- Year built
- 2012
- Type
- Condominium
241 Fifth is one of the buildings that announced NoMad's arrival as a residential address. Completed in 2012 to a design by ODA Architecture, the twenty-story condominium sits a single block from Madison Square Park on the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 28th Street — a position that pairs a true Fifth Avenue address with the loft-scaled, restaurant-rich character that has made the blocks north of the park one of Manhattan's most desirable submarkets. ODA's design gave the building a distinctive contemporary presence and an interior program of loft-like, light-filled homes.
For buyers, the appeal is a modern, full-amenity condominium on Fifth Avenue, a block from the park, with floor-to-ceiling light and condominium ownership — financing flexibility and no co-op admissions board — in a neighborhood that has only grown in value since the building's debut.
Architecture and unit composition
The building is crisply contemporary, organized around floor-to-ceiling windows that pull in light and frame the surrounding NoMad streetscape. The 46 residences carry the open, loft-like layouts the neighborhood's buyers expect, finished to a high specification: wire-brushed white oak floors, open kitchens with top-of-line appliances, multi-zoned central air, and generous storage. Upper-floor and outdoor-space homes carry the building's premiums, with the corner exposures capturing the strongest light and views toward the park and downtown.
Building operations
241 Fifth runs as a full-service condominium with a full-time concierge and an attended lobby. The amenity program is genuinely broad for a building of its size: a rooftop terrace with panoramic views, a resident's lounge, a fitness center that includes a yoga and Pilates studio and a private treatment room, a dog-washing room, bike storage, a package room, and laundry facilities. Washer/dryers are permitted in residence and the building is pet-friendly. As a condominium, financing is flexible and purchases clear through a right-of-first-refusal rather than a co-op board package and interview.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $19,653/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $36
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The facade passed its last inspection with no required repairs — nothing to budget for here, and no facade assessment on the horizon for roughly five years.
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent). Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library.
See the full facade history →Recent sales
Turnover at a 46-unit condominium is modest — typically a handful of closings a year — which keeps inventory limited and supports pricing. Values track the NoMad / Flatiron condominium market and scale with size, floor, exposure, and outdoor space, with the higher-floor and terraced homes commanding the premiums. For the current address-level transaction record, the building's sales page is the reference; the cadence rewards buyers ready to act when a desirable line lists.
What to know if you’re buying
As a condominium, the purchase path is the lighter one — a right-of-first-refusal in place of a co-op board, flexible financing, and the customary openness to pied-à-terre, trust, LLC, and investment ownership. Subletting is freer than at a NoMad co-op. Value here is driven by the home — exposure, floor, light, outdoor space — layered on the building-level draws of the broad amenity program and the Fifth Avenue, park-block location. We help buyers read the offering plan and financials, weigh common charges and taxes, and benchmark a given line against the NoMad and Flatiron condominium set.
What to know if you’re selling
The selling case is location and design: an ODA-designed contemporary condominium with a deep amenity package, on Fifth Avenue one block from Madison Square Park. Floor-to-ceiling light, a true full-amenity program, and a park-block address differentiate a listing from the older and thinner-amenity stock nearby, and they appeal to the design- and lifestyle-driven buyer NoMad attracts. Closing mechanics are condominium-standard — a right-of-first-refusal and a faster, more predictable timeline than a co-op process. With turnover light, a well-positioned home benefits from scarcity within the building; pricing belongs against the NoMad and Flatiron condominium set.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 241 Fifth, also evaluate nearby NoMad and Flatiron condominium inventory:
- 212 Fifth Avenue — pre-war tower condominium on Madison Square Park
- 225 Fifth Avenue — full-service condominium facing the park
- 262 Fifth Avenue — NoMad condominium nearby
- 284 Fifth Avenue — NoMad condominium to the north
- 108 Fifth Avenue — Flatiron condominium to the south
The Roebling Team at 241 Fifth Avenue
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in NoMad, Flatiron, and the Fifth Avenue corridor around Madison Square Park. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers evaluating full-amenity condominiums deserve building-specific intelligence — the architecture, the amenity set, the ownership structure, and where a given line sits against the comparable set.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at 241 Fifth Avenue, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point — we'll walk the building, the pricing, and the comparison set with you.
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