425 East 58th Street (The Sovereign)
425 East 58th Street, New York, NY 10022
- Year built
- 1973
The Sovereign is the precursor of Trump Tower's stepped-massing trophy condominium concept — a 1973-1974 Emery Roth & Sons commission that "caused quite a stir in the Sutton Place neighborhood upon its completion due to its enormous scale and innovative stepped plan design that would later influence Trump Tower" (CityRealty).
The structural identity rests on three features. First, the Emery Roth & Sons architectural pedigree at late-period International Style — the same firm responsible for the Beresford, the San Remo, and the El Dorado on Central Park West applied their late-period register here at residential scale that anticipated the next generation of Sutton Place residential towers. Second, the brown brick facade — unusual for a building of its scale (most contemporaries used white glazed brick) and structurally superior in long-term performance to white-glazed brick. Third, the stepped facade configuration with abundant corner windows — generates extensive south, east, and Queensboro Bridge view exposures.
Recent sales
Active listing band as of late 2024-2025:
- Apt. 4B (lower-floor 2-bedroom): $1,495,000
- Apts. 41D, 42D, 47E (upper-floor 3-bedrooms): $1.8M-$1.95M
- Apts. 32E/38H (desirable 3-bedrooms): $3.75M
- Apt. 47GH (combo 4-bedroom): $4.8M
- Apt. 37A (5-bedroom): $6.85M
The 48-story stepped massing produces meaningfully different views floor-to-floor — buyer-pricing analysis must be apartment-line-specific.
What to know if you’re buying
The Emery Roth & Sons architectural pedigree at late-period International Style is real institutional context.
The stepped massing produces meaningful view variance floor-to-floor. Apartment-line-specific evaluation required.
The LLC-purchase permission with board approval is structurally distinguishing for a cooperative.
The brown brick facade performance is superior to peer white-glazed-brick contemporaries.
The dog-friendly policy and the up-to-75% financing are accommodating for a Sutton Place cooperative.
The Trump Tower stepped-design influence anchors architectural-history positioning.
Comparable buildings
- 2 Sutton Place South — Emery Roth & Sons 1938; same-architect Sutton Place peer
- 45 Sutton Place South (Cannon Point South) — Resnick & Green 1958; nearby Sutton Place peer
- 1 Beekman Place — Sloan & Robertson 1929; nearby Beekman trophy peer
- 400 East 56th Street (Plaza 400) — Birnbaum 1968; nearby Sutton Place peer
- 870 United Nations Plaza — Harrison & Abramovitz 1966; nearby UN Plaza peer
The Roebling Team at The Sovereign
Corey Cohen · The Roebling Team at Compass 646.939.7375 · c.cohen@compass.com
Sources: Wikipedia (The Sovereign); CityRealty building 5107; Douglas Elliman Property Management; thesovereign-nyc.com; NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers.