1040 Fifth AvenueRecorded sales & closing prices
1040 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028
20 recorded transfers, 2003–2021. Sortable and searchable below.
- Avg vs. ask
- -7.3%
- Recorded transfers
- 20
Not enough recent activity to price (shown for completeness, not quoted): Studio — last traded 2005; 2BR — last traded 2014; 3BR — last traded 2011; 4BR+ — last traded 2021.
The complete recorded-sale history for 1040 Fifth Avenue, compiled from NYC Department of Finance transfer records and verified listing data, then enriched apartment-by-apartment by The Roebling Team research desk. Priced by apartment type — the honest unit for a co-op, where square footage isn’t officially recorded.
Latest closings
The line premium — where you sit sets the price
Same-4BR+ prices, time-controlled to today’s dollars, split by line — exposure, light, and layout vary stack to stack within a building.
Bar = today’s 4BR+ price for that line; right column = premium vs. an average 4BR+.
And by floor
Same 4BR+, time-controlled to today — higher floors, higher clears.
The 4BR+ trajectory
Every recorded 4BR+. The building trades thinly year to year, so the story is the long arc, not any single year: 4BR+s have moved from roughly $21.4M in the mid-2000s to about $21.4M today.
Each dot is one recorded sale, by close date and price; the line is the median for each year.
Lines that traded more than once
The building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment — recorded prices, exact.
Every recorded sale
Sort any column; filter by unit or keyword. Prices are the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Apartment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2023 | 9/10C | 4 BR · 6.5 BAClosed May 4, 2023 at $25M — full-ask at the $25M final ask (originally $32M April 2021). Estate sale of the apartment of the late Dietrich von Bothmer, the longtime Metropolitan Museum curator, and his wife Joyce von Bothmer; held by the family for 50+ years. Classic Candela duplex with private elevator landing. The full-ask close at the building's apex tier reaffirms the C-line duplex as the building's most coveted configuration. | $25,000,000 | +0.0% |
| Feb 16, 2023 | MR#7 | 3 BR · 2.5 BAClosed Feb 16, 2023 at $3.2M (recorded transfer; public listing data reported as MAIS1A at $3.395M with no government record found — the recorded transfer reflects $3.2M, $195K below SE-reported). Maid's room #7 / maisonette-tier configuration. The building's smaller-unit auxiliary inventory tier. | $3,200,000 | — |
| Nov 1, 2022 | 7/8B | 3 BR · 4.5 BAClosed Oct 13, 2022 at $8.35M — 4.44% OVER the $7.995M asking. 7/8B Candela duplex — premium-to-ask close. The B-line duplex configuration commands competitive bidding alongside the C-line apex; 4%+ premiums are rare at any Fifth Avenue Candela building. | $8,350,000 | +4.4% |
| Jul 15, 2021 | 13A | 4 BR · 6 BA · 12 rmClosed Jun 24, 2021 (recorded Jul 6) at $15.5M (recorded transfer; no public public listing data listing at this closing — typical 1040 Fifth off-market trade). 13A — 4BR at 4,275 sqft = ~$3,626/sqft. Substantial trophy A-line trade through private broker network. | $15,500,000 | — |
| Feb 23, 2021 | 5/6C | 4 BR · 4.5 BAClosed Mar 6, 2021 (recorded Feb 17) at $6.5M — 7.08% under the $6.995M asking. 5/6C — Candela duplex on the lower-floor C-line. The 5/6C duplex is the same line as the apex 9/10C trade — a useful within-line comp showing $6.5M at floor 5/6 vs $25M at floor 9/10, reflecting both floor-altitude premium and configuration / renovation differences. | $6,500,000 | -7.1% |
