790 Riverside Drive   Unit 1R

Escape to peace and quiet in this 2-bedroom, 1.5-bathroom home in The Riviera Cooperative, in the Audubon Park Historic District of Lower Washington Heights. The apartment features a renovated, windowed, eat-in kitchen, living room that flows through French doors into a second bedroom or study. Luxuriate in the original deep soaking tub. Master bedroom gets southern light. Hardwood floors, 9.6 foot-high ceilings, large windows, capacious closets, pre-war details, and 2nd floor convenience to lobby. This extraordinary masonry building was built in 1911 by the architectural team of Rouse & Goldstone in the Beaux-Arts style.


The full-service doorman building is pet friendly with laundry, bike room and storage lockers for residents. The Co-op allows purchases by parents, co-purchases or as a pied-a-terre.


The Audubon Park community is ideally suited for today's varied lifestyles and neighborly values. Stroll along winding streets and grand pre-war buildings down Riverside Drive, then across the new Denny Farrell Pedestrian Bridge at 151st Street (ADA-accessible) to Fort Washington Park and the Hudson River Greenway. Swim, sport, play at the Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park, a 28-acre state-of-the-art facility that offers a wide variety of recreational, athletic and arts experiences for all ages, interests and abilities. Close to cultural offerings like the Hispanic Society & Museum and Academy of Arts & Letters. Shop at the new Super Foodtown, Fairway, or dine at one of the many multi-cuisine restaurants along Broadway.


Easy access to Columbia University's burgeoning Manhattanville campus, CCNY and the world-class NY Presbyterian/Columbia Medical Center. Engage in early Americana at the Morris-Jumel Mansion, Trinity Cemetery, Hamilton Grange and other historic locations.


Convenient 1 train (157) and C train (155) nearby; M4, M5 and BX6 buses on the Broadway corner. Quick auto access at 158 to the West Side Hwy and George Washington Bridge, and across 155th Street to Yankee Stadium and Major Deegan Expwy.


See… < audubonparkperspectives.org > for local history and culture.