2 Horatio Street

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203-foot, 17-story Art-Deco cooperative-apartment building completed in 1931. Designed by Robert T. Lyons for developers Bing & Bing, it is clad in brown brick, and crowned by a penthouse with a high central tower section, trimmed with terra-cotta ornament. The chief decoration is provided by rusticated brickwork at the corners and by undulating terra-cotta balconies below the windows of the 4th and 15th floors which feature the Greek key design. Atop the roof is a spectacular duplex penthouse with terraces and a fireplace and a large master bathroom on the top floor with large windows on three sides.

A 16-story addition on the western side was completed in 1962, with a lighter shade of brick. The 242 apartments in the combined building were converted to a cooperative in 1987. The ground floor on the Greenwich Avenue side is occupied by MXYPLYZYK (pronounced "Mixy-Plizik"), kooky housewares store named for Superman's enemy Mr. Mxyplyzk.