416 W 52nd St #317 New York City, NY 10019

North and south light, all day, from a corner you'll actually want to sit in. This one-bedroom at NINE52 opens up the way a home should: kitchen into dining into living room, no walls chopping up the flow. The kitchen wears custom grey and white lacquer cabinetry with Caesarstone counters, a stainless Kohler sink, integrated refrigerator, dishwasher, all clean lines and no wasted motion. Oversized windows run through the living room and into the bedroom, so the light doesn't stop at one room and give up. The bathroom holds its own: floor-to-ceiling ceramic and marble tile, a custom vanity, mirrored medicine cabinets, fixtures that don't feel like an afterthought. Ten-foot ceilings throughout. Washer/dryer in unit. Multi-zone HVAC with its own climate control per room, plus an energy-efficient heat pump water heater, the kind of detail you don't think about until your electric bill is lower than your neighbor's. The building. NINE52 used to be a hospital that was transformed into 156 luxury condo residences behind a red-brick, prewar shell that Gaia Real Estate reimagined from the ground up, seven floors, full-time doorman, live-in super. The amenity floor does more than most: fitness center with a separate yoga room and spin room, a co-work space with its own conference room, a media lounge, a wine tasting den, a children's playroom, and a landscaped courtyard with a koi pond that makes Hell's Kitchen feel a lot quieter than it is. Up top, a furnished rooftop terrace with skyline views wide enough to make you forget you're seven stories up, not seventy. Bike storage, and the building's own bikes are yours to use, free. The location. Hell's Kitchen, sitting between Central Park, the Theater District, and Hudson Yards. Broadway, some of the best restaurants in the city, and shopping that doesn't require a cab, all within a few blocks. Multiple subway lines close enough to walk to without checking the map. Special Assessment: $43.66/month running through 2030