340 Riverside Drive

340 Riverside Drive

NB Number: NB 654-1925

Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Information: Block 1892, Lot 1

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect/Builder:  Sugarman & Berger

Original Owner: Ninto Building Corporation (Joseph Golding, president)

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive– West End Historic District Extension II

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick, Limestone, and Terra Cotta

Stories: 15 and penthouse

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Decorative Metal Work: Second-story window guards and Third-story iron balconettes

Significant Architectural Features: Tripartite composition with three-story base; nine-story middle section, and three-story upper section; granite watertable; ground floor clad in rusticated tapestry brick with radiating brick lintels; primary entrance on Riverside Drive features limestone enframement with scrolled brackets, shield medallion, and broken pediment; iron-and-glass double-leaf doors with transom; limestone beltcourse below second story; second and third story feature piers with brick quoins, recessed brick spandrels, and iron window guards and balconettes; modillioned limestone cornice above third story; middle stories feature brick piers, window openings with stone sills and soldier-brick lintels; some historic six-over-six double-hung sash windows; corbelled brick and terra-cotta cornice above 12th story; upper stories feature double-height terracotta window enframements with spandrels and arched tympanum as well as terra-cotta corner piers and beltcourses; arcaded terra-cotta frieze and brick parapet with balustrades

Alterations: Some through-wall air conditioners; most windows replaced (historically six-over-six double-hung sash)

West Facade: Designed (historic, watertable and entrance enframement painted)
Door(s): Historic primary door
Windows: Mixed
Security Grilles: Historic (upper stories)
Cornice: Original
Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete
Curb Material(s): Concrete with metal plate

South Facade: Designed (historic)
Facade Notes: Similar to West 106th Street facade; secondary entrance with historic iron-and-glass single-leaf door with transom

East Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: Brick side wall; regular arrangement of window openings; sunken concrete yard accessed via metal stair and historic iron fence and gate

North Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: Brick side wall, partially painted