The St. Tropez (340 East 64th Street)

Brown & Guenther designed a postwar tower in dark-brown brick — a façade that drew criticism in 1964 for reading as "office-building"-like, at a moment when First Avenue itself was considered a rough address. Both judgments have aged out. The neighborhood is now solidly Lenox Hill, and the building's massing — a 34-story central tower stepping down to a 15-story eastern wing — gives it the setback profile and the rooftop real estate that produced its signature amenity: a 44-foot heated outdoor pool on top of the wing.

The 301 residences run from one-bedrooms through three-bedrooms, with a handful of four-bedroom penthouse combinations at the top. Layouts are flexible — many units convert to add a bedroom or a home office — and the apartments carry the practical postwar package buyers respond to: oversized windows, walk-in closets, in-unit washer/dryer capability, central air, and, on many lines, private terraces or balconies. Higher floors in the tower capture open city, river, and bridge exposures.

The recent-sales record supports a general $/sf band in the low-to-mid $1,200s to roughly $1,300 per square foot — an aggregate reading across the building, not a specific trade. That level places The St. Tropez firmly in the value tier of full-service Upper East Side condominiums: materially below the trophy corridors, competitive with the postwar and new-construction condo stock across Lenox Hill and Yorkville.

The St. Tropez operates as a full-service condominium: 24-hour doorman and concierge, a live-in resident manager, and a staffed lobby. The amenity roster is real and used — the rooftop pool, the rooftop terrace, the fitness center, the children's playroom, a library and resident lounge, and a common dining room with a catering kitchen. The valet parking garage sits in an enclosed through-block driveway and is subsidized for unit owners; there is on-site laundry, resident storage, and a bike room in addition to in-unit washer/dryer capability.

Because the building is a condominium rather than a co-op, its governing documents lean toward flexibility, but they are not unlimited. Pets are welcome — dogs and cats both. Subletting is permitted after the first year of ownership and is then unrestricted, subject to a sublet fee of one month's rent and standard lease-package review. Pieds-à-terre and investor purchases are permitted. The one meaningful restriction buyers should note up front: entity and trust purchases are not permitted — units must be held in an individual name. A flat transfer fee to the condominium applies at closing; there is no percentage-based flip tax on record. Buyers should confirm the current fee schedule and any variable financial figures against the building's most recent documents at offer stage.

Recent sales

Recent closings 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.

Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,218/sf across 5 sales. Median listing discount 5.3% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01438-7501) 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.

Condominium flexibility is the core of the story. Deed ownership, no board interview, liberal financing (historically to roughly 90% — confirm the current cap at offer stage), permitted pied-à-terre and investor use, and unrestricted subletting after year one. This is the flexibility that co-ops across the neighborhood cannot offer.

Note the entity/trust restriction. Unlike many condominiums, The St. Tropez does not permit purchases in an entity or trust name. Buyers planning to hold through an LLC or trust for estate or privacy reasons should factor this in early.

Price on square footage. Normalize comps for floor, exposure, terrace, and condition. The pool-wing units, the terraced lines, and the high-floor tower exposures each price differently.

The amenity package is a real value driver. A rooftop pool and a valet garage in a full-service Lenox Hill condominium at this $/sf is uncommon. Model the amenity value against the common charges.

Run the carry carefully. Model common charges, property taxes, parking, and utilities as a full monthly figure, and confirm any variable line against current building financials.

Lead with the flexibility and the amenities. The condominium tenure, the low-friction purchase process, the rooftop pool, and the garage are the building's marketing strengths — they widen the buyer pool to investors, second-home buyers, and financed purchasers who cannot clear co-op boards elsewhere.

Price at the line. Buyers and their agents will comp on $/sf; a seller who prices to the correct floor-and-exposure cohort, rather than to the building average, transacts faster.

Closing timelines are condo-fast. 30–45 days from contract to closing is typical, with no board interview to schedule.

If you're considering The St. Tropez, also evaluate:

• Continental Towers (1522 Second Avenue / 301 East 79th) — full-service Yorkville condominium; 1986 rental-to-condo conversion; comparable value-tier $/sf
• The Lucida (151 East 85th Street) — newer green-certified condominium; higher price tier, heavier amenity build
• The Kent (200 East 95th Street) — new-construction condominium; Carnegie Hill value alternative
• 200 East 83rd Street — Yorkville condominium; high-floor tower exposures
• 255 East 77th Street — full-service Lenox Hill condominium; comparable neighborhood positioning

The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the Upper East Side, Central Park West, and the broader Park-facing Manhattan market. We publish this building profile because condominium buyers and sellers deserve building-specific intelligence — architecture, operational reality, transactional mechanics, and pricing at the apartment level — not generic market commentary.

If you're considering a purchase or sale at The St. Tropez, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point. We'll bring the full context this page provides plus the transactional specifics your situation requires — financial structuring, due diligence priorities, comparable analysis at the line-and-floor level, and the pacing strategy that fits your timeline.