240 East 46th Street
240 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017
BBL 1013197501 · BIN 1071617
- Year built
- 1961
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 100
- Floors
- 12
- Pets
- Permitted (dogs and cats)
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium declaration
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
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)
- $1,060
- Listing discount
- 3.0%
- Recorded sales
- 87
- On record
- 2003–2026
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at 240 East 46th Street 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.
240 East 46th Street is a full-service postwar condominium in the heart of Turtle Bay, a short walk from both the United Nations and Grand Central Terminal. Its architectural signature is a crown of curved, cantilevered terraces on the top floor that project out over the terraces two floors below — a detail that gives the gray-brick tower an unexpected ocean-liner profile against the Midtown East skyline. The brass-and-walnut lobby and elevators reinforce a mid-century sensibility that has aged well.
For buyers, the appeal is accessible full-service ownership: 24-hour doorman coverage, a club room, and a well-run building at a Midtown East price point that sits well below the corridor's newer luxury inventory. As a condominium, it offers the flexibility — pied-à-terre use, investment ownership, subletting — that the neighborhood's co-op stock does not.
Architecture and unit composition
The tower rises 12 to 13 stories in gray brick. The defining gesture is the top floor: curved, cantilevered terraces that overhang the terraces below, producing the building's distinctive crown. Entry is through a three-step-down vestibule flanked by landscaped planters, into a lobby finished in brass and walnut.
The unit mix runs studios to two-bedrooms — studios roughly 373 to 784 square feet, one-bedrooms roughly 425 to 848 square feet, and two-bedrooms roughly 717 to 768 square feet. As with any building of this vintage, published figures for exact year built, floor count, and unit count vary slightly between sources — confirm the specifics against building records at offer stage.
Building operations
240 East 46th Street operates as a full-service condominium with a 24-hour doorman, a resident superintendent, a laundry room, resident storage, and a club room. There is no on-site garage, no fitness center, and no roof deck — the top-floor terraces are private to their units. Buyers who want a gym or parking should factor nearby options into their carrying-cost math.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $44,963/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $37
- Modeled exposure split equally across 100 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.
Recent sales
The building trades as a value-oriented full-service Turtle Bay condominium, at a price point well below the corridor's newer luxury inventory, with the doorman, club room, and cantilevered-terrace architecture supporting pricing relative to plainer postwar neighbors. The cantilevered crown terraces on the top floor are the building's trophy inventory. Proximity to the UN and Grand Central underpins durable demand from both end users and pied-à-terre buyers.
Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | 7B | 1 BA · 425 sf | $450,000 | $1,059/sf | -10.0% |
| Jan 9, 2026 | 8H | 1 BA · 425 sf | $505,000 | $1,188/sf | +0.0% |
| Aug 12, 2025 | 10E | 1 BA · 425 sf | $508,000 | $1,195/sf | -3.2% |
| Jul 14, 2025 | 11A | 1 BA · 378 sf | $545,000 | $1,442/sf | off-mkt |
| Apr 1, 2025 | 8G | 2 BR · 717 sf | $1,200,000 | $1,674/sf | off-mkt |
| Feb 12, 2025 | 10D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 719 sf | $650,000 | $904/sf | off-mkt |
| Feb 4, 2025 | 4D | 2 BR · 1 BA · 725 sf | $640,000 | $883/sf | -20.0% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | 10F | 1 BA · 425 sf | $505,000 | $1,188/sf | +0.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,060/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 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 3.0% 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 1-01319-7501). 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 240 East 46th Street, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | 7 | $2,950 |
| 1 bedroom | 2 | $4,200 |
| 2 bedroom | 2 | $4,600 |
11 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease March 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 $545K (9 sales since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $23,366 to close, or 4.3% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- Mortgage recording tax: $7,357
- Title insurance: $2,453
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $13,556
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 applies. Pied-à-terre use, investment ownership, and subletting are all workable under the declaration.
No gym or garage on site. Budget for outside options if those matter to you.
Confirm the building specifics. Year built, floor count, and unit count vary between public sources for this vintage — verify against building records during due diligence.
Top-floor terraces are the trophy inventory. The cantilevered crown terraces are the building's most distinctive units — worth targeting if available.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the architecture and location. The ocean-liner terrace crown and the UN/Grand Central proximity are genuine differentiators.
Full-service staffing supports pricing. 24-hour doorman coverage at this price point is a real advantage.
Closing timelines are condo-fast. 30–45 days from contract to closing.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 240 East 46th Street, also evaluate:
- 335 East 51st Street — 1963 Midtown East condo with garage
- 100 East 53rd Street — Foster + Partners luxury Midtown East condo
- 303 East 57th Street — nearby Midtown East building
- 685 Second Avenue (The Hendrik House) — 1942 Murray Hill prewar co-op
More Midtown East buildings
- 232 East 47th Street (The Club at Turtle Bay) — 1988 condominium by Liebman & Liebman
- 235 East 49th Street (Midtown East) — 1925 co-op
- The Pfizer Building (235 East 42nd Street)
- Dag Hammarskjold Tower, 240 East 47th Street — 1982 condominium by Gruzen Samton Steinglass
- 244 East 52nd Street (Minuet) — 2023 condominium by Isaac & Stern Architects
- 245 East 50th Street — 1980 condominium
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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