40 E 80th Street 21/22B

Agent's Note

From Curtis Bain. Details about the apartment are drawn from the listing information provided through RLS by Compass.

The lower level sits on the 21st floor, where the living room and formal dining room are laid out to run into one another, with a library beside them and the eat-in kitchen nearby. Upstairs on the 22nd floor is the private bedroom floor, which the building's elevator also reaches. The bedrooms and home office sit apart from the main entertaining rooms, and that's a useful split when you're hosting.

The eat-in kitchen gets light from two picture windows and has a breakfast counter and a separate dinette. There's generous counter space, and the listing names a Sub-Zero refrigerator and a suite of Miele and Viking appliances. The kitchen also has a gas cooktop, gas oven, dishwasher, freezer and wine cooler. A laundry room off the kitchen has its own sink and leads to the service entrance, and the washer and dryer are inside the apartment.

The primary suite opens onto its own north-facing outdoor space and has an oversized separate dressing room. Its bath has double vanities and a separate stall shower. The other two bedrooms each have an en-suite bath and large windows, and the private home office completes the floor. I like that the office sits on the bedroom level, since it gives you a place to work away from the main rooms.

Built-in storage runs through the home, and the closets include walk-in closets and California closets. There's a pantry too. The rooms have hardwood floors and crown molding, and there's recessed lighting. The apartment has central air and high ceilings.

One terrace faces east and the other faces north toward Central Park, and the apartment has city and skyline views. Central Park is about 3 minutes away on foot, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art is about 6 minutes. The 77 Street station on the 6 line is about 6 minutes on foot. The 86 Street station is about 9 minutes away and serves the 4 and 5 as well as the 6.

The building was built in 1967 and has 26 stories and 41 units. It's an elevator cooperative with a 24-hour doorman, a live-in superintendent, a bike room and a laundry room. Cats and dogs are allowed, and the listing says pied-a-terres and subletting are permitted.