1040 Fifth Avenue

Co-op located in Carnegie Hill, between East 85th Street & East 86th Street

Description of 1040 Fifth Avenue

1040 Fifth Avenue was completed in 1930 and is located near the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Upper East Side.

Its 27 apartments offer sumptuous but comfortable layouts: each unit has a spacious entrance gallery leading to an even larger, 20- to 30-foot-long living room, along with a library and dining room, each with its own fireplace. The large kitchen, pantry, maid’s room and servant’s hall are discreetly pushed to the back. Apartments also have four or five bedrooms that are situated down a separate hall; all have their own baths and most feature walk-in closets.

But the location of 1040 Fifth Avenue is one of its greatest selling points. Sitting on the northeast corner of 85th Street - one block north of the Metropolitan Museum - it is away from the tumult of tourists but still comfortingly close. This is one of the reasons that Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis moved here in 1964 and lived in a full-floor apartment on the 15th floor until her death in 1994. The site also gives residents stunning views west across the Reservoir, now named after her, and into the 3,400-year-old Temple of Dendur on the north side of the museum, which she helped bring to the Met.

Building Facts

Year Built: 1930

Building Type: Co-op

Neighborhood: Carnegie Hill (Manhattan)

Minimum Down: 20%
Total Apartments: 27 27

Total Floors: 17

Doorman: FT Doorman

Total Floorplans:

Building Amenities

FT Doorman
High-Rise
Pre War
Elevator
Fireplaces
Landmarked
Terraces / Balconies

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1040 Fifth Avenue: Rating

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#8 Rated co-op in Manhattan
#3 Rated co-op - Upper East Side
#1 Rated co-op - Carnegie Hill

Carter Horsley's Review of 1040 Fifth Avenue

"One of the tallest apartment houses on Fifth Avenue, this prominent 17-story structure at 1040 Fifth Avenue on the northeast corner at 85th Street has one of the most distinctive rooflines along the avenue.

The building, which was erected in 1930, was designed by Rosario Candela, one of the city's most important designers of luxury apartment buildings in the late 1920's and early 1930's. " Read Carter's Full Review

Pros

Concierge
Elevator operator
Flying buttress on north facade
Excellent views
Several terraces
Very few apartments
Distinctive roof
Handsome entrance
Designed by Rosario Candela
One of tallest limestone-clad buildings on Fifth Avenue
Sidewalk landscaping
Doorman
Close to Subway

Cons

No sundeck
Frequent Fifth Avenue parades
Considerable traffic at entrance to Central Park transverse road
No health club
No garage

Broker & Buyer Comments

"Doorman, concierge, great architecture. Tough Board but I have connections there. My team has sold there and was approved. Near the subway. Considered the Gold Coast of Manhattan. Greenwich Village, East Village and West Village are highly desirable with the best restaurants, bars, shopping and high-ranking schools."

"I've seen it from the outside My friend has been there to visit when Jackie was alive and when John was dating Daryl Hannah !!"

"I would like to live there."

"It is a beautiful building.."

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