4501 Livingston Avenue, Riverdale-on-Hudson.
Built into a hillside above the Hudson, designed by one of the early-twentieth century's most quietly important residential architects, and held by a single family in continuous, attentive occupancy. The bones are extraordinary. The next chapter is yours to write.
Stone steps. Spring light. A house keeping its own counsel.
A facade laid by hand, in 1905, and never rebuilt.
The hour the windows turn warm and the rest of the city disappears.
A private drive that climbs, then turns, then arrives.
"After a complete overhaul, this will be the most spectacular, showstopper entry-level house in Fieldston, bar none."
In 1905, Julius Gregory was already at work on the country houses that would define Fieldston, Riverdale, and a generation of upper-Manhattan retreats. 4501 Livingston is one of his commissions: a 4,420-square-foot fieldstone house built into a hillside, with slate gables, deep window seats, and the proportional restraint that distinguished his work from the more ornate Beaux-Arts of his peers.
The house has had a single family in residence for the long arc of the past several decades, and the maintenance has been steady and respectful. It is owner-occupied, attentively kept, and structurally sound. What it has not yet had is a full revitalization. The current owner has named that plainly in the listing, and we have named it plainly here: this is a property for a buyer who wants to do the work.
The reward is a Fieldston landmark with five bedrooms, formal dining, a private hillside lot, front and back patios, and the architectural integrity to be a generational home once the work is done. The price reflects the work ahead. The location, the architect, and the bones do not need any apology.
The master who quietly shaped the residential character of upper Riverdale. Stone, restraint, and proportion.
A protected enclave of grand homes on wide, winding roads. Inside the city limits, but not of the city.
The lot was carved out of the bedrock above the Hudson. The house was set so its rooms catch the long western light.
Formal dining, attached garage, multi-car driveway. Front patio and back patio. A house arranged for a family that intends to stay.
Built by an architect whose work is studied by the New York preservation societies. Provenance is not a marketing claim here. It is part of the address.
One of the protected districts inside the New York City limits. Wide winding roads, mature canopy, and a covenant that keeps the character intact for the next hundred years.
0.22 acre carved into the bedrock, with a private multi-car driveway, an attached garage, a front patio, and a back patio. Stone steps lead up. The house meets you at the top.
Owner-occupied for the long arc of its life, and attentively maintained. The house has not been chopped, flipped, or remodeled into anonymity. Whatever the next owner does, they will begin from a real starting point.
The seller has priced for the restoration ahead. For a buyer who wants a Fieldston landmark at an entry point that allows a complete revitalization, the math is unusually open.
A starting estimate based on the asking price. Adjust the down payment, the rate, and the term to fit your own conversation with your lender. The math is honest.
Principal and interest only. Excludes taxes, insurance, the $4,800 annual HOA, and renovation financing.
Fieldston is a private, landmark-protected residential community in the northwest corner of the Bronx, set on the high ground above the Hudson. The roads were laid out at the turn of the last century, winding to follow the topography rather than fight it. The canopy is mature. The houses are grand. The neighborhood feels closer to the Hudson Valley than to Manhattan, even as Manhattan sits twenty-five minutes south.
Riverdale Country School and the Horace Mann School are walkable. Fieldston Park, the Hudson River, and Van Cortlandt Park are minutes by foot or car. Metro-North service to Grand Central runs from Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil.
A private walkthrough is the only way to read the bones of a house like this. Send the form and we will reach out within twenty-four hours to find a quiet morning that works.