1025 5TH Avenue 5CN

Agent's Note

From Curtis Bain. Details about the apartment are drawn from the listing information provided through RLS by Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

The large dining room at 5CN can serve as a third bedroom, alongside two oversized bedrooms and two full bathrooms. That flexibility is what makes this layout useful. A guest room or an office fits there just as easily, and the apartment doesn't have to give up any of its main rooms to do it.

Light comes mainly through the living room's wall of windows, and the apartment faces north and west, so the west exposure is where the sun comes from. On an open horizon, direct west sun runs from about 1:11 PM to 8:07 PM at the June solstice, seven hours, and from 12:34 PM to 4:07 PM at the December solstice, 3.6 hours. Nearby buildings can block it, so treat those figures as the open-horizon maximum rather than a promise.

The eat-in kitchen has room for storage and closets, which matters more than it sounds when a dining room is also a bedroom. Keeping cooking and eating in the kitchen leaves the dining room free for sleeping or work.

The building is a full-service cooperative with 24-hour service, a live-in building supervisor and an elevator. It was built in 1955 as two similar 13-story towers with 160 apartments, and it has an on-site garage, a newly updated fitness center and bike storage. Central Park is about one minute on foot, and the 86 St station on the 4, 5 and 6 lines is about 8 minutes away.

Buyers should plan around the board. The listing allows pied-a-terre purchases and sublets of up to two years with board approval. Corporate and diplomatic purchases, short-term rentals and smoking are not allowed. Financing of up to 75 percent is allowed, and the buyer pays a 2% flip tax.