tub, PGA-certified golf simulator, wine room and canine
cleaning station. The building fosters a sense of community through activities like group
exercise classes in the fitness room, food and wine tastings from local restaurants in the
party room, and showings of popular movies, television shows, and sporting events in the
29-seat screening room.
101 BEDFORD is a full-service, 351-unit building located across the street from McCarren
Park and four blocks from the Bedford Avenue L train stop. Services and conveniences include
24/7 front desk service, on-site parking, dog-walking and pet-sitting services, on-site
ATMs and vending machines, a cold storage room for Fresh Direct and other refrigerated
deliveries, and a package inventory app for residents to track deliveries remotely.
The Hadas Metzler-designed studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments feature hardwood
floors, open kitchens with stainless steel appliances and Cesarstone countertops,
porcelain-clad bathroomsall, he had the measurements of the studio, and knew he couldn’t bring everything down from Boston. “The couch is a nearknockoff of a Hans Wegner design that Ikea actually released in the 60s and re-released this winter,” Quinn says. The apartment looks north onto McCarren Park, making it “surprisingly peaceful and bucolic” for New York City. Quinn says if he sat in the kitchen chair closest to the window facing west, he could see the Empire State Building. That was, of course, before the trees grew their leaves. The funky William Vale Hotel, which is rising, has almost blocked it from view, anyway. Moving to New York, Quinn knew he had to cut down on possessions. In Boston, he had access to a storage room, or a