Tower 39 LIC
28-09 39th Avenue, between 28th and 29th Streets · Long Island City
Long Island City, Queens
BBL 4003857501 · BIN 4004671
- Type
- Condominium
- Amenities
- Roof deck, second-floor terrace, parking and storage
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
Every recorded sale at this building, 2024–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2026 to date
- $1,326
- floor-adjusted, 1 sale
- Listing discount
- -1.5%
- Recorded sales
- 14
- On record
- 2024–2026
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Tower 39 LIC is a five-story condominium in Dutch Kills, with thirteen apartments and two shared outdoor levels. Studios, one-bedroom homes and two-bedroom layouts are concentrated within a small elevator building. On-site parking and storage add separately used space beyond the residential floors.
Anthony Ng is the architect of record on the new-building application. DOB issued the construction permit in September 2020 and signed off the job in February 2023. The main wave of apartment closings followed in 2024.
Architecture and unit composition
The apartment inventory has a clear progression in size. Studios measure approximately 346 square feet, while one-bedroom layouts are approximately 513–524 square feet. Two-bedroom homes include plans around 732 square feet and a larger top-floor layout of approximately 819 square feet.
Floor-to-ceiling windows and open kitchens make efficient use of those compact floor plates. Apartments have engineered wood flooring and in-unit laundry. Private balconies and terraces accompany selected homes, with central air conditioning present in the residential inventory.
Common outdoor areas sit at two different heights: a terrace on the second floor includes grilling facilities, while the roof deck offers longer views above the block. Elevator service connects the residential floors. The building also has intercom access and dedicated storage facilities.
Building operations
Thirteen residential tax lots are accompanied by ten nonresidential lots in commercial tax class 4. Each residential owner holds one apartment in the current ownership count. Parking and other nonresidential interests are therefore separate from the count of homes.
There is no recorded property-wide tax abatement. The compact apartments, shared elevator and two common terraces define the building's operating scale. The outdoor facilities are association amenities even where an individual home also has its own balcony.
Policy framework
Pets: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent. In-unit washer/dryer: Installed in apartments — confirm replacement requirements with the managing agent.
Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Common charges + taxes, per room
- $175 per room a monthMedian of 14 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Common charges + taxes, per square foot
- $0.99 per square foot a monthMedian of 14 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
Common charges plus real estate taxes, combined into one monthly figure the way New York condominium listings show them. Add a mortgage payment for the monthly outlay. A summary of recorded sales, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of Buildings elevator records
- Amenities noted
- Roof deckSource: 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
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 limits apply to a building on its own. It is still covered if it shares a tax lot or condominium board with buildings totaling over 50,000 sq ft; confirm on DOB’s covered-buildings list.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →Recent sales
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2026 | 4C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 513 sf | $680,000 | $1,326/sf | -2.7% |
| Sep 12, 2025 | 5A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 819 sf | $975,000 | $1,190/sf | -1.3% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | 2C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 513 sf | $610,950 | $1,191/sf | -4.1% |
| Sep 6, 2024 | 2B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 732 sf | $871,060 | $1,190/sf | -0.8% |
| Jul 12, 2024 | 4B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 732 sf | $924,571 | $1,263/sf | +2.7% |
| Mar 5, 2024 | 3C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 513 sf | $672,045 | $1,310/sf | +1.6% |
| Feb 28, 2024 | 4C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 513 sf | $679,172 | $1,324/sf | +4.2% |
| Feb 28, 2024 | 2A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 524 sf | $656,284 | $1,252/sf | +1.8% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,326/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. 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 -1.5% over ask.
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 4-00385-7501; 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.
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At the recent median sale of $680K (3 sales in the past 24 months, since November 12, 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $27,426 to close, or 4.0% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- Mortgage recording tax: $9,818
- Title insurance: $3,060
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $14,548
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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The neighborhood
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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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