150 East 61st Street #8-C

This exceptional two-bedroom plus den, two-bathroom home maximizes light and living space with chic contemporary design in a full-service Lenox Hill cooperative.

This meticulously renovated home greets you with gorgeous wide-plank floors and sunny exposures to the west and east. A gracious foyer flanked by closets ushers you into the sprawling 38.5-foot-long living space. Enjoy a generous footprint for expansive seating and dining areas accompanied by recessed and designer lighting and city views. The modern kitchen dazzles with sleek cabinetry, long counters and upscale appliances, including a vented induction cooktop, dishwasher and drawer microwave.

A chic barn door reveals the spacious owner's suite, where the large closet includes an in-unit washer-dryer, and the en suite bathroom invites you to relax in the glassed-in soaking tub/rain shower. From the living room, a moveable wall reveals the convenient den, ideal as a large home office or media room. The adjacent guest bath features an oversized walk-in shower and a second spacious bedroom with wide-open eastern outlooks completes this wonderful home.

150 East 61st Street is a well-run postwar co-op with great financials and updated common areas. Residents enjoy 24-hour doorman service, live-in superintendent, laundry, storage, bike room and an on-site parking garage. This favorable land-lease building's lease runs to late 2109, and generous board policies permit pets, 70 percent financing, pieds--terres, co-purchasing, gifting, parents buying for children, and subletting after a year with approval.

Nestled on a tree-lined street where Midtown meets the Upper East Side, this Lenox Hill home benefits from the best that Manhattan living has to offer. World-class shopping and dining line the nearby streets, Central Park is just three blocks away and transportation is effortless with N/Q/R/W, 4/5/6 and F trains all nearby.

Assessment: $1,133