03/07/2025
For rent: 3 bedroom || 1 bathroom ||
Welcome to 42 1/2 Adrian Avenue, a charming and beautifully maintained carriage house offering a rare blend of character and modern comforts. Step inside through elegant mahogany, transom-lit doors into a welcoming vestibule, which leads to a full utility basement complete with laundry.
Head upstairs to the main living level where you'll find a sun-drenched living room, a formal dining room with French doors opening to the serene garden, and a gourmet kitchen featuring radiant heated floors, marble countertops, premium appliances, and a lovely bay window overlooking the greenery. High ceilings, parquet and French-tiled floors enhance the warmth and style throughout this floor, creating an ideal setting for relaxing or entertaining among art and antiques.
Up the skylit staircase, the third floor offers a spacious and light-filled primary bedroom with views of the tree-lined street. A second bedroom easily accommodates a queen bed, while a third room provides flexibility for a home office or additional bedroom. The renovated bathroom is a spa-like retreat, boasting honed marble, honey mosaic tiles, a soaking tub with rain-head shower, heated floors, and a sleek tankless toilet.
Additional features include private parking. Sorry, no pets permitted.
Conveniently located near the Metro-North, 1 train, buses, schools, gyms, Marble Hill Playground, and the shopping and dining options along Broadway and 225th Street.
Neighborhood Note:
Inwood, like much of northern Manhattan, was once a tranquil, pastoral area before the arrival of mass transit in the early 20th century. Historic landmarks still remainsuch as the Seaman-Drake Arch, Manhattan's only free-standing arch outside of Washington Square Park, and the Dyckman Farmhouse, the borough's oldest remaining Dutch Colonial-style structure. Inwood's architectural charm also includes 1930s Art Deco apartment buildings and a collection of two-story Tudor and Colonial Revival homes dating back to the 1920s. As the northernmost tip of the islandjust past Marble HillInwood offers a distinctive and graceful close to Manhattan's timeless allure.
