The Morad Beekman

The building is a fifteen-story post-war white-brick cooperative, straightforward on the exterior in the manner of its era, with the recent capital work concentrated where residents experience it daily — the restored marble lobby, the renovated hallways and lighting, and the modernized laundry room. The 110 residences reflect post-war planning, with practical layouts and good light; the upper floors and the apartments oriented east capture river and city outlooks, and the rooftop common space opens those views to the whole building.

The Morad Beekman is a full-service cooperative with a 24-hour doorman and a resident superintendent. The amenity set is well judged for the building's residents: a landscaped rooftop deck with panoramic river and city views, a fitness center, refrigerated grocery storage in the lobby — a thoughtful convenience for deliveries — a renovated laundry room, and building-wide fiber internet. The land-lease structure is the central operating fact buyers must understand: the cooperative leases its land through 2070, and the ground rent is a defined component of the building's economics, which shapes both pricing and the monthly carrying cost. As with any co-op, purchases proceed through a board package and interview. The building has also pursued meaningful infrastructure modernization in recent years, a sign of active, forward-looking governance.

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.

Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $330/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 4.9% 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 1-01362-0041) 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.

The land lease is the first thing to underwrite. A land-lease cooperative trades a lower purchase price for a ground-rent obligation built into the monthlies, and the lease term — here, through 2070 — and the rent-reset terms within it are central to valuing the apartment correctly. For a buyer who reads that structure properly, the building can deliver meaningful value on a prime Beekman block in a recently modernized building. The benefits are concrete: a quiet cul-de-sac, a river-view roof deck, a restored lobby, and full-time staffing. As a co-op, the purchase runs through a board package and interview. We help buyers analyze the land-lease economics alongside the purchase price, read the building's financials, and weigh the all-in monthly cost against land-owned alternatives.

The selling story is value and location: a recently modernized, full-service co-op with a river-view roof deck on one of Beekman's quietest blocks, at an entry price the land-lease structure keeps accessible. The marketing should present the land lease clearly and frame it as the reason the apartment offers more space and amenity for the price than land-owned peers — buyers who understand the structure are the right audience, and clarity shortens the path to a deal. The 2020–2021 lobby and hallway renovations and the building-wide fiber are concrete selling points. We position each apartment against the most recent comparable closings, including the relevant land-lease comparisons, and prepare sellers to address the structure with buyers from the first showing.

If you're considering 420 East 51st Street, also evaluate the surrounding Beekman and Sutton cooperatives and condominiums:

• 400 East 51st Street — the Grand Beekman condominium across the street
• 425 East 51st Street — Beekman cooperative nearby
• 415 East 52nd Street — River House-area cooperative
• 1 Beekman Place — pre-war Beekman Place cooperative
• 2 Beekman Place — pre-war Beekman Place cooperative
• 60 Sutton Place South — full-service Sutton cooperative on the river

The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the cooperative and condominium market across Beekman, Sutton Place, and the broader East Side, including the analysis that land-lease buildings require. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers evaluating a building like the Morad Beekman deserve building-specific intelligence — the land-lease economics, the recent capital work, the amenity set, and where the pricing sits against land-owned Beekman alternatives.

If you're weighing a purchase or sale here, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.