Great views! Sunny kitchen! Well-endowed roof deck!
An Upper West Side pre-war building hasn’t been coy about its prized amenity, with listings boasting to prospective buyers and renters about access to a “beautifully landscaped rooftop deck.”
When viewed from above on Google Maps, however, the roof of the 8-story building on West 113th Street bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain male appendage, as one keen-e Reddit user first pointed out.
“While exploring Google Maps I found a penis-shaped roof deck on the upper west side,” the user wrote.
“I would kill for a deck that large,” another joked.
The co-op’s roof deck was erected more than two decades ago by New York Decks president and CEO Al Terry, who said he had no idea that the woodwork had a lewd look.
An Upper West Side building’s roof deck bears a striking resemblance to a certain male appendage. Google
Listings for the building boast to prospective residents about the “beautifully landscaped rooftop deck.” Photo by Jin S. Lee“The thing was designed more or less on a napkin by the garden designer . . . then it was up to us to really flesh it out,” he said.
“This project was a step in . . . my career to create unusual spaces, so we’re proud of the results.”
A 1-bedroom, 1-bath sold for $275,000 in December at the building, which is sandwiched between a parking garage and Columbia University’s Chabad branch.
Pride Property, which manages the building, did not respond to requests for comment.
