351 East 51st Street
351 East 51st Street, New York, NY 10022
BBL 1013447502 · BIN 1039660
- Year built
- 2000
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
- Pied-à-terre
- Permitted
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2026 to date
- $1,215
- floor-adjusted, 3 sales
- Listing discount
- 3.8%
- Recorded sales
- 55
- On record
- 2003–2026
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The Beekman Regent is a turn-of-the-millennium condominium with an unusual pedigree: it incorporates the preserved facade of a public school the City built in 1890, later used as a United Nations school, rather than demolishing it. The City sold the property in 1999 for residential and commercial redevelopment, with the facade preserved and the interior reconstructed; City records give 2000 as the year built. The old school is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, which is a federal listing and not the same as New York City landmark designation. The result is a 63-residence condominium with a sense of place rarely found in a building of its era.
For a buyer, the appeal is the combination of a condominium's structure — no co-op board admission, with pied-à-terre use permitted — with a genuinely distinctive setting in the quiet, leafy precincts of Turtle Bay near the Beekman enclave, a few blocks from the East River, the United Nations, and Midtown's office core. It lives like a boutique full-service building with a story.
Architecture and unit composition
The Beekman Regent's defining feature is the preserved facade of the former 1890 public school at its base, its masonry and detailing carried into the lobby and public spaces so that the building reads as continuous with its historic component rather than grafted onto it. Above, the residential tower rises in a restrained contemporary masonry vocabulary appropriate to the Turtle Bay side streets.
The 63 residences run from one- to multi-bedroom layouts at a generous average size for the neighborhood, with the high ceilings, large windows, and modern kitchen-and-bath finishes expected of a 2000-vintage luxury condominium. Some homes sit behind the former school's preserved facade; upper-floor residences carry the longer outlooks. The building's relatively small unit count gives it an intimate character.
Building operations
The Beekman Regent runs as a full-service, 24-hour condominium with a doorman and concierge, a live-in resident manager, a fitness center, a resident lounge, landscaped outdoor space, and resident storage. As a condominium, it is governed through bylaws and a right-of-first-refusal rather than a co-op admissions process — a meaningful distinction in a Midtown East market where many comparable buildings are co-ops.
Sublet and pied-à-terre policy
A condominium owner leasing a unit and a co-op shareholder subletting are different rules, and a building-wide rule is different from a restriction on one apartment. This is the building's rule; confirm it for the specific apartment.
- Leasing by owners
- Not verified
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- PermittedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Common charges + taxes, per room
- $638 per room a monthMedian of 6 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Common charges + taxes, per square foot
- $2.15 per square foot a monthMedian of 6 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Common charges alone, per square foot
- $1.08 per square foot a monthMedian of 12 listings since October 2023 that give the annual taxSource: listing records, refreshed October 2026
- Real estate taxes alone, per square foot
- $1.07 per square foot a monthMedian of 12 listings since October 2023 that give the annual taxSource: listing records, 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. The split into common charges and taxes comes from the listings that also give the annual tax, a different sample, so the two lines need not add up exactly to the combined median; a tax abatement can hold taxes below the full amount until it expires. A summary of recorded sales and listings, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Concierge
- YesSource: recent listing records
- Live-in superintendent
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of Buildings elevator records
- Amenities noted
- Fitness room, residents' lounge, garden, storageSource: 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
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $115,798/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $153
- Modeled exposure split equally across 63 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; condominium owners are typically charged by each unit's common-interest percentage.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. A filed Safe grade is not a guarantee of current condition: owners still maintain the facade and, where required, observe parapets each year. Future inspection timing (Local Law 49 of 2025 changed the cycle framework from October 1, 2026), repair and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2010–15 to 2020–25. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | 11B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,122 sf | $1,375,000 | $1,225/sf | +1.9% |
| Apr 24, 2026 | 10A | 3 BR · 3 BA · 1,752 sf | $2,075,000 | $1,184/sf | -5.5% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | 12B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,124 sf | $1,200,000 | $1,068/sf | -17.2% |
| Jan 12, 2026 | L1A | 1,997 sf | $2,600,000 | $1,302/sf | — |
| Jan 12, 2026 | LOFT5A | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,019 sf | $2,600,000 | $1,288/sf | -2.6% |
| May 13, 2025 | 14B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,124 sf | $1,625,000 | $1,446/sf | -4.4% |
| May 7, 2025 | 12D | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,874 sf | $2,125,000 | $1,134/sf | -3.4% |
| Jun 6, 2024 | 10C | 3 BR · 3 BA · 1,752 sf | $1,935,000 | $1,104/sf | -2.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,215/sf (floor-adjusted) across 3 sales. 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 3.8% 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.
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 1-01344-7502; 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.
Closed rents at The Beekman Regent, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 3 bedroom | 2 | $16,747 |
3 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease December 2025. Based on few leases. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
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At the recent median sale of $2.08M (7 sales in the past 24 months, since October 31, 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $88,253 to close, or 4.3% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $25,938
- Mortgage recording tax: $29,958
- Title insurance: $9,338
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $23,020
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
As a condominium, the building has no co-op board admission — purchases run through the condominium's application and right-of-first-refusal process — and pied-à-terre use is permitted. Confirm financing, trust, LLC, investment-purchase and leasing rules in the current declaration, bylaws and house rules.
The case for the building is its rare setting and the quality of its execution: an 1890 public-school facade woven into a full-service condominium on a quiet Turtle Bay block, walkable to the East River, the United Nations, and Midtown's job core, with the Lexington Avenue subway and the cross-town buses close at hand. The most important on-site distinctions are floor and whether a home sits behind the preserved school facade. Comparable analysis belongs against the condominiums of Turtle Bay, Beekman, and Sutton.
What to know if you’re selling
The preserved school facade and the condominium structure are the marketing core. A distinctive, recognized redevelopment with full service and condominium flexibility sets a resale apart from the more uniform post-war stock of Midtown East.
Benchmark to Turtle Bay and Beekman condominiums. Pricing should be read against the area's condominium inventory, with floor, light, and the presence of the building's signature spaces driving where a unit lands.
Closing mechanics are condominium-standard — a right-of-first-refusal rather than a board process.
The setting and service are the on-site stories. A quiet block near the river and the U.N., a small well-staffed building, and the architectural narrative of the church all belong at the center of positioning.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering The Beekman Regent, also evaluate nearby Midtown East and Beekman inventory:
- 400 East 51st Street — The Grand Beekman, a full-service building nearby
- 401 East 51st Street — Beekman-area cooperative
- 420 East 51st Street — Beekman cooperative
- 138 East 50th Street — Pelli Clarke Pelli's Art Deco-inflected condominium
- 100 East 53rd Street — Midtown East luxury condominium
More Midtown East buildings
- 343 East 50th Street (M at Beekman) — 1900 condominium
- 345 East 52nd Street — 1959 co-op by Leo Stillman
- 349 East 49th Street (Beekman Court) — 1940 co-op by Jacob M. Felson
- Beekman, 401 East 51st Street — condominium by Selldorf Architects (design); SLCE Architects (architect of record)
- 425 East 51st Street (Beekman Hill House) — 1930 co-op
- 641 Fifth Avenue (Olympic Tower) — 1976 condominium by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Midtown East — read The Roebling Team Guide to Midtown East.
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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