45 East 66th Street (The Parkview / Fred Leighton Building)
45 East 66th Street, New York, NY 10065
Lenox Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1013817502 · BIN 1076285
- Year built
- 1906
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 33
- Floors
- 10
- 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
- $1,875
- Listing discount
- 3.9%
- Recorded sales
- 26
- On record
- 2004–2026
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 for $4.95 million after several years on the market — a transaction widely covered in and.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $5,870/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $15
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 before the next inspection cycle. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials 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 →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, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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) 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
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.
The Harde & Short architectural pedigree is real institutional context. 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.
The Fred Leighton ground-floor commercial tenancy is real institutional infrastructure.
The cultural resident roster — Guggenheim, Bingham, Hamilton, Downey, Giuliani — supports premium positioning.
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.
The neighborhood
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