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249 East 48th Street (Turtle Bay House)Recorded sales & closing prices
249 East 48th Street, New York, NY 10017
55 recorded closings, 2004–2026. Sortable and searchable below.
- Recorded closings
- 55
- Date range
- 2004–2026
- Median $/sf
- $965
- Listing discount
- 4.0%
- Monthly carry/sf
- $2.19
- Price range
- $300K – $2.65M
Change in the building’s median $/sf over each window, on a floor-adjusted basis — standardized to the building’s average floor, so it reflects price rather than which floors happened to sell. This is a different method from The Roebling Index, which publishes plain medians and applies no floor adjustment; the two are not interchangeable. Floor adjustment standardizes for floor only. It does not control for condition, size, exposure, renovation or the mix of what happened to trade. (2022 marks the rate-shock inflection.) Like-for-like repeat-sale figures to follow.
Turtle Bay House trades as a mid-market Midtown East condominium, with pricing driven by floor, exposure, and, above all, renovation condition.
The building's value proposition — condominium flexibility on a quiet Turtle Bay block, with full building services and on-site parking, at a mid-market price point — supports steady demand from buyers who want ownership latitude in a co-op-dominated neighborhood.
The complete recorded-sale history for Turtle Bay House, compiled from NYC Department of Finance transfer records, with apartment-by-apartment detail from The Roebling Research Library. Across sales with a public asking price, the building carries a median listing discount of 4.0% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.
Price per square foot over time
50 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.
The vertical premium
The climb in price per square foot as you rise through the building — light and views included, time-adjusted to today’s market.
Premium by line
What each line’s exposure is worth — its light, outlook, and orientation — measured against the building’s average sale.
Recent closings
The building’s 10 most recent market sales.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | $/sf | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2026 | 10B | 3 BR · 4 BA · 2,721 sf | $2,650,000 | $974 | -3.6% |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 5J | 776 sf | $822,500 | $1,060 | — |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 5D | 1,494 sf | $1,500,000 | $1,004 | — |
| Oct 15, 2025 | 2E | 873 sf | $725,000 | $830 | — |
| Sep 26, 2025 | 3A | 1 BA · 633 sf | $650,000 | $1,027 | -3.7% |
| Oct 15, 2024 | 4A | 1 BA · 631 sf | $575,000 | $911 | -4.0% |
| Jun 27, 2024 | 4E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 850 sf | $740,000 | $871 | -8.6% |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 13D | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,494 sf | $1,525,000 | $1,021 | -4.4% |
| Sep 7, 2023 | 13J | 1 BR · 800 sf | $816,500 | $1,021 | -1.0% |
| Aug 10, 2023 | 8H | 507 sf | $450,000 | $888 | — |
The retrade record
Lines that have changed hands more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Every recorded sale
Sort any column; filter by unit or keyword. Prices are the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance. Every sale sits in one of three states: counted in the building’s medians and trend; shown but excluded as a non-arms-length or nominal transfer; or shown and ⚑ flagged for review — a possible duplicate filing or an extreme $/sf outlier, held out of the statistics pending manual verification rather than allowed to move them.
| Apartment | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2026 | 10B | 3 BR · 4 BA | 2,721 | $2,650,000 | $974 | -3.6% |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 10AB | non-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | — | $2,650,000 | — | — |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 5J | 776 | $822,500 | $1,060 | — | |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 5D | 1,494 | $1,500,000 | $1,004 | — | |
