420 East 58th Street (Sutton Place)
420 East 58th Street, New York, NY 10022
BBL 1013697501 · BIN 1040561
- Year built
- 1986
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Pet friendly — cats and dogs permitted
- Subletting
- Investor-friendly under condominium rules; well suited to home, pied-à-terre, or investment use
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 (floor-adjusted)
- $1,172
- Listing discount
- 3.2%
- Recorded sales
- 98
- On record
- 2003–2026
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The Sutton View is a boutique condominium tower on one of Sutton Place's quietest blocks — a single mid-block address between First Avenue and Sutton Place, a block south of the Queensboro Bridge and steps from the townhouse enclave that gives the neighborhood its name. It was built new as a condominium in 1986 to the design of Tician Papachristou, whose firm succeeded Marcel Breuer & Associates; the building was among his first major New York projects, and it carries a considered, architect-driven character uncommon in a building of its modest size.
For a buyer, The Sutton View is the boutique condominium done well: a full-time doorman, a live-in superintendent, and — most distinctively — just three apartments per floor across twenty-seven stories, which means light on multiple exposures and a genuine sense of privacy. Many homes carry deep private balconies with sweeping views of the East River, the Chrysler Building, and the bridges. That combination of true condo ownership, a low-density floor plan, and open outlooks is what defines the building.
Architecture and unit composition
The building is a twenty-seven-story masonry tower in a restrained post-modern idiom with subtle Art Deco cues — a red-and-brown brick façade, bay windows on the lower residential floors, and curved white pipe-railed balconies on the floors above. It is not a landmark and makes no pre-war claim; its appeal is the discipline of an architect-designed building and the light and outlook its plan delivers.
With only three apartments per floor and seventy-five units in total, the residences skew toward one- and two-bedroom layouts with strong exposures. Many homes carry deep balconies and East River, Chrysler Building, and bridge views; floor and exposure drive the experience, with the higher floors and river-facing lines taking the best light and outlook. The low-density plan is itself the differentiator — cross-exposure and quiet are built into the layout.
Building operations
The Sutton View runs as a full-service condominium — a 24-hour doorman, a live-in resident superintendent, elevators, central laundry, and private basement storage. The building is pet friendly, permitting both cats and dogs. As a condominium, purchases follow standard condo mechanics rather than a co-op board's approval process, and the building is well suited to primary residents, pied-à-terre buyers, and investors alike; owner-held units are actively rented, and the building carries the flexibility that condo ownership provides.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $6,157/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $7
- Modeled exposure split equally across 75 units (the city tax-lot count). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 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 record last verified September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2026 | 1A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,228 sf | $1,450,000 | $1,181/sf | +26.1% |
| Apr 17, 2026 | 14C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 548 sf | $670,000 | $1,223/sf | -1.3% |
| Nov 12, 2025 | 14B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,100 sf | $1,575,000 | $1,432/sf | -1.3% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 22A | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 801 sf | $862,500 | $1,077/sf | off-mkt |
| Jun 26, 2025 | 6A | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 801 sf | $850,000 | $1,061/sf | -10.5% |
| Apr 1, 2025 | 12C | 1 BR · 800 sf | $670,000 | $838/sf | -2.8% |
| Sep 9, 2024 | 8B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,055 sf | $1,300,000 | $1,232/sf | -1.9% |
| May 2, 2024 | 26C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 550 sf | $795,000 | $1,445/sf | -3.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,172/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 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 3.2% 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 1-01369-7501). 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 Sutton View, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 6 | $3,750 |
| 2 bedroom | 4 | $5,725 |
10 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease May 2026. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
At the recent median sale of $850K (8 sales since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $31,894 to close, or 3.8% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- Mortgage recording tax: $12,272
- Title insurance: $3,825
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $15,798
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
This is a condominium, so a purchase runs on standard condo mechanics rather than a co-op board package and interview — a meaningful practical advantage for buyers who want speed, financing flexibility, or the ability to rent. The building's investor-friendly posture and pet-friendly rules broaden the pool of qualified buyers.
The most important on-site distinctions are floor, exposure, and balcony. The higher floors and river-facing lines with deep balconies hold value best; lower and interior-exposure units are the value entry point. The location is a genuine asset — a quiet Sutton Place block near the East River and the neighborhood's townhouses, with the N/R/W and 4/5/6 at Lexington Avenue–59th Street a short walk west. Comparable analysis belongs against Sutton Place and Midtown East full-service condominiums.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the low-density plan and the views. Three apartments per floor, deep balconies, and open East River and bridge outlooks are an easy story to tell and set the building apart from larger, denser towers nearby.
Benchmark within the building and against Sutton Place condos. Turnover is measured here, so recent in-building sales and comparable Sutton Place and Midtown East condominiums together form the reference set; floor, exposure, balcony, and view determine where a unit lands, on a dollars-per-square-foot basis.
Condo flexibility widens the buyer pool. True condominium ownership, investor-friendly rules, and pet-friendly policies bring investors, pied-à-terre buyers, and primary residents all to the table.
Closing timelines are condo-fast. With no board package or interview, a well-prepared condo sale moves efficiently from contract to closing — we manage that process end to end.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering The Sutton View, also evaluate nearby Sutton Place and Midtown East condominiums:
- 303 East 57th Street — full-service Midtown East tower near Sutton Place
- 400 East 51st Street (The Grand Beekman) — Costas Kondylis & Partners's 2003 Sutton Place condominium
- The Delegate (846 Second Avenue) — full-service Turtle Bay condominium near the United Nations
- 845 United Nations Plaza (Trump World Tower) — U.N.-adjacent condominium tower
- 250 East 53rd Street — modern Midtown East condominium tower
More Sutton Place buildings
- St. James Tower, 415 East 54th Street — 1983 condominium by Emery Roth & Sons
- 418 East 59th Street — 1988 condop
- 419 East 57th Street — 1927 co-op by George and Edward Blum
- The Morad Beekman, 420 East 51st Street — 1962 co-op
- 424 East 52nd Street — 1931 co-op by Emery Roth
- 424 East 57th Street — 1925 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Sutton Place — read The Roebling Team Guide to Sutton Place.
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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