A Design and Architectural Jewel, this corner residence was completely renovated and re-imagined by renowned designer Bradley Stephens and featured in Elle Decor magazine Spring 2021. Unbound elegance and style with coveted features such as five rooms facing Park Avenue, this showpiece offers three bedrooms each with their own bath, spacious library, windowed eat in kitchen and a corner great room with stunning views of Park Avenue.

A semi-private elevator landing leads to a deco inspired entrance gallery with Terrazzo floors and brass inlay details. The thirty-five-foot living and dining room has beautiful corner Park Avenue exposures West & North, rift cut oak floors with a taupe stain and ebonized double border, a ceiling subtly steeped in a deco style and hand-made Japanese paper panels. Extensive cabinetry frames the dining area and includes full height storage cabinets, twin buffet and bar serving areas with mirrored hidden cabinet doors and base cabinets featuring sculptural hardware by artist James Bearden. An elegant family room completes the entertaining space with a double-width paneled pocket door, a custom built in media center made of taupe rift oak and deep blue high-gloss lacquer, and wall coverings of wool by Holland & Sherry, to give the room a clubby feel.

The chef’s kitchen and breakfast room in this home is highlighted by the center island made of walnut, black granite counters with appliances from SubZero and Viking, custom verdigris hood with stainless steel accents and custom Terrazzo floors with brass inlay and hand painted wall coverings from Holland & Sherry. The double windows have bright exposures East onto trees. Off the kitchen wing is a custom outfitted laundry room with sink and additional storage. A stunning powder room that is accessed by a hidden door in the hallway is wrapped in a custom seamless hand-painted wall mural in an abstract onyx design by MJ Atelier, and features a custom vanity with steel countertop and integral sink in architectural bronze finish on top of a vintage Deco rosewood cabinet base. Plumbing fixtures are by Kallista and the floor is in black terrazzo to match the entrance gallery.

The bedroom wing is highlighted by a private primary suite facing Park Avenue, with a custom wardrobe cabinetry with brass trimmed fabric panels, taupe linen wallcoverings, and a walk-in dressing room with custom valet cabinetry and stone countertops, brass and lacquer closet rods and shelving fabricated by UK artisan. The primary ensuite marble bath features matching custom vanities in bleached rift oak with onyx countertops, white marble walls and floors and fixtures by Samuel Heath with crystal accents. The second and third bedrooms are well appointed with custom desks with fluted tambour paneling and durable Corian countertops as well as ensuite marble baths. Both secondary bedrooms face directly onto Park Avenue.

This impressive home is wrapped in luxury custom finishes including beautiful crown, base and window moldings with hand-painted door casings featuring a bleached oak inlay, custom stone window sills, custom bleached walnut radiator enclosures with bronze grills and toe kick details, vertical recessed paneled doors with polished nickel hardware by Baldwin and gallery-like track lighting integrated into the ceiling to allow for flexible art lighting with brass inlay controlled by a Lutron lighting system, three zone central air conditioning and radiant heated floors. Additionally, the apartment transfers with a separate staff room in the building.875 Park Avenue was built in 1912 and is a full service prewar cooperative. Located between 77th & 78th Streets, in the heart of the Upper East Side, shareholders covet their proximity to many fine restaurants, parks, shops, schools and mass transit. The building has a doorman, gym, laundry room, bike room and storage. There is a 2% flip tax paid by buyer and pets are allowed.

40 East 78th StreetApartment 6H

Price: $3,495,000

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40 East 78th Street
Apartment 6H

Tara
Englander

We are "one of the 25 largest residential real estate brokerages in the New York area" says
Crain's New York Business Magazine August 2026.