Bright apartment with South & East exposures. The eat-in kitchen is large with a full size window. It was recently updated with new cabinets, counters and floor plus modern appliances. The spacious living room has a triple-width picture window on one exposure plus a window and glass balcony door on the other exposure. Outside the kitchen is a foyer that?s large enough to hold a dining table. In this unit the walls can be removed between the living room, kitchen and foyer to create a large, open entertainment area. The balcony overlooks the co-op?s private, landscape park and playground as well as the adjacent Corlears Hook Park, the East River, Brooklyn skyline and Manhattan Bridge. Other nice features are hardwood parquet floors and 4 closets.  Amenities include awesome private parks complete with playgrounds, a fully equipped gym, indoor children's playroom, 24/7 lobby attendant, 24/7 very modern laundry room, on-site maintenance staff, and community room. M14A, M21 and M22 bus lines stop right outside your door (and the M14D a short walk away) offering convenient, direct access to Little Italy, Chinatown, Financial District, Battery Park City, Tribeca, East Village, West Village and Chelsea / Meatpacking and nearly every subway line in Manhattan. Citibike station across the street on Cherry Street. Gifting, guarantors, pied-a-terres, permitted. Subleasing after 2 years of ownership (additional monthly fee is 100% of maintenance for the first two years, 112.5% of maintenance for years three and four and 125% of maintenance for years five and beyond).