69 5th Avenue 5-F

Agent's Note

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

Nineteen stories and 153 residences make 69 Fifth Avenue, completed in 1961, a building of real scale for this part of Flatiron. The listing describes full-time doormen around the clock and a live-in superintendent, and the building also has a roof deck, a laundry room, a bike room, storage you can rent within the building and parking in an attached garage. For deliveries and guests, a staffed front desk takes a lot of the friction out of ordinary days.

Apartment 5-F is a one bedroom with one bath, and its living space gets light from a full wall of west-facing windows. The listing says those windows fill the room with natural light. A west exposure gets afternoon and evening sun, about 12:34 PM to 4:07 PM on the winter solstice and 1:11 PM to 8:07 PM on the summer solstice, though nearby buildings can block it.

The kitchen is a galley with an adjoining pantry, which keeps cooking separate from the rest of the apartment. The listing notes that the wall to the living area could be opened for a loft-like plan. That would connect the rooms more, at the cost of some separation between cooking and everything else. The dining alcove can work as a guest room or a home office, which gives the apartment a second use without changing the floor plan.

Storage is a real strength here. There are five closets, one of them a walk-in, and the building adds its own storage and a bike room. The building provides central heating and cooling, and the classic parquet hardwood floors run throughout the apartment.

Union Square station is about four minutes on foot, with the 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R and W trains, and Union Square Park is about three minutes away. The Union Square Green Market and Whole Foods Market are each about four minutes on foot, so daily errands stay close.

Because this is a co-op, the listing's policies matter. It sets financing at up to 80%, with no flip tax, and allows subletting for up to three years in any consecutive five-year period. Pets, co-purchasing and gifting are reviewed case by case with board approval. Your broker or an attorney can walk you through how those apply to your situation.