Metropolitan Tower (1431 Avenue of the Americas / 146 West 57th Street)

The 241 residential condominium units occupy the upper floors above the tower's commercial condominium base. The triangular tower plan produces distinctive apartment geometries — angled walls, sharp corners, and wide-angle exposures that read differently from the rectangular plates of the building's neighbors. Layouts range from studios through expansive multi-bedroom homes and penthouses at the top of the tower.

Upper-floor units carry exceptional light and view altitude — Central Park to the north, the Hudson and East Rivers, and long downtown sight lines from the right exposures. The dark solar-glass curtain wall gives interiors a distinctive quality of light, and some windows can be opened for ventilation, particularly on the upper floors — a feature that is uncommon in the sealed-glass supertalls that followed.

Because this is a true condominium, apartments are priced and traded on a dollars-per-square-foot basis. View altitude, floor, exposure, the angle of the triangular plan, and renovation condition all drive meaningful pricing variation across the stack.

Metropolitan Tower operates as a full-service luxury condominium with a deep amenity package that was ahead of its time and remains a genuine differentiator. Residents have a 24-hour doorman and concierge, valet parking, a full-service fitness center with steam and sauna, and a 20-by-40-foot indoor swimming pool with city views. The signature amenity is Club Metropolitan — a residents-only dining club on the 30th floor with an outdoor terrace, complimentary breakfast, room service, wine tastings, and private-event space. Housekeeping services are available. The building underwent a major lobby and entry restoration in 2006.

Common charges and property taxes at Metropolitan Tower reflect the depth of that amenity and service package; buyers should model the full monthly carry (common charges + property taxes + utilities + insurance) carefully, as the staffed-amenity program carries real cost. As a condominium, the building offers standard condo flexibility — no co-op board approval, financing flexibility, and subletting permitted under the declaration. Buyers should review current financial statements, board minutes, and any reserve study during due diligence, as they would for any 1980s-vintage tower with a substantial mechanical and amenity plant.

Recent sales

Recent closings at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.

Market read. Most recent trades (2005) cleared a median $1,957/sf across 2 sales.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01011-7505) and verified listing data. Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified by The Roebling Team research desk. 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.

The value proposition is the corridor at a discount. Metropolitan Tower puts a full-service, hotel-serviced condominium on the 57th Street spine at a fraction of the cost of the new supertalls a block away. Buyers who want that address and amenity depth without new-construction pricing find the building compelling; buyers who want brand-new finishes and supertall altitude will look at One57, 111 West 57th, or Central Park Tower.

The triangular plan is a personal call. The angled geometry produces dramatic, distinctive apartments — but the plates read differently from conventional rectangular layouts. View the specific line in person; the angle that thrills one buyer may not suit another's furniture plan.

Model the carrying cost. The deep amenity and service package — pool, dining club, valet, fitness — carries real common charges. Run the full monthly carry carefully.

Condo flexibility is real. Standard condo mechanics, no co-op board approval, financing flexibility, pied-à-terre and investment use permitted, and subletting allowed under the declaration.

Do standard due diligence on the plant. This is a 1980s tower with a substantial mechanical and amenity infrastructure. Review current financial statements, board minutes, and any reserve study.

Mansion tax may apply. At the building's larger-apartment price points, the $1M threshold and higher cliffs can apply. Run pricing through the Mansion Tax Calculator.

Lead with the amenity package and the corridor. The pool, Club Metropolitan, valet, and fitness center are a genuine differentiator, and the 57th Street address does real work in a sale — especially against the pricing gravity of the supertalls nearby.

Pricing requires apartment-level context. Comparable sales at the building are meaningful but heterogeneous — floor, exposure, the triangular-plan geometry, and renovation condition all drive the spread. High-floor Park-facing and open-city homes anchor the top of the range.

Position against the new-construction premium. The building's story is value on a trophy corridor; sellers should frame the discount to new-construction supertall inventory as the buyer's opportunity.

Closing timelines are condo-fast. With no board package or interview, a well-prepared condo sale moves efficiently from contract to closing.

If you're considering Metropolitan Tower, also evaluate:

• One57 — de Portzamparc's 2014 Billionaires' Row condominium over a Park Hyatt; new-construction trophy pricing
• 111 West 57th (Steinway Tower) — JDS 2021; the slimmest skyscraper, very small unit count
• Central Park Tower (217 W 57th) — Extell 2020; tallest residential building in the world
• 100 West 58th Street — full-service condominium on the same corridor
• 322 West 57th Street — West 57th full-service condominium
• 15 Central Park West — Stern's pre-war-styled condo near the Park; lower altitude, equally amenity-rich

The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Central Park West, the 57th Street corridor, and the broader Park-facing Manhattan market — including the modern supertall inventory that now surrounds this building. We publish this profile because condominium buyers and sellers on the 57th Street spine deserve building-specific intelligence — architecture, the amenity and service reality, transactional mechanics, and how pricing works at the apartment level — not generic market commentary.

If you're considering a purchase or sale at Metropolitan Tower, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point. We'll bring the full context this page provides plus the transactional specifics your situation requires — comparable analysis at the apartment level, due-diligence priorities, and the pacing strategy that fits your timeline.