555 Main Street Roosevelt Island Apartment For Sale

Welcome to 555 Main Street #1710. This fantastic 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath duplex truly feels like a home you would find outside the city. Pay attention to the LOW monthly maintenance here. You're getting more square footage than you can almost anywhere else in the city for this maintenance. This unit also has an external storage unit.

The standout feature of this duplex apartment is the view. Every room offers a captivating perspective of the 59th Street Bridge and the surrounding skyline. In the primary bedroom, two south- and west-facing windows frame both the bridge and the Manhattan waterfront-creating a postcard-perfect cityscape right outside your window.

This residence offers exceptional storage throughout, including a generous walk-in closet in the primary bedroom and an external storage unit for added convenience. Multiple additional closets make it easy to stay organized and clutter-free.

The duplex layout provides a rare sense of privacy: the bedrooms are located below, ensuring quiet rest without anyone living overhead, while the upper-level living and dining areas allow you to entertain freely without disturbing anyone below.

While the home could benefit from some updating, it offers tremendous potential for customization. Schedule an appointment to view Residence #1710 and experience the value-spacious duplex living, outstanding storage, remarkable views, and true peace and privacy-all at an exceptional monthly cost.

Island House was one of the first four residential buildings on Roosevelt Island. It consists of building numbers 551, 555 and 575. There is full-time doorman service and on-site management. Building Amenities Include:
- Renovated Gym
- Inspiration Room & Community Space (with play area for children)
- Redesigned 2-story Courtyard Garden & Recreation Area, including: custom picnic area, outdoor grills, jungle gym, cross training outdoor workout area, and dog run.
- Building Bike Room
- For a fee there is access to the Health and Recreation Facilities of the sister coop Westview, including newly renovated gym and indoor pool.

Roosevelt Island is commutable by the Roosevelt Island Tram, the F train, the Astoria Ferry line, the M86 bus line, land bridge from Astoria, and CitiBike, making it easy to get all over Manhattan, Long Island City, and Astoria in about 20 minutes. Also, perhaps more important now than ever, people are able to self-park in the parking garage on the island and have a reserved spot. Enjoy all the conveniences of city living, with a suburban setting minutes from the city.

Roosevelt Islanders love the speak-easy reputation of Roosevelt Island and its oasis of calm and community living minutes away from the city. Roosevelt Island offers conveniences of ample outdoor space and neighborhood lifestyle that people are looking for. It is an attractive alternative to city living because of the abundance of community amenities and outdoor space, such as: parks, green space, gardens and community gardens, running and biking paths, swimming pools, baseball and soccer fields, basketball and tennis courts, and playgrounds to name a few.

 Roosevelt Island is committed to green living, and in addition to weekly composting drop-off, one is able to even forage some plants and herbs on the island, and there is a membership run community garden. Other parks include: Southpoint Park and Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park in the south and Lighthouse Park at the north end of the island. Some parks and green spaces include access to complimentary BBQ grills.

The vibrant community also includes the newly developed Cornell Tech campus with landscaped park space, cafes, The Graduate Hotel and rooftop dining at the Panorama Room. Further, residents have access to the New York City public library, schools, post office, the new Foodtown grocery store, two well-stocked bodegas, weekly Farmers Market, Duane Read, Starbucks and a number of local restaurants featuring at least 5 cuisines.