- Year built
- 1927
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- Designated
45 Gramercy Park North faces Manhattan's only private park — the two-acre, gated Gramercy Park, whose keys belong solely to the residents of the buildings around it. That single fact defines the address: ownership here comes with one of the rarest amenities in the city. The building went up in 1927, developed by Bing & Bing, the firm whose name on a pre-war address still signals well-planned layouts and quality construction, and designed in a Neo-Renaissance idiom with a one-story limestone base, beige-brick shaft, carved cherubs in relief, and the staggered setbacks and cornices that give it a distinctive silhouette over the park.
For buyers, 45 Gramercy Park North is the classic Gramercy proposition: a gracious pre-war cooperative on the park, with the layouts, ceiling heights, and prewar character that make the neighborhood one of Manhattan's most coveted residential enclaves — and the park key that money alone cannot otherwise buy.
Building operations
45 Gramercy Park North runs as a full-service cooperative: a 24-hour doorman, attended elevator service, a resident manager, central laundry, and bicycle and private storage. The crowning amenity is structural — residents receive keys to Gramercy Park. On board policy, the building permits pets and pied-à-terre ownership, with financing allowed up to 50% of the purchase price; as a co-op, purchases are reviewed by the board and clear through a board package and interview. The combination of generous policy by Gramercy standards — pets, pieds-à-terre, and meaningful financing — with the park key makes the building unusually accessible for a top park-front cooperative.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $28,967/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $60
Facade safety — Local Law 11
Safe to live in today — but the last inspection flagged repairs that are due on a deadline, so facade work and its cost are coming. Whether that’s a real concern depends on the scope, the timing, and how the building plans to pay for it — reserves or an assessment — which is exactly what we’d dig into 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 →Recent sales
With only 40 residences, turnover at 45 Gramercy Park North is thin — a small handful of resales in a typical year, and the park-facing lines trade least often of all. Pricing reflects the Gramercy Park park-front tier: the combination of a Bing & Bing pedigree, pre-war layouts, historic-district character, and the park key supports values at the top of the neighborhood, with the park-facing and renovated homes commanding the premiums. Because so few homes change hands, a single well-located listing can anchor the building's pricing. The auto-generated sales record reflects recorded transfers as they post.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a park-front Bing & Bing co-op with the Gramercy key. Expect the cooperative process — a board package and interview — but note the building's relatively accommodating posture: pets and pieds-à-terre are permitted, and financing is allowed up to 50%, terms that are not universal among the park's most coveted addresses. The product to study is the line and the exposure: park-facing homes carry the premium and the open views, and the larger renovated layouts are the scarce inventory. The park key is the asset that does not depreciate. We help buyers assemble a strong board package and weigh 45 Gramercy Park North against the park's other cooperatives.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the two things buyers cannot get elsewhere: a Bing & Bing pre-war home on Gramercy Park, and the key. Park frontage and park access are the durable differentiators, and the building's accommodating board policy — pets, pieds-à-terre, 50% financing — widens the buyer pool beyond the most restrictive park co-ops. Present the layout and any renovation — pre-war proportions sell, and a thoughtful modernization commands a premium. Benchmark to the park-front cooperative tier, and prepare the buyer for the board process early so the package moves cleanly. With forty homes and few resales, a well-presented park-facing apartment competes against very limited supply.
Comparable buildings
If you're weighing 45 Gramercy Park North, also evaluate the park's other cooperatives:
- 39 Gramercy Park North — pre-war co-op on the park, two doors west
- 50 Gramercy Park North — full-service building on the park's north side
- 60 Gramercy Park North — pre-war park-front cooperative
- 34 Gramercy Park East — historic park-front co-op
- 32 Gramercy Park South — full-service building on the park
- 240 Park Avenue South — Gramercy-edge condominium nearby
The Roebling Team at 45 Gramercy Park North
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the Gramercy Park enclave — the park-front cooperatives, the pre-war classics, and the boutique condominiums that ring the city's only private park. We publish this profile because Gramercy buyers and sellers deserve building-specific intelligence: how a Bing & Bing park-front co-op like 45 Gramercy Park North trades, what the park key and the park-facing lines are worth, and how to position a resale against the park's deep cooperative inventory.
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