Metropolitan Tower

The tower's defining feature is its geometry. By resolving the upper floors into a triangle, the design turns nearly every residence toward a premium exposure — the north and east faces were specifically meant to pull in Central Park and Fifth Avenue light. The all-glass curtain wall, dark and faceted, gives the building its dramatic skyline presence and its name recognition.

The residential condominium comprises roughly 235 apartments in the tower above the commercial base, in a mix that runs from well-proportioned one- and two-bedroom homes to larger high-floor layouts. The appeal climbs with elevation: the higher residences trade on open Central Park and skyline views that a building of this height and orientation is unusually good at delivering. The offices and the residences are held as separate condominium regimes, which is standard for a mixed-use tower of this type and keeps the residential ownership clean.

Metropolitan Tower runs as a full-service condominium with a 24-hour doorman and concierge. The building's amenity case rests heavily — and deliberately — on its location: one block from Central Park, on the 57th Street corridor that has become the center of gravity for top-of-market Manhattan, with Carnegie Hall, the 57th Street galleries, and Fifth Avenue retail all within a short walk, and multiple subway lines (the F at 57th Street, the N/Q/R/W at 57th–Seventh, and the B/D/E nearby) immediately at hand.

As a condominium, the building offers the ownership flexibility that defines the form. Financing is flexible — there is no board-imposed financing cap. There is no co-op admissions board or interview — purchases clear through a condominium right of first refusal rather than a board package. Pied-à-terre, foreign, trust, LLC, and investment ownership are customary here, and subletting is materially freer than at a comparable co-op. Pet policy and the building's specific house rules are governed by the condominium's bylaws.

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 (2026) cleared a median $1,492/sf across 4 sales. Median listing discount 5.6% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01009-7501) 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.

Buy the view and the floor. This is a building where exposure and elevation drive value more than almost any other factor — a high north- or east-facing apartment is a fundamentally different asset from a lower-floor unit, and the price should reflect it. The triangular plan means floor-plate efficiency varies, so read the specific layout carefully against the price per square foot.

The condominium structure is a real advantage on this block: you can finance freely, buy in a trust or entity, and hold the apartment as a pied-à-terre or rent it out — options the surrounding co-ops generally restrict. As an established 1980s tower, the building's systems and reserve posture are worth understanding before you commit; we help buyers read the financials, benchmark the price against the 57th Street condominium set, and weigh a given line's views and light.

Lead with the view and the address. A high-floor, Park-facing residence here sells on the strength of an exposure that newer towers charge enormous premiums for, on a corridor — West 57th Street, one block from Central Park — that remains among the most desirable in Manhattan. The building's distinctive silhouette and its early-mover status on the block are part of the story.

Benchmark intelligently: a resale here competes both against the corridor's other established condominiums and, at the high end, against far newer product, so pricing should be anchored to the apartment's specific floor and exposure rather than to a building-wide average. The condominium closing path — a right of first refusal rather than a board process — is a selling point to buyers who want speed and flexibility. We position resales to the buyer pool that values Midtown views and condominium liberty most.

If you're considering Metropolitan Tower, these nearby Midtown and 57th Street buildings round out the comparison set:

• 111 West 57th Street — the slender Billionaires' Row tower a block east
• 322 West 57th Street — full-service tower on the 57th Street corridor
• 205 West 54th Street — Midtown building a few blocks south
• 357 West 55th Street — Midtown West full-service building

The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the 57th Street corridor, Central Park South, and the broader Midtown market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers at a view-driven tower like Metropolitan Tower deserve building-specific intelligence — how the triangular plan and exposure shape value, how the condominium structure works to your advantage, and where the pricing sits against the rest of the corridor.

If you're considering a transaction here, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point — we'll walk the lines, the views, and the numbers with you.