High floor apartment with a sprawling layout, open views through 16 windows, semi-private elevator landing, and an in-unit washer/dryer, in a highly coveted white-glove Art Deco building one block from Central Park. Filled with pre-war grandeur and rare comforts. This home's thoughtful layout begins in a foyer with two large closets and continues through a beautiful gallery into an impressive living room with a fireplace that connects via a double-wide doorway to a formal dining room. Together, these rooms feature six picture windows offering open, sunny views east and south over the NYC skyline. The dining room also connects through another door to a powder room and the massive, windowed, chef's kitchen with a breakfast bar. Behind the kitchen is the extra-large windowed laundry room. The service entrance is perfectly placed for easy access to the kitchen and laundry room. The bedrooms offer rare scale. The palatial corner primary bedroom measures 18'7" x 18'4" and has four windows with open views south of the NYC skyline and west over Central Park, four large closets, and an en suite bathroom. The spacious second bedroom has two south-facing windows and two walk-in closets. The full second bathroom is right outside. The oversized windowed office also works well as a third bedroom. 49 East 96th Street is a distinguished white-glove Art Deco cooperative featuring a 24-hour doorman, live-in superintendent, private storage, bike storage, a newly renovated gym, and additional laundry in the basement. 2% flip tax. Pets are allowed with board approval. Ideally located one block from Central Park and Museum Mile, residents enjoy easy access to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir. Abundant dining, shopping, and cultural destinations surround the building, as do many of the city's best schools. Moments from the 96th Street 6-train and also connected via the crosstown bus to the A, B, C, 1, 2, and 3 subway lines. * Some pictures are virtually staged, though no finishes or fixtures were changed.