ALL SHOWINGS AND OPEN HOUSE SHOWINGS ARE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY Grand high-floor, sun filled Classic 5 is rarely available in one of RSD's most prestigious prewar doorman cooperatives. Enter onto the large formal entry foyer with an oversized coat closet. The massive almost 25' long living room is bright with a side view of the Hudson River and Riverside Park. The corner dining room is often used as a tv room/dining room or can easily be partially converted into a third bedroom and faces east and south. The windowed kitchen features an adjacent breakfast room that can also function as a home office. There are two spacious, perfectly proportioned bedrooms with ensuite windowed baths. The corner primary has a bathroom that has been renovated with a stall shower. This charming apartment offers incredible light and city views from all rooms. Bring your designer/contractor to create your own dream home! This home has a grand and timeless floor plan with abundant closets, high-beamed ceilings and large windows. The cooperative is 100% owner-occupied, has a full-time doorman, live-in Resident Manager, bike room, storage, a central laundry room and is pet friendly. Washer/dryers are allowed. With board approval, pied-a-terres, gifting, parents purchasing for children and co-purchasing are all also allowed. 285 RSD was designed in 1926 by Rosario Candela and has a gorgeous lobby and entrance with wrought iron doors, intricately carved coffered ceilings, stained glass windows and marble floors. Situated in the heart of the vibrant and charming Upper Westside, the building is near restaurants, shops and schools as well as convenient to major transportation including the 1, 2, 3, A, C and B trains, M104, M11 and M96 crosstown bus lines. There is a 2% flip tax payable by the purchaser.