226 East 52nd Street (The Enclave)
226 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022
BBL 1013257501 · BIN 1038491
- Year built
- 1984
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- About 25
- Floors
- 14
- Pets
- Pets permitted under the condominium declaration
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium declaration
- Pied-à-terre
- Generally allowed in condominiums; not confirmed for this building
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2026 to date
- $1,248
- 1 sale
- Listing discount
- 4.5%
- Recorded sales
- 35
- On record
- 2004–2026
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at The Enclave would likely sell for today, what it costs to sell, and what you’d walk away with — reviewed personally against condition, exposures, renovation quality, and the competition actually on the market.
226 East 52nd Street is a product of one of New York's most distinctive — and now largely legislated-away — building types: the Midtown "sliver." Built in 1984 to a design by Marvin H. Meltzer, the tower rises on a narrow lot among the low-rise townhouses and small apartment houses of Turtle Bay, its slim footprint and stepped, balconied massing a deliberate response to the scale of its neighbors. Buildings of this proportion are difficult to construct under current zoning, which gives the Enclave a scarcity that is structural rather than promotional.
The boutique scale is the building's defining trait. With roughly two apartments per floor and only about two dozen residences in total, the Enclave offers something the Midtown East market is short on: a small, full-service condominium with the privacy of a townhouse and the convenience of a doorman building. Buyers who want a low-density, low-traffic ownership experience in central Midtown — without the anonymity of a 300-unit tower — are the building's natural audience.
Its position on a quiet Turtle Bay block, directly north of the Greenacre Park pocket park and within a short walk of the Lexington and Third Avenue corridors, reinforces that character. This is a neighborhood building, not a trophy, and it has held a steady, identifiable niche for four decades.
Architecture and unit composition
The Enclave reads as a slim brick-and-stucco tower with setbacks and semicircular curved balconies — a vocabulary typical of the early-1980s sliver. The narrow plan means most floors hold only one or two apartments, producing layouts with generous exposure for their size and a sense of privacy uncommon in a building of this footprint. The balconies are a meaningful feature, giving many units private outdoor space.
The apartment mix runs to one- and two-bedroom layouts. Because it is a condominium, the building's residences are valued on a price-per-square-foot basis, with floor, exposure, outdoor space, and renovation condition driving the variation. The upper floors capture the building's best light and the open views that the surrounding low-rise context makes possible.
Building operations
The Enclave operates as a boutique full-service condominium: a full-time doorman, a common rooftop deck with panoramic views, central laundry, and central air conditioning. As a small building, it does not carry the broad amenity package of a large tower — there is no on-site fitness center or pool on the published list — and buyers who prioritize those should weigh that against the privacy and intimacy the building offers.
Governance is by a condominium board. Resales are not subject to the board-approval process of a cooperative. Any right-of-first-refusal mechanics, renovation rules, and the pied-à-terre, investment, sublet and pet policies should be reviewed against the current declaration, bylaws and house rules during due diligence.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of Buildings elevator records
- Amenities noted
- Laundry roomSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $31,576/yr
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $62,415/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $105 – $208
- Modeled exposure split equally across 25 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; condominium owners are typically charged by each unit's common-interest percentage.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. A filed Safe grade is not a guarantee of current condition: owners still maintain the facade and, where required, observe parapets each year. Future inspection timing (Local Law 49 of 2025 changed the cycle framework from October 1, 2026), repair and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2025–30. 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 data last refreshed October 2026.
Recent sales
226 East 52nd Street is a small Turtle Bay condominium. Determine actual turnover from dated arm’s-length sales; unit count alone does not establish trading frequency. Compare total prices, verified interior areas and actual plans, expanding to the Turtle Bay / Midtown East boutique-condo set when recent in-building evidence is insufficient. Recorded transfers over the building's history range from one-bedrooms through larger two-bedroom layouts.
The building's pricing argument is the scarcity of the sliver form combined with full-service convenience: a private, low-density condominium in central Midtown. Because the sample size in-building is thin, careful comparable selection across nearby boutique condominiums is essential. Verify the most recent closings against NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers and exclude any non-arms-length transfers from your analysis.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | 25 | 2 BR · 1 BA · 800 sf | $998,000 | $1,248/sf | -8.9% |
| May 12, 2022 | 18 | 1 BR · 1 BA · 630 sf | $845,000 | $1,341/sf | -10.1% |
| Mar 25, 2021 | 10 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,140 sf | $1,150,000 | $1,009/sf | -8.0% |
| Nov 16, 2020 | 8 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,140 sf | $1,225,000 | $1,075/sf | -7.5% |
| May 2, 2019 | 14 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,750 sf | $1,990,000 | $1,137/sf | -26.2% |
| Jan 29, 2019 | 22 | 1 BR · 1 BA · 665 sf | $655,000 | $985/sf | -3.5% |
| Oct 26, 2018 | 11 | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 930 sf | $999,000 | $1,074/sf | -8.8% |
| Oct 5, 2018 | 7 | 1 BR · 800 sf | $850,000 | $1,063/sf | +3.2% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,248/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. Median listing discount 4.5% 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 1-01325-7501; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). 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 Enclave, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 2 bedroom | 3 | $15,000 |
4 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease April 2026. Based on few leases. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
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Buying here? Condo closing costs with a mortgage typically run 3 to 6% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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What to know if you’re buying
Condominium purchase process. No co-op board approval to purchase; purchases run through the condominium's application and right-of-first-refusal process. Confirm pied-à-terre, investment-use and subletting rules in the declaration, bylaws and house rules at offer stage.
It is a boutique building — set expectations accordingly. Roughly two dozen units and a doorman, but not a full amenity package. The trade is privacy and scale for breadth of services.
Outdoor space is a differentiator. Many units have private balconies; the value of that outdoor space is line-specific. View it in person.
Comparable selection requires reaching beyond the building. With thin in-building turnover, pricing depends on the right boutique-condo comps across Turtle Bay and Midtown East.
Run the mansion-tax math. At this building's price points, the $1M (and potentially higher) cliff thresholds apply — model them.
What to know if you’re selling
Tell the scarcity story. The sliver form and boutique scale are genuine differentiators; the marketing should lead with privacy, light, and outdoor space.
Price against the right set. Because in-building comps are sparse, defensible pricing relies on a carefully chosen group of nearby boutique-condo sales.
Closing runs without a co-op board. Resales are not subject to co-op board approval; confirm the right-of-first-refusal and closing timeline with the managing agent.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 226 East 52nd Street, also evaluate:
- 303 East 57th Street (The Excelsior) — larger full-service Midtown East building nearby
- 322 East 57th Street — Harry M. Clawson of Caughey & Evans's 1929-1930 Manhattan cooperative
- 425 East 58th Street (The Sovereign) — 1970s full-service Midtown East tower
- 430 East 58th Street — Midtown East condominium
More Midtown East buildings
- 225 East 46th Street (Midtown East) — 1955 condominium by H.I. Feldman
- 225 East 47th Street (The Winthrop) — 1939 co-op
- 225 East 57th Street — 1963 co-op
- 227 East 44th Street — 2014
- 230 East 50th Street — 1927 co-op
- 231 East 55th Street — 2001 condominium by Costas Kondylis & Partners
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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