Liberty Elevator System For New Manhattan Residential Tower

Liberty Elevator Corp., headquartered in Paterson, New Jersey, provided a two-elevator system for 200 East 75th Street, an 18-story luxury residential building in the Lenox Hill area of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Liberty Elevator’s Dru Brooks tells ELEVATOR WORLD the elevators are part of a duplex system with gearless 1:1 traction machines. One car has 3500-lb capacity and the other, 2500-lb capacity. Both have 226 ft of travel and speed of 350 ft/min. By December 2024, the elevators were complete and being used by the general contractor and other trades, with final inspection and testing expected by May. Suppliers include MCE, controllers; National Elevator Cab and Door, fixtures; GAL, door equipment; Imperial Electric, machines; CEC Elevator Cab Corp., cabs and entrances; and ELSCO, roller guides. New York YIMBY reported in December 2024 that installation of the gray brick façade was progressing.