A Sense of Arrival
The entryway, decorated with arabesques and sgraffito frescoes of seraphim, and lit by elegant hanging lanterns, gives first a tantalizing hint of the wondrous private courtyard beyond.

A PRIVATE SENSE
OF ARRIVAL

The grandest of the Upper West Side apartment houses, palatial, beautifully proportioned, the Belnord is as clean, ageless and modern as its limestone sisters elsewhere in Manhattan. It retains its special distinction as a cosseting, private haven in the midst of its vibrant, lively Upper West Side neighborhood. With six distinct residential lobbies, each offering three means of entrance to each residence, — a private residential elevator, a grand, open staircase, and a private freight lift — the Belnord feels as cloistered as it does noble.

“Our goal is to convey the spirit and stature of The Belnord into a new century. The redesign pairs lush greenery to the courtyard’s formal geometry, to create a haven in the city.”

– EDMUND HOLLANDER

HOLLANDER DESIGN

Entering The Belnord is an experience in itself. Its historically resonant, gilded wrought-iron gates send a subtle signal that something special and rare lies within. Through those gates, just past the elegant, new guardhouse, residents and guests alike enter a vaulted porte cochère decorated with frescoes and arabesques.

One of the most important aspects of the reinvention of The Belnord is the reconfiguration of the courtyard’s circular asphalt drive-around roadway. Originally designed for horses and carriages, it has been widened to allow two SUVs to easily pass each other, with clever, unobtrusive pull-offs that enable several residents at a time to park just steps from their canopied lobby doors for easy loading and unloading of passengers and belongings. A second vaulted passage onto Eighty-sixth Street is reserved for exiting vehicles.

A Sense of Arrival
Residents and visitors alike are greeted with grandeur and opulence the moment they approach The Belnord. Its elegant guardhouse and gated porte cochère are simultaneously imposing and welcoming.

“Our goal is to convey the spirit and stature of The Belnord into a new century. The redesign pairs lush greenery to the courtyard’s formal geometry, to create a haven in the city.”

— EDMUND HOLLANDER

HOLLANDER DESIGN

A Sense of Arrival
From your elevator lobby, regard a view unparalleled in New York, of a private oasis arrayed around an historic fountain, with evergreen and boxwood hedges, shade trees, flowers and elegant seating.

Renowned landscape architect Edmund Hollander has redesigned The Belnord's interior courtyard, the largest in the world when the building first opened.

A Sense of Arrival
A Sense of Arrival
Every detail, from the sightlines and framing of elevator lobbies to the restored staircases with wrought iron and mahogany trim, has been reconsidered and refined.
A Sense of Arrival

Typically, the landings have two—and no more than three— black-lacquered residence entrances, completing the cinematic three-stage progression of the narrative of your arrival someplace truly unique, where history blends seamlessly with the boldly contemporary. The white crystalline-lacquered landings, with their irreplaceable classical marble-mosaic floors, are washed with natural light from windows offering alluring courtyard glimpses.