to the streets

+ Apts I have seen there have large rooms by NY standards; elevators are claustrophobically small though

o Stingy board on acceptances - known for rejections and needing to know if you are going to live there, likely because of the significant number of owners who are absent/foreigners.

o There are significantly high expenses (perhaps not surprising for a 5th Ave building) but the garage gets them lots of income too, so the maint/sf looks average.

- Far to anything reasonably priced, but one should know that anyway given it's 5th Ave. There is an expensive Dean & Deluca at 85th/Madison- otherwise you gotta schlep east past Park to Lexington. Then again, who buys their own groceries on 5th Ave.

- Think they don't allow weekend showings or open houses