1040 Park Avenue # 5DH

Pied-a-terres permitted! Bring your architect to create your own custom designed home from two adjacent apartments (D and H lines) in this gracious and expansive, sun-filled 8-room home with abundant flexibility for its new owner. This beautiful corner home overlooks the beauty of the Park Avenue malls, lush trees, and distinguished architecture of the 'Gold Coast'. The Carnegie Hill location is superb at 86th Street and Park Avenue, only one block from Madison Avenue and two blocks from the beauty, recreation and NYC culture of Central Park and Fifth Avenue's Museum Mile.Gracious and beautifully proportioned, this 8-room Park Avenue home can accommodate entertaining on a grand scale with an open formal expanse spanning 35 feet including a corner living room and formal dining room that can comfortably seat 10 or more, as well as an elegant and huge entry gallery. Four grand picture windows line the formal expanse drawing in exceptional natural light and showcase beautiful open views overlooking Park Avenue. Hardwood floors, built-ins, and generous closet storage can be found throughout. There are two current kitchens: one with laundry washer making this layout incredibly flexible with numerous options including potential for up to four bedrooms with three full bathrooms. The layout can also accommodate a 'one bedroom guest suite' with separate entrance and kitchen.1040 Park Avenue is an elegant 14-story cooperative built in 1925. Designed in the Georgian style with Art Deco elements byrenowned architects, Delano & Aldrich. The building has full-time doormen, concierge, and live-in resident manager. Amenities include a fitness center, laundry room, bicycle storage, and private storage subject to availability.