| Aug 2, 2016 | 10A | 5 BR · 4.5 BA · 11 rmClosed Jun 27, 2016 at $32M — 1.54% under the $32.5M asking. 10A — 5BR/4.5BA. The defining 2016 1040 Fifth trade — substantial trophy A-line apartment clearing at near-full-ask in the mid-decade luxury cycle peak. Same #10A traded at $19.5M in January 2008 and $21M in September 2008 — 52% appreciation from 2008 cycle peak to 2016, the steepest single-apartment appreciation curve in the building's modern dataset. | $32,000,000 | -1.5% |
| Aug 7, 2015 | 14A | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 10 rmClosed Jul 10, 2015 at $30M — 13.04% under the $34.5M asking. 14A — 4BR at 4,700 sqft = ~$6,383/sqft. Among the largest 1040 Fifth trades of the modern era; the same 14A previously traded at $12.375M in September 2005 — 142% nominal appreciation across 10 years on this specific apartment line. | $30,000,000 | -13.0% |
| Mar 20, 2014 | 2C | 2 BRClosed Feb 20, 2014 (recorded Mar 13) at $3.6M (recorded transfer; no public public listing data listing at this closing). 2C — lower-floor C-line trade in the 2014 cycle. | $3,600,000 | — |
| Nov 20, 2012 | 3/4B | 3 BR · 5 BAClosed Nov 10, 2012 (recorded Nov 12) at $6.5M — 21.69% under the $8.3M asking. 3/4B Candela duplex — substantial discount on a lower-floor B-line duplex in the post-2008 recovery window. | $6,500,000 | -21.7% |
| Apr 16, 2012 | PHA | 4 BR · 6 BAClosed Mar 26, 2012 (recorded Apr 3) at $13M (recorded transfer). PHA penthouse — 4BR at 4,700 sqft = ~$2,766/sqft. Substantial early-recovery penthouse trade at the building's apex tier. | $13,000,000 | — |
| Jun 1, 2011 | 15 | 5 BR | $30,000,000 | — |
| Jan 10, 2011 | 1A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 6 rmClosed Jan 3, 2011 (recorded Jan 4) at $3.6M (recorded transfer). 1A — first-floor maisonette-level residence. The maisonette tier consistently trades at the building's most accessible price point given the limited views from ground floor. | $3,600,000 | — |
| Sep 22, 2008 | 10A | 5 BRClosed Sep 15, 2008 at $21M (recorded transfer; pre-Lehman cycle peak trade). 10A — Park-facing A-line. The 10A subsequently traded at $32M in June 2016 — 52% appreciation across 7.7 years on this specific apartment, the building's strongest documented same-apartment comp. | $21,000,000 | — |
| Jan 18, 2008 | 10A | 5 BR | $19,500,000 | — |
| Jan 28, 2008 | 14A | 4 BR · 4 BAClosed Jan 16, 2008 (recorded Jan 17) at $21.42M (recorded transfer). 14A — Park-facing A-line, pre-Lehman cycle peak. Same 14A later traded at $30M in Jul 2015 (+40% across 7.5 years). | $21,420,000 | — |
| Sep 28, 2006 | 15A | Closed Sep 20, 2006 at $30M (recorded transfer). 15A — Park-facing A-line. Substantial mid-2000s peak-cycle trade at the building's apex tier. | $30,000,000 | — |
| Sep 29, 2005 | 14A | 4 BR · 4 BAnon-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends)Closed Sep 13, 2005 at $12.375M (recorded transfer). 14A — Park-facing A-line. Same 14A subsequently traded at $30M in Jul 2015 — 142% appreciation across 10 years, the building's strongest documented long-cycle same-apartment comp. | $12,375,000 | — |
| Aug 17, 2005 | 1C | StudioClosed Jul 25, 2005 (recorded Aug 9) at $1.925M (recorded transfer). 1C — first-floor C-line. The lower-floor C-line baseline pricing in the mid-2000s cycle. | $1,925,000 | — |
| Jun 15, 2004 | 1A | 3 BRnon-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | $2,300,000 | — |
| Oct 21, 2003 | 2C | 2 BR | $3,500,000 | — |
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01497-0001) and verified listing data. Co-op apartments are priced by unit type (bedroom count) rather than per square foot — square footage isn’t officially recorded for co-ops, and room counts carry some agent-entry inconsistency, so bedroom type is the reliable spine. Non-arms-length transfers and storage/parking are excluded; line and floor premiums are time-controlled to today’s pricing. Where transaction volume is too thin to support a figure, none is shown.
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