141 East 55th Street (The 141 Condominium)
141 East 55th Street, New York, NY 10022
BBL 1013107501 · BIN 1036534
- Year built
- 1956
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 87
- Floors
- 12
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf (floor-adjusted)
- $972
- Listing discount
- 4.4%
- Recorded sales
- 70
- On record
- 2003–2026
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The 141 Condominium is a mid-century Midtown East building converted to condominium ownership in 1981 — an early conversion that gives owners the flexibility of condo rules in a location most closely served by cooperatives. It sits on East 55th Street between Lexington and Third, within walking distance of Grand Central, Sutton Place, and the Midtown business core.
The building's most distinctive exterior element is the curved stainless-steel marquee over the entrance, a period detail that marks it as a product of the 1950s. Some brokerages file the building under the Sutton Place submarket.
Architecture and building operations
Built in 1956 by Greenberg & Ames and converted to condominium in 1981, the twelve-story building offers a 24-hour doorman, an elevator, central laundry, and a roof deck. There is no gym or pool.
As a condominium built as a rental and later converted, the building carries an ownership mix in which many units are owner-occupied and others are leased — the flexibility that draws buyers who want pied-à-terre or investment use without cooperative board constraints.
Policy framework
- Type: Condominium — no board approval; condo rules apply
- Pied-à-terre: Permitted
- Subletting: Flexible
- Co-purchasing: Permitted
- Pets: Verify current condominium rules
- Financing: Standard condominium terms
- Foreign buyers: Permitted
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $106,110/yr
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $165,212/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $102 – $158
- Modeled exposure split equally across 87 units (the city tax-lot count). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2020–25. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
- Notable fees
- Min Down Payment: 10%
Recent sales
Recent closings at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. Prices are the transfer amounts recorded with the NYC Department of Finance; apartment-level detail is checked against the building’s own file in The Roebling Research Library before publishing.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2026 | 9G | 1 BR · 1 BA · 600 sf | $595,000 | $992/sf | -4.8% |
| Aug 17, 2026 | 4F | 1 BR · 1 BA · 712 sf | $625,000 | $878/sf | -7.4% |
| Jul 28, 2026 | 4C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 720 sf | $739,000 | $1,026/sf | +0.0% |
| Sep 8, 2025 | 7G | 1 BR · 1 BA · 568 sf | $610,000 | $1,074/sf | off-mkt |
| Apr 16, 2025 | 6D | 594 sf | $763,000 | $1,285/sf | off-mkt |
| Mar 6, 2025 | 2H | 825 sf | $685,000 | $830/sf | off-mkt |
| Feb 24, 2025 | 5C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 720 sf | $710,000 | $986/sf | -2.7% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | 11E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 625 sf | $810,000 | $1,296/sf | -6.4% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $972/sf (floor-adjusted) across 3 sales. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 4.4% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Full closing history with price-per-square-foot over time, the complete retrade record, and every line that has traded.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01310-7501). Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified in The Roebling Research Library. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
Closed rents at The 141 Condominium, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 2 | $3,775 |
| 2 bedroom | 5 | $4,950 |
7 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease September 2026. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
At the recent median sale of $710K (8 sales since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $28,214 to close, or 4.0% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- Mortgage recording tax: $10,251
- Title insurance: $3,195
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $14,769
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
Condo flexibility in a co-op-heavy corridor is the draw. The 1981 conversion gives owners pied-à-terre, sublet, and investment latitude uncommon among nearby buildings.
The mid-century pedigree is genuine. Greenberg & Ames designed the building in 1956; the stainless-steel marquee is an original period detail.
Location favors the Midtown East and Grand Central worker. The block sits within a short walk of the business core and multiple transit lines.
Confirm the pet policy at diligence. Sources conflict; verify current condominium rules.
Comparable buildings
- 303 East 57th Street (The Excelsior) — Birnbaum 1967; postwar Midtown East mixed-use
- 204 East 47th Street — 1956 postwar Midtown East condominium
- 227 East 44th Street — 2014 new-construction Midtown East condominium
Sources: The Roebling Research Library (offering plans, house rules, financial statements, board minutes, internal transaction records); NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers; publicly recorded NYC building data.
More Midtown East buildings
- 135 East 54th Street (The Lex 54 Condominium) — 1951 condominium by Rosario Candela
- 136 East 56th Street — 1962 co-op
- The Centrale, 138 East 50th Street — 2019 condominium by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
- 142 East 49th Street — 1924 co-op
- 145 East 48th Street (The Cosmopolitan) — 1986 condominium by Gruzen Samton Steinglass
- 146 East 49th Street — 1920 co-op by Emery Roth
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Midtown East — read The Roebling Team Guide to Midtown East.
How to read the facts on this page. Items attributed to an offering plan describe the building as it was offered at that filing — unit mix, square footage, the amenity program as planned. They are not a statement about how the building operates today. Tax and compliance figures are sourced separately to current City records and carry their own dates. House rules, staffing and fee policy can change by board resolution without any public filing: treat every policy line here as a starting point for diligence and confirm it with the managing agent. Where this page compares one building or neighborhood to another, that is our analysis of the recorded record — it names the measure, the period and the sample it rests on, and it is an observation about medians rather than a prediction about any particular apartment.
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