Location

Ideally located on 61st Street, residents enjoy proximity to Manhattan’s many attractions, such as some of the city’s greatest museums along with an impressive concentration of galleries, elegant shops, five-star restaurants and beautiful Central Park which provides an oasis of greenery and light.

Description

Stepping out of your elegant private elevator into the grand windowed-entrance hall, a rare and lavish wraparound terrace is just the first striking feature you set eyes on in this 15th floor penthouse paradise. Throughout the majestic residence, are soaring ceilings, new hardwood floors, central and through-the-wall air conditioning, raised doorways and oversized windows. The windowed south-facing kitchen alone is 21’4” long. The enchanting, landscaped, 2,376-square-foot terrace, with multiple seating areas, and stunning city views— including a peek of Central Park — is ideal for private, alfresco entertaining and watching dazzling sunsets over Park Avenue. The terrace conveniently has both automatic watering and ambient lighting systems.

Off the gallery is an exquisite powder room and an oversized coat closet. The sun-flooded corner living room boasts a wall of windows and a French door facing west opening onto the terrace and four oversized windows facing north; this magnificent room has herringbone floors and a wood burning fireplace. Off the living room is another windowed gallery with French doors that open onto the terrace and a large hallway closet. The gallery leads to the corner formal dining room which has eight windows facing east and north. There is a windowed eat-in kitchen with a centre island with seating as well as a separate breakfast area. The kitchen is equipped with top-of-the-line appliances including a Subzero refrigerator and freezer, Subzero wine refrigerator, Miele dishwasher, Thermador professional six-burner range and oven, Wolf convection oven, Wolf built-in microwave, and Wolf warming drawer. Adjacent to the kitchen are two pantry closets and a laundry area with a Maytag washer and vented dryer, as well as a corner staff room and full bathroom. Completing the public spaces is a wood panelled library that houses the third set of French doors that open onto the terrace. As for the private quarters, the primary bedroom suite has three exposures, facing south, east and west. There are two large dressing rooms with custom built-ins and an en-suite bathroom with two sinks, a shower and a separate bathtub. There are two additional bedroom suites both with en-suite bathrooms and excellent closet space.

This luxurious full-floor penthouse is located at 525 Park Avenue, a premier white-glove condominium built in 1914, designed by celebrated New York City architects, Schwartz & Gross.