The Charles is a building at 1353-1355 First Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.

[1][2][3] In 2007, R. Ramin Kamfar, the chief executive of Bluerock Real Estate, purchased the land for development.

[2] A high-rise building with thirty-three floors was scheduled for construction.

[1][2] It is developed by Bluerock Real Estate, in conjunction with Victor Homes.

[1] It is designed in the modernist architectural style by Ismael Levya.