- Year built
- 1910
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- Designated
Every recorded sale at this building, 2010–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $2,261
- Listing discount
- 4.7%
- Recorded sales
- 81
- On record
- 2010–2026
36 Gramercy Park East is one of the most theatrical apartment houses in New York — and one of the most coveted addresses on the city's only private park. Designed by James Riely Gordon and completed in 1910 as the Gramercy Park Club, the twelve-story, steel-framed building is clad entirely in white terracotta, a material chosen because it could be molded into the Gothic Revival fantasy the architect intended: pointed arches, colonnettes, traceried window heads, shields, oriels, rope moldings, more than a hundred putti, winged grotesques, and, crowning the roof, oversized statues of armored soldiers. Its deep central courtyard gives the building a U-shaped plan that reads, from the park, almost as two towers.
The early tenant roll was as remarkable as the architecture — John Barrymore, sculptor Daniel Chester French, circus magnate Alfred Ringling, and playwright Eugene O'Neill all lived here — and the building's standing has only grown. Within the Gramercy Park Historic District and beautifully restored in recent years, it confers what almost no other building can: a Gothic-clad home with a key to Gramercy Park itself.
Architecture and unit composition
The façade is the building's argument: white terracotta worked into one of the city's richest Gothic Revival programs, restored to bring back its sculpture and detail. The original plan placed two apartments to a floor — grand homes of eight to ten rooms, each with three baths and a staff room — and while some have been reconfigured over more than a century of ownership, the building retains the scale and bones of those layouts. Ceiling heights, room proportions, and light off the park define the most desirable residences. As at any cooperative of this age, individual homes reflect decades of renovation, so condition and configuration are unit-specific, and the park-facing lines are the building's crown.
Building operations
36 Gramercy Park East runs as a managed cooperative with attended entry, a resident superintendent, and the central courtyard that gives the building its distinctive plan. The defining amenity is intangible and irreplaceable: a key to Gramercy Park, the two-acre private garden that only the surrounding buildings' residents may enter. As a cooperative, purchases are subject to board review and approval, and the building's policies on financing, subletting, and pied-à-terre ownership follow its governing documents — the framework appropriate to a landmark co-op of this stature, oriented toward committed owner-occupants.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $3,755/yr
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $47,859/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $7 – $89
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as Unsafe — conditions requiring corrective action, which under FISP means a protective sidewalk shed and repairs. Review the subsequent filings, the repair status, and the building’s board and financial materials — we pull the repair scope and funding picture for you.
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.
See the full facade history →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.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2026 | 2SW | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,200 sf | $4,730,000 | $2,150/sf | -12.4% |
| Jun 15, 2025 | 8 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 885 sf | $1,850,000 | $2,090/sf | -5.1% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | 2N | 4 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,285 sf | $4,700,000 | $2,057/sf | -5.1% |
| Sep 26, 2024 | 5S | 2 BR · 1 BA · 920 sf | $1,386,500 | $1,507/sf | -13.3% |
| Sep 4, 2024 | 4S | 3 BR · 2,225 sf | $4,500,000 | $2,022/sf | off-mkt |
| Mar 26, 2024 | 6S | 2 BR · 604 sf | $1,500,000 | $2,483/sf | off-mkt |
| Jan 18, 2024 | 8P | 1 BA · 500 sf | $1,000,000 | $2,000/sf | +0.0% |
| Jan 5, 2023 | 7E | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 784 sf | $1,388,840 | $1,771/sf | -26.7% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $2,261/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 4.7% 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 1-00876-7503) 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 cooperative, so the purchase runs through a board: a full financial and personal package followed by an interview, with financing and residency requirements set by the building's governing documents — a process commensurate with the address. Value turns on the rare things: a park-facing exposure, the original room count, the integrity and quality of the restoration, and the simple scarcity of homes that come to market here at all. We help buyers assess the building's financials, prepare a board package that meets the building's standard, and benchmark a given home against the very small comparable set of Gramercy Park-facing co-ops.
What to know if you’re selling
Few buildings sell themselves more readily. A James Riely Gordon Gothic Revival landmark, restored, on Gramercy Park, with a park key — the marketing case is the building. The buyer pool is discerning and motivated, and the constraints are supply and board fit rather than demand. Presentation, restoration quality, and board-readiness drive the premium; pricing belongs against the handful of comparable park-facing homes rather than the broader Gramercy market. A park-facing residence with intact proportions is among the scarcest products in the neighborhood, and should be positioned accordingly.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 36 Gramercy Park East, also evaluate the surrounding Gramercy Park cooperative inventory:
- 34 Gramercy Park East — pre-war cooperative next door on the park
- 44 Gramercy Park North — cooperative on the park's north side
- 45 Gramercy Park North — pre-war Gramercy Park cooperative
- 50 Gramercy Park North — full-service building on the park
- 32 Gramercy Park South — cooperative on the park's south side
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Gramercy — read The Roebling Team Guide to Gramercy.
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