The Lenru is a co-operative apartment building in the Norwood neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City. The Lenru, (named after its original owner and his sister, Lenny and Ruth Kandell),[1] was built in 1928 in the Jacobethan Revival style, which combined Tudor Revival and Gothic Revival or Elizabethan accents and was earmarked for restoration by the Mosholu Preservation Corporation in the late 1980s, becoming the corporation's first rehabilitation project. It sold to the Lenru Apartment Corporation to complete its conversion into a co-op in 1991.[2][3]

The Lenru
A photograph of the front of the Lenru building.
A view of the front of The Lenru facing Williamsbridge Oval Park. Built in 1928, it is a pre-war building located at 3388-3400 Wayne Avenue.
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General information
TypeResidential
Architectural styleJacobethan Revival
LocationNorwood, The Bronx, New York City
Address3388-3400 Wayne Avenue, The Bronx, New York, 10467
Coordinates40°52′45″N 73°52′39″W / 40.87917°N 73.87750°W / 40.87917; -73.87750
Completed1928
OwnerThe Lenru Apartment Corporation
Technical details
Floor count6
Floor area148,000 sq ft (13,700 m2)

The structure stands across from the Williamsbridge Oval Park, the former site of the old Williamsbridge Reservoir.[4] It contains 104 units and has 6 stories.

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References

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  1. ^ Leslie Kandell, personal communication, June 21, 2018
  2. ^ "Rental Rehabilitation". Mosholu Preservation Corporation. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Co-ops and Town Houses; Middle-Income Housing by a Hospital". The New York Times. November 11, 1990.
  4. ^ Fish, Midnight. "Only A Norwood Song". Forgotten New York. Retrieved 1 September 2015.