| Oct 15, 2025 | 2E | 873 | $725,000 | $830 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2025 | 3A | 1 BA | 633 | $650,000 | $1,027 | -3.7% |
| Oct 15, 2024 | 4A | 1 BA | 631 | $575,000 | $911 | -4.0% |
| Jun 27, 2024 | 4E | 1 BR · 1 BA | 850 | $740,000 | $871 | -8.6% |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 13D | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,494 | $1,525,000 | $1,021 | -4.4% |
| Sep 7, 2023 | 13J | 1 BR | 800 | $816,500 | $1,021 | -1.0% |
| Aug 10, 2023 | 8H | 507 | $450,000 | $888 | — | |
| Jun 9, 2023 | 12K | 1 BA | 535 | $515,000 | $963 | -8.8% |
| Jan 25, 2023 | 2K | 1 BA | 500 | $480,000 | $960 | -9.4% |
| Dec 19, 2022 | 6D | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,494 | $1,475,000 | $987 | +1.7% |
| Dec 14, 2022 | 10F | 1 BA | 481 | $450,000 | $936 | -9.1% |
| Jul 23, 2021 | 4H | 1 BA | 507 | $575,000 | $1,134 | +15.2% |
| Jul 28, 2020 | 5C | 2 BR · 1 BA | 950 | $965,000 | $1,016 | -12.3% |
| Mar 6, 2020 | 9A | 1 BA | 655 | $675,000 | $1,031 | -8.2% |
| Aug 14, 2019 | 20B | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,100 | $1,140,000 | $1,036 | -8.8% |
| Apr 5, 2019 | 10D | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,494 | $1,600,000 | $1,071 | -13.5% |
| Aug 7, 2018 | 11F | 1 BA | 432 | $575,000 | $1,331 | -8.0% |
| Sep 14, 2017 | 8A | 1 BR · 1 BA | — | $735,000 | — | +0.0% |
| Jun 12, 2017 | 18B | 2 BR | 1,300 | $1,900,000 | $1,462 | -2.6% |
| May 1, 2017 | 14F | 432 | $300,000 | $694 | — | |
| Mar 16, 2017 | 9G | 591 | $600,000 | $1,015 | — | |
| Aug 21, 2014 | 17C | 3 BR | 1,772 | $1,975,000 | $1,115 | -10.2% |
| Jun 19, 2013 | 18A | 2 BR | — | $1,720,000 | — | -5.8% |
| May 30, 2013 | 15D | 3 BR · 3 BA | 1,729 | $1,845,000 | $1,067 | -16.1% |
| Mar 29, 2013 | 5CSponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,005 | $942,500 | $938 | -3.7% |
| Mar 20, 2013 | 7D | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,494 | $1,450,000 | $971 | -3.3% |
| Feb 19, 2013 | 8G | 1 BR | 591 | $572,500 | $969 | -18.1% |
| Aug 2, 2012 | 3A | 633 | $520,000 | $821 | -9.6% | |
| Apr 17, 2012 | 14H | 507 | $427,500 | $843 | -10.0% | |
| Sep 21, 2011 | 11F | 1 BA | 432 | $400,000 | $926 | -26.6% |
| Aug 11, 2011 | 10J | 776 | $655,000 | $844 | — | |
| Feb 17, 2011 | 3K | 535 | $405,600 | $758 | — | |
| Dec 21, 2010 | 13D | 2 BR | 1,494 | $1,210,000 | $810 | -6.9% |
| Jun 21, 2010 | 18B | 2 BR | 1,257 | $2,100,000 | $1,671 | — |
| Jun 1, 2009 | 11 | 1 BR | 607 | $470,000 | $774 | +2.2% |
| Apr 30, 2009 | 2J | 1 BR · 1 BA | 800 | $800,000 | $1,000 | +0.0% |
| Feb 13, 2009 | 16E | 1 BR | 800 | $750,000 | $938 | -5.7% |
| Dec 28, 2007 | 8A | 1 BR | 631 | $560,000 | $887 | — |
| Aug 7, 2007 | 14C | 1 BR | 1,000 | $860,000 | $860 | -1.7% |
| Jul 26, 2007 | 9F | 432 | $425,000 | $984 | — | |
| Jun 6, 2007 | 16ESponsor Sale | 1 BR | 800 | $777,000 | $971 | +3.6% |
| Mar 9, 2007 | 4A | 631 | $568,000 | $900 | — | |
| Nov 15, 2006 | 8G | 1 BR | 591 | $550,000 | $931 | — |
| Aug 17, 2006 | 18B | 2 BR | 1,300 | $1,720,000 | $1,323 | -0.3% |
| May 18, 2006 | 7E | 1 BR | 900 | $790,000 | $878 | -3.1% |
| Dec 27, 2005 | 3C | 1 BR | 1,000 | $780,000 | $780 | +0.0% |
| Jun 1, 2005 | 17A | 631 | $442,000 | $700 | — | |
| Apr 1, 2005 | 2J | 1 BR | 800 | $767,000 | $959 | +8.0% |
| Dec 14, 2004 | 14C | 1 BR | 1,000 | $675,000 | $675 | -1.5% |
| Dec 6, 2004 | 3K | 535 | $370,000 | $692 | — | |
| Sep 29, 2004 | 8B | 2 BR | 1,100 | $800,000 | $727 | +0.0% |
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01322-7501). 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. Storage, parking, and commercial units are excluded from all figures. Floor- and line-level $/sf are time-controlled (each sale measured against the building’s going rate at the time of sale) and expressed at today’s pricing, so they isolate the floor or line premium rather than blend two decades of market movement.
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