10-18 West 87th Street (New York City, New York)

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A row of five 5-story (including raised basements) Renaissance-revival residential buildings completed together in 1892. Designed by John H. Friend, they are arranged in an A-B-C-B-D pattern, clad in brownstone.

No. 10 at the east end has a projecting eastern bay, extending the full height of the building, with an narrower window angled back to the rest of the building line on both sides. To the right is a single-window bay at the 3rd-5th floors, with a narrow double-window replacing the original parlor-floor entrance at the 2nd floor. The stoop has been replaced by a ground-level entrance with a glass door in a grey granite surround, down a couple steps from the sidewalk. The rest of the ground floor is rough-faced, and has iron grilles on the windows of the projecting bay. Above the double-window at the 2nd floor is a pair of brackets carrying an extension of the band course across the base of the 3rd floor. There are cornices topping the 3rd & 4th floors at the projecting bay, and also cornices above the west-bay windows at these floors. The facade is crowned by a black metal roof cornice that wraps around the projecting bay, with swags and shields decorating the frieze.

No. 12 also has a ground-level entrance on the right, down a couple steps from the sidewalk, replacing the stoop. It has wood-and-glass double-doors with iron tracery, slightly recessed. The ground floor is rough-faced, with two single-windows with iron grilles. The 2nd floor has a double-window on the right, replacing the original parlor-floor entrance, and two single-windows to the left, with iron railings across the bases. At the left side of the 3rd floor is a projecting bay of three windows with angled sides (and narrower side windows), with a scalloped, rounded base and a panel below the center window adorned with foliate ornament. A dentiled cornice caps this bay, with another above the single-window in the west bay. The top two floors have three bays of single-windows, with cornices at the 4th floor, and much smaller cornices at the 5th. The facade is crowned by a black metal roof cornice with swags and shields in the frieze.

No. 14 is painted white and retains its high stoop on the right (with brown steps). The parlor-floor entrance has wood-and-glass double-doors with iron tracery below a transom. The rough-faced ground floor to the left of the stoop has two single-windows with iron grilles. The rest of the upper floors matches No. 12, except that the projecting bay extends up another floor, and there is no decorative panel below the center window at the parlor floor. The top floor has shorter windows than at No. 12, and the matching roof cornice is painted green.

No. 16 is painted brown, and the ground floor has been re-clad in brick. The stoop is replaced by a ground-floor entrance on the right with a metal-framed glass door. There are two small single-windows to the left. The 2nd floor has three single-windows, with the west bay replacing the original parlor-floor entrance. The rest of the upper floors exactly match those on No. 12.

No. 18 at the west end is also painted brown, and has a ground-level entrance on the right, down a couple steps from the sidewalk. It has a wood-and-glass door, with two single-windows with iron grilles to the left. These are in a slightly-projecting bay than extends to the 3rd floor. A cornice sets off the 3rd floor of this bay, with another capping it. At the 3rd floor this bay is framed by fluted pilasters, as is the single-window to the right, which also has a cornice above it. The 2nd-floor windows all have iron grilles that bow out at the bottoms. There is a flourish of carved ornament at the base of the projecting bay's 3rd floor. The top two floors match those of the neighboring building, with the roof cornice painted brown.