271 Central Park W #3/4E

Being offered for sale for the first time, this rare home offers sophisticated style, flowing proportions and tree-top park views. This gracious two-story residence embraces just such an environment with the scale and elegant feel of a townhouse and 80 feet of park frontage on each floor with every room overlooking Central Park. A beautiful living and entertaining sanctuary is the result with approx. 6,000 square feet of living space and a layout of great size and proportion. There is a classic elegance to the design of the home with high ceilings, excellent natural light, good circulation and beautiful custom woodwork throughout. The expansive living area features large picture windows that face south and west over the park. Just off the living room is a formal dining room suitable for a grand twelve-person dinner party or more. Step into the designer eat-in kitchen with Uba Tuba honed granite countertops and breakfast bar, custom cabinetry with metallic chrome accent plating, two full-size Sub-Zero refrigerators, a 6-burner Viking stove, and Meile dishwasher. Five generously sized bedrooms are each located on the lower level and all feature plentiful closet space. The primary suite has two walk-in closets, and a third dressing room that is fully fitted and includes a built-in mirrored vanity. The windowed en suite master bath is lined with Bianco Antico stone and boasts a deep soaking tub and separate stall shower. The home also features an additional room suitable for a sixth bedroom or staff room, a library dressed with bookshelves throughout, and a substantial laundry room with a side-by-side washer and dryer. This discreet and intimate pre-war co-op building offers a 24 hour attended lobby, a full-time super, private storage, bike storage, and is a dress circle seat to the best that New York?s Upper West Side has to offer. Just one block away is an entrance to the park, crosstown buses and the subway, and the Museum of Natural History is just a few minute?s walk away.