Astor Court Building

Astor Court Building
Astor Court Building
	View of the building
General information
Type	Cooperative
Location	Between 89th Street and 90th Street, New York, NY, United States
Coordinates	40°47′25″N 73°58′28″W / 40.7903°N 73.9745°W
Construction started	1916
Completed	1916
Technical details
Floor count	13
Design and construction
Architects	Charles A. Platt (building) ; Ellen Biddle Shipman (landscape)
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The Astor Court Building is a 12-story, 164 unit apartment building on Broadway between West 89th Street and 90th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, built in 1916. It was designed by architect Charles A. Platt for developer Vincent Astor.^[1] The twelve-story building is constructed around a landscaped courtyard. Architectural historian Christopher Gray believes that the landscape architect may have been Ellen Biddle Shipman.^[2] The building became a co-op in 1985.^[2]

Famous residents include Joy Behar from The View.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Vincent Astor's New Building Noteworthy Addition to the West Side". The New York Times. April 23, 1916. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Gray, Christopher (July 1, 2001). "89th Street and Broadway; In a 1916 Astor Building, a Private Garden Grows". The New York Times. Retrieved October 28, 2022.