Owned by one family for over 40 years, this unusually large and sunny three bedroom apartment is ideally located in the heart of the upper east side, close to top restaurants, exclusive boutiques and world class museums. You enter the apartment through a gracious foyer. The living and dining rooms as well as the windowed kitchen have sunny eastern exposure. The living room is ideal for intimate gatherings as well as large scale entertaining. The separate formal dining room which comfortably seats 8-10 can be combined with the living room and/or the adjacent kitchen. Past the kitchen, there is a separate wing with two sizable bedrooms. One bedroom faces south and east, the other south and west. Each has large closets. There are two windowed baths. One of the baths currently has a washer/dryer. The primary bedroom suite is completely separate from the rest of the apartment and has a large dressing area with two closets and a windowed bath. The closet adjacent to the bath can be easily combined with the bath to create a very large bathroom. The primary bedroom faces west and is extremely quiet. All rooms have through wall air conditioners. Built as a coop in 1959, the building has a 24 hour doorman and live-in resident manager. There is a well equipped gym, laundry room, a storage room with bins, semi-private work/study room and a bike storage room. Additionally, there is access to a garage. Pets and pied a terres are welcome. A 2% TRANSFER TAX IS PAYABLE TO THE BUILDING BY THE PURCHASER AT CLOSING.