Like the Apthorp, the Belnord is another huge Upper West Side Old Luxury Place

The Belnord Apartments share a lot of things in common with the big old Apthorp on the Upper East Side.

The Belnord is also very big ( it covers a whole city block with a beautiful interior courtyard) and has all these individually designed apartments in clusters throughout its huge structure.

Prices to live here are what you might imagine. You have to make an appointment with a sales person to see any of the apartments on sale.

Let me see what I can find again on the internet 

Oh here is a Facebook page called "I grew up at the Belnord apartments," with all sorts of stories and updates

https://www.facebook.com/pages/I-grew-up-at-the-Belnord-Apartments-NYC/127545047289645 

The famous writer Isaac Bashevis Singer once lived here and has a ceremonial street sign on Amsterdam and West 86th Street

It seems to me I found a better story earlier... Wikipedia is pretty terse:

The Belnord

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Belnord Apartments
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Belnord
Location:	225 W. 86th St., New York, New York
Coordinates:	40°47′18″N 73°58′34″WCoordinates: 40°47′18″N 73°58′34″W
Area:	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built:	1908
Architect:	Weekes, H. Hobart
Architectural style:	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Italian Renaissance
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	80002670[1]
Added to NRHP:	April 23, 1980

The Belnord is an apartment building on West 86th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.
It was designed in 1908 by the noted architectural firm of Hiss and Weekes. It is 13 stories tall and features Italian Renaissance style decorative elements. It features two massive, two story grand archways that provide entrance to an inner courtyard with landscaped gardens.^[2]
The Belnord is one of a mere handful of full-block apartment buildings in New York. Like other full-block buildings, such as The Apthorp, the Belnord is built around a large, landscaped interior courtyard.^[3] The Belnord's courtyard is among the largest in the city.^[3]
It is a New York City Landmark and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]
Notable residents have included the writer Isaac Bashevis Singer, actor Zero Mostel and jazz impresario Art D'Lugoff.
The building was acquired by Extell Development Company in 1994.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
2. ^ Bradley Frandsen, Joan R. Olshansky, and Elizabeth Spencer-Ralph (October 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Belnord Apartments". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-03-25. See also: "Accompanying three photos".
3. ^ ^{a b} "The Belnord," Carter B. Horsley.

Well, let me see if SOMEWHERE there is not a photo section on one of the apartments or something...Well, here are some room photos from the web