45 East 66th Street (The Parkview / Fred Leighton Building)
45 East 66th Street, New York, NY 10065
BBL 1013817502 · BIN 1076285
- Year built
- 1906
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 33
- Floors
- 10
- Ownership structure
- Cooperative; the city classifies the tax lot as a condominium (a condop structure)
- The Roebling Team's building profile
- Landmark status
- Individual landmark; in the Upper East Side Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Subletting by shareholders
- Permitted with conditions
- Maximum financing
- 50% of the purchase price
- Flip tax
- 2.5% of the purchase price, paid by the seller
- Doorman
- Doorman (hours not stated)
- Financing
- Up to 50% financeable (50% minimum down).
- Subletting
- Generally permitted (condominium); confirm any rental cap or right of first refusal at the offer stage.
Compiled by The Roebling Research Desk from the building’s offering plan, amendments, and related building documents (primary source dated 2026). Board policies can change by amendment — confirm at the offer stage.
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2025
- $1,875
- floor-adjusted, 1 sale
- Listing discount
- 3.9%
- Recorded sales
- 26
- On record
- 2004–2026
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45 East 66th Street is one of the earliest institutional luxury apartment buildings in the entire Upper East Side cross-street inventory — predating the Candela-Carpenter generation by a full decade and a half. The 1906-1908 Harde & Short commission carries an NYC individual landmark designation (LP-0963, 1977) and stands with 131 East 66th Street (The Studio Building, 1905-06, Charles Platt) and Alwyn Court (1907-09, Harde & Short) as one of the surviving Edwardian-era apartment-house experiments. The Harde & Short pedigree places it within a small but consequential corpus that also includes Alwyn Court at 180 West 58th, the Studio Building at 44 West 77th, and the Red House at 350 West 85th. That pedigree announces itself in the building's Neo-French Renaissance composition with Gothic and Flemish Gothic ornamentation — the iconic Madison-and-66th corner tower, intricate terra-cotta detailing, and elegant brick facade. At street level, the long-running Fred Leighton estate jewelry boutique has anchored the building's commercial identity since the late-1980s renovation.
In August 2025, Rudy Giuliani sold his penthouse after several years on the market, in a widely covered transaction.
Architecture and building operations
Parkview Real Estate originally hired Schwartz & Gross in early 1906; in May 1906 the developer switched to Harde & Short, who delivered plans for a ten-story apartment building at a cost of approximately $1 million. Constructed 1906-08 of brick and terra-cotta, the building displays "a profusion of gothic-style detail" — distinguishing it from the neoclassical and Beaux-Arts vocabulary of contemporary Upper East Side apartment-house construction.
Friends of the Upper East Side describes the building, "with its distinctive rounded corner bay," as "an impressive reminder of the grand era of New York's early luxury apartment houses." Clad in red brick with light-colored terra-cotta details, the building features a rounded turret at the Madison-66th corner connecting the two primary elevations. Originally called The Parkview in tribute to Central Park one block west. The Neo-French Renaissance style is punctuated by Gothic and Flemish Gothic ornamentation — visible in the iconic corner tower, intricate terra-cotta detailing, and elegant brick facade.
Conversion history. Bing & Bing repurchased the building in 1977 and resold it to Martin J. Raynes in 1985. Raynes converted the residential floors into a cooperative; the retail spaces and two ground-floor professional offices were structured as three separate condominium ownerships. The facade was renovated in the late 1980s. The Fred Leighton estate jewelry boutique is the long-tenured signature retail tenant.
Operations: full-service white-glove cooperative; doorman; concierge.
Policy framework
- Type: Cooperative (residential floors) — board interview required
- Pets: Verify with managing agent
- Pied-à-terre: Verify with managing agent
- Financing maximum: Verify with managing agent at offer stage
- Flip tax: Verify with managing agent
- Subletting: Board approval required
- Trust, LLC, foreign buyers: Case-by-case
- Post-closing liquidity: Substantial UES reserves customary
- Board interview: Required
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of September 2026. They are shown as published, item by item; no total is added because the total depends on the transaction. Deposits are listed apart from nonrefundable charges.
- Terms
- Amount equal to 2.5% of purchase price
- Rate
- 2.5% of the purchase price
- Paid by
- Seller
Source: building management's published schedule, as of September 2026
Purchase
6 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Not stated |
| Lead Based Paint Disclosure Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $75 | Refundable Not stated |
| Financing FeeConditional | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $300 (if applicable) | Refundable Not stated |
| Closing FeePer share | Paid by Shareholder | When At closing | Amount $800 ($850 without a Broker) plus $0.05 per share | Refundable Not stated |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move-In DepositConditional | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $500 (if no damage has occurred in the common area of the building) | Refundable Refundable |
| Move-Out DepositConditional | Paid by Shareholder | When At closing | Amount $500 (if no damage has occurred in the common area of the building) | Refundable Refundable |
Sublet
3 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Not stated |
| Messenger Fees | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $35 | Refundable Not stated |
| Sublease FeeRecurring | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount Amount equal to 20% of Annual Maintenance | Refundable Not stated |
Refinance
2 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Not stated |
| Messenger Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $35 | Refundable Not stated |
Ownership transfer
1 item
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transfer Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount Contact Transfer Agent for fee schedule | Refundable Not stated |
Management updates its schedule without a public filing. The date is when management last updated the page, not when a rule changed. Confirm the current schedule with management before you apply.
