Cooperative · 1929
The Essex House
325 East 41st Street, New York, NY 10017
Buildings·Cooperative

325 East 41st Street

325 East 41st Street, New York, NY 10017

At a glance
Year built
1929
Type
Cooperative
Landmark
No
The Data Room

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
$726
Listing discount
2.6%
Recorded sales
90
On record
2004–2026

325 East 41st Street is a 1929 pre-war cooperative that benefits from one of the more distinctive micro-locations in Murray Hill: the doorstep of Tudor City, the storied 1920s residential enclave perched above First Avenue and the United Nations. The building shares that quarter's Jazz-Age vintage and its quiet, set-apart character — a pocket of the East Side that feels removed from midtown's pace while sitting minutes from Grand Central, the UN, and the East River.

Converted to cooperative ownership in 1987, the building is a full-service, pet-friendly co-op with a roof garden and a live-in resident manager — the kind of well-run, human-scaled pre-war house that anchors value on the East Side. Its appeal is practical and durable: genuine 1929 construction, an attended lobby, and policies flexible enough — pieds-à-terre and subletting both permitted — to suit a wider range of buyers than the city's stricter cooperatives.

For buyers, this is the East Side's reliable middle ground: pre-war bones and full-time staff at a Murray Hill address, with a board that takes a measured rather than restrictive posture on the policies that matter most.

Architecture and unit composition

The building is a ten-story masonry pre-war from the tail end of the 1920s apartment boom, carrying the restrained Art Deco vocabulary of its moment — a solid masonry street wall and a decorative lobby that preserves the 1920s register. Inside, the 94 residences offer the layout logic of the period: defined rooms, real entry foyers in many homes, and the proportion and ceiling height that make pre-war apartments wear well across decades. The mix spans studios through larger family layouts, and the building permits in-unit washer/dryer installation in many lines — a meaningful convenience in a pre-war co-op. Light and outlook improve on the upper floors and toward the roof garden.

Building operations

325 East 41st is run as a full-service cooperative: a full-time doorman, a live-in resident manager, central laundry, a bicycle room, and private storage, crowned by a landscaped roof garden that gives residents genuine outdoor common space. The board permits pets, pieds-à-terre, and subletting under its guidelines — a flexibility that broadens the building's buyer pool. Financing is available within the customary cooperative parameters; a purchase clears through the standard co-op application and board interview. The combination of attentive staffing and reasonable house rules is the building's operational signature.

Local Law 97

Carbon-penalty exposure
🟡
Moderate — manageable today, 2030 cliff likely
2024–2029 annual penalty
$0 (under cap)
2030–2034 annual penalty
$25,492/yr
Per unit / month range
$0 – $23
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →

Facade safety — Local Law 11

Local Law 11 / FISP · last inspection 2025–30
Safe
What this means for you

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.

Inspection history
2010–15
SWARMP
2015–20
SWARMP
2020–25
SWARMP
2025–30
Safe
2030–35
Due
Next report due
by Feb 2032
The three grades, in buyer terms
SafeGood for ~5 years — no facade assessment on the horizon.
SWARMPSafe now, repairs due on a deadline — budget for the work or a possible assessment.
UnsafeActive hazard: sidewalk shed and repairs now. Expect disruption and an assessment.

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.

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Recent sales

Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.

DateUnitApartmentPricePPSFvs. Ask
Feb 24, 2026605
2 BR · 2 BA · 1,150 sf
$835,000$726/sf-1.6%
Sep 17, 20251009
2 BR · 2 BA · 1,000 sf
$730,000$730/sf-5.1%
Mar 31, 2025207
3 BR · 3 BA
$1,525,000-3.5%
Jan 30, 2025804
1 BR · 1 BA · 800 sf
$589,000$736/sfoff-mkt
Jun 17, 2024601
2 BR · 2 BA
$962,000-2.8%
Mar 8, 2024701
2 BR · 2 BA
$962,500-1.8%
Nov 15, 2023105
2 BR · 2 BA
$695,000-2.8%
Aug 23, 2023102
1 BR · 1 BA
$535,000-2.6%

Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $726/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 2.6% 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.

707+112%
$775,000 2004$1,500,000 2007$1,639,150 2013
207 · 1,500 sf+63%
$937,500 ($625/sf) 2006$1,600,000 ($1,067/sf) 2015$1,700,000 ($1,133/sf) 2018$1,525,000 ($1,017/sf) 2025
902 · 1,000 sf+42%
$685,000 ($685/sf) 2012$975,000 ($975/sf) 2022
909 · 1,000 sf+40%
$600,000 ($600/sf) 2004$806,100 ($806/sf) 2008$840,000 ($840/sf) 2016
1005 · 1,150 sf+38%
$615,000 ($535/sf) 2004$875,000 ($761/sf) 2007$850,000 ($739/sf) 2019

Other recent transfers

DateUnitPrice
Aug 18, 2022608$585,000
Oct 15, 20211102$2,400,000
Jan 7, 2019602$680,000
Jan 11, 20171108$1,200,000
Aug 24, 2016806$790,000
Jun 9, 2015907/90$2,350,000
View all 90 recorded transfers, sortable

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 1-01334-0010) and verified listing data. Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified by The Roebling Team research desk. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.

What to know if you’re buying

This is a flexible pre-war co-op, which widens your options. Permitted pieds-à-terre and subletting are not universal in Manhattan cooperatives; here they expand both how you can use the home and your eventual resale audience. Pets are welcome.

You're buying genuine 1929 construction with full staffing. Pre-war proportion, an attended lobby, a live-in resident manager, and a roof garden are the substance buyers come to the East Side for — at a Murray Hill price rather than a Park Avenue one.

Diligence is co-op-standard. Expect a board package and interview, financing within the building's guidelines, and the usual review of the cooperative's financials, reserves, and any planned capital work. Confirm the washer/dryer policy for the specific line you're considering.

What to know if you’re selling

Flexibility is your headline. Pet-friendly, pied-à-terre-friendly, and sublet-friendly policies are a genuine differentiator in the pre-war co-op market — buyers screen for exactly these terms, and they belong at the top of the story.

Sell the location and the roof. The Tudor City-adjacent setting, the proximity to Grand Central and the UN, and the landscaped roof garden are concrete advantages. A specific, livable picture outperforms generic pre-war language.

Benchmark within Murray Hill's pre-war co-ops. Price against comparable full-service cooperatives in the neighborhood; the right buyer is choosing pre-war character and flexible rules over new-development polish, and pricing should reflect that audience.

Comparable buildings

If you're considering 325 East 41st Street, also evaluate Murray Hill and Midtown East's full-service pre-war cooperatives:

The Roebling Team at The Essex House

The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Murray Hill, Tudor City, and the broader Midtown East cooperative market — pre-war construction, full-service operations, and the board policies that decide who can actually buy. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers evaluating a flexible East Side co-op deserve building-specific intelligence rather than a generic listing description.

If you're weighing a purchase or sale at 325 East 41st, a 30-minute consultation is the right place to start.

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Corey Cohen, Principal · The Roebling Team at Compass
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