Astor Court Building

This article is about the building in the Upper West Side. For the buildings in the Bronx Zoo called the "Astor Court buildings", see Astor Court (Bronx Zoo). For the section of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, see Astor Court.

The Astor Court Building is a 12-story, 164 unit apartment building on Broadway between West 89th Street and 90th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, built in 1916. It was designed by architect Charles A. Platt for developer Vincent Astor.^[1] The twelve-story building is constructed around a landscaped courtyard. Architectural historian Christopher Gray believes that the landscape architect may have been Ellen Biddle Shipman.^[2] The building became a co-op in 1985.^[2]

Astor Court Building
View of the building
General information
Type	Cooperative
Address	Between 89th Street and 90th Street
Town or city	New York, NY
Country	United States
Coordinates	40.7903°N 73.9745°W / 40.7903; -73.9745
Construction started	1916
Completed	1916
Technical details
Floor count	13
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Charles A. Platt (building) Ellen Biddle Shipman (landscape)

Famous residents include Joy Behar from The View.^{[citation needed]}