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Financing and purchase requirements
- Maximum financing
- 50% of the purchase priceSource: building management's published schedule, as of September 2026
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.
- Subletting by shareholders
- Permitted with conditionsGenerally permitted (condominium); confirm any rental cap or right of first refusal at the offer stage.Source: The Roebling Research Desk's building record
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- Not verified
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Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Maintenance, per room
- $1,153 per room a monthMedian of 7 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Maintenance, per square foot
- $2.47 per square foot a monthMedian of 5 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
Maintenance as recorded with each sale. A co-op's maintenance already covers the building's real estate taxes and the building's own mortgage, if it has one; add your own loan payment for the monthly outlay. A summary of recorded sales, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Doorman (hours not stated)Source: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Concierge
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of Buildings elevator records
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $5,870/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $15
- Modeled exposure split equally across 33 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed 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 data last refreshed September 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- 2.5% of purchase price (paid by shareholder/seller)
- Sublet policy
- Allowed; sublease fee equal to 20% of annual maintenance
- Notable fees
- App processing $500; financing $300; closing fee $800 ($850 w/o broker) + $0.05/share; move-in/out $500 refundable deposits
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | 5N | 1 BR · 1 BA | $975,000 | -2.0% | |
| Feb 20, 2026 | 8S | 4 BR · 3 BA | $5,750,000 | -1.3% | |
| Feb 13, 2026 | 9E | 4 BR · 3.5 BA | $9,875,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jul 17, 2025 | 5W | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,800 sf | $5,250,000 | $1,875/sf | -4.5% |
| Dec 20, 2023 | 3SE | 4 BR · 2 BA · 2,200 sf | $2,055,000 | $934/sf | -28.5% |
| Nov 17, 2023 | PH | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 4,020 sf | $7,650,000 | $1,903/sf | -4.3% |
| Aug 22, 2022 | 7W | 4 BR · 3 BA | $3,700,000 | -17.3% | |
| Jan 16, 2020 | 5W | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,800 sf | $4,725,000 | $1,688/sf | -1.5% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2025): a median $1,875/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 3.9% 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 1-01381-7502). 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.
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At the recent median sale of $5.25M (5 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $132,675 to close, or 2.5% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $118,125
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $14,550
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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Notable residents
A century of distinguished tenancy:
- Harry F. Guggenheim — businessman and philanthropist (1920s)
- Theodore A. Bingham — former NYC Police Chief (1920s)
- Cosmo Hamilton — novelist (1920s)
- William Delavan Baldwin — businessman (1920s)
- Morton Downey — singer (mid-20th century)
- Grafton D. Cushing — politician (mid-20th century)
- Nelly Régine Beer — socialite; wife of Robert de Rothschild (mid-20th century)
- Rudy Giuliani — former NYC Mayor (penthouse owner, sold August 2025)
What to know if you’re buying
The NYC individual landmark designation (LP-0963, 1977) is structurally elevating. Real architectural-history institutional context uncommon among UES cross-street cooperatives.
Architect: Harde & Short. The firm's broader corpus — Alwyn Court, Studio Building, Red House — anchors the architectural reading.
The 1906-1908 vintage places the building in the earliest cohort of institutional UES apartment houses.
Verify specific policy framework with managing agent at diligence stage.
Comparable buildings
- 1 East 66th Street — Candela 1947; same-block UES peer
- 2 East 70th Street — Candela / Walker & Gillette 1927-28; nearby Lenox Hill peer
- 4 East 72nd Street — Hoffman 1929; nearby Lenox Hill peer
- 14 East 75th Street — Schwartz & Gross 1928-29; nearby Lenox Hill peer
- 770 Park Avenue — nearby Park Avenue peer
Sources: The Roebling Research Library (offering plans, house rules, financial statements, board minutes, internal transaction records); NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers; publicly recorded NYC building data.
More Upper East Side buildings
- 43 East 62nd Street — 1915 co-op by W. K. Rouse & L. A. Goldstone
- 44 East 65th Street — 1877 co-op
- 44 East 67th Street — 1941 condominium by Rosario Candela
- 45 East 72nd Street, Upper East Side — 1959 co-op
- 45 East 80th Street (The 80th at Madison) — 1987 condominium by Liebman & Liebman
- 45 East 82nd Street — 1913 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Upper East Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper East Side.
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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