455 East 57th Street
455 East 57th Street, New York, NY 10022
Sutton Place
BBL 1013690019 · BIN 1040542
- Year built
- 1927
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2005–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $850K – $2.3M
- Listing discount
- 3.3%
- Recorded transfers
- 39
455 East 57th Street belongs to the quietest, most rarefied stretch of Manhattan's East Side: the tail of 57th Street where it slips past Sutton Place and reaches the river. This is not the 57th Street of Billionaires' Row towers — it is the older, lower, intensely private Sutton enclave, the neighborhood Effingham B. Sutton tried to establish in the 1870s and that the Vanderbilts, Morgans, and a generation of society architects finished in the 1920s. By the time Kenneth Murchison designed 455 in 1927, the surrounding blocks were filling with the masonry co-ops and discreet townhouses that still define the area.
The building's defining quality is its intimacy. At roughly four dozen residences across sixteen floors, 455 East 57th Street is a genuinely small cooperative — the kind of building where the staff knows every shareholder, where turnover is rare, and where the appeal is privacy rather than spectacle. Murchison gave it a restrained Neo-Renaissance face in red brick with limestone detailing, the kind of dignified pre-war envelope that has aged into permanence.
For buyers, the case is the Sutton trade itself: a serene, river-adjacent address; a small, well-run cooperative with a full-time doorman and a live-in resident manager; and board policies that are notably more accommodating than the Sutton norm — pets welcome, pied-à-terre purchases permitted, and financing allowed to a useful 70%.
Architecture and unit composition
Murchison's design is pre-war in the best Sutton sense: a sixteen-story red-brick mass over a limestone base, with the proportioned windows, modest cornice, and quiet ornament of the late-1920s Neo-Renaissance idiom. There is no flourish for its own sake; the building's confidence is in its scale and its materials, which read as solid and aristocratic rather than showy.
Inside, the small unit count translates to generous, low-density floors — most levels hold only a few apartments, so layouts tend to be gracious, with the hard-plaster walls, real foyers, separate dining rooms, and high ceilings that buyers seek in pre-war stock. The lobby and elevators retain their period character, a detail that matters to buyers shopping for the genuine article rather than a renovated facsimile. Many homes capture light and air from the building's near-riverfront position, with the better lines reaching toward the East River.
Building operations
455 East 57th Street runs as a traditional full-service cooperative. A full-time doorman attends the lobby and a live-in resident manager oversees the building day to day, with the private storage and central laundry that shareholders expect. The scale is the point: a small building with steady staffing and low turnover tends to be well-kept and tightly run, with maintenance reflecting a modest household count rather than a sprawling tower.
The board's policies are unusually flexible for the corridor. Pets are permitted, pied-à-terre ownership is allowed — a meaningful concession in a neighborhood where many co-ops require primary residence — and the building permits financing up to 70% of the purchase price. A 2% flip tax is paid by the buyer at closing. Together these terms make 455 more accessible to part-time New Yorkers and to buyers who need conventional financing than many of its Sutton peers.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
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
Recent transfers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2025 | 11A | 5 BR · 3 BA | $2,287,500 | -16.8% | |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 15B | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,200 sf | $1,600,000 | $727/sf | -3.0% |
| Jul 15, 2025 | MAISA | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,900,000 | -5.0% | |
| May 27, 2025 | 4C | 2 BR · 2 BA | $950,000 | -3.6% | |
| Aug 2, 2023 | 1B | 1 BR · 3 BA · 850 sf | $850,000 | $1,000/sf | +0.0% |
| Aug 11, 2022 | 12A | 1 BR · 1.5 BA | $986,000 | -10.0% | |
| Apr 29, 2022 | 2C | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,300 sf | $1,375,000 | $1,058/sf | -8.0% |
| Apr 8, 2022 | 12D | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,080 sf | $1,855,000 | $892/sf | -6.1% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2025): a median $779/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 3.8% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2006 | 5B | $495,000 |
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 1-01369-0019) 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 on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a pre-war cooperative, so plan for a board package and interview — but with friendlier terms than the corridor average. The 70% financing allowance means you do not need the deep cash position many Sutton co-ops demand, and the pied-à-terre policy makes the building viable for buyers who keep a primary home elsewhere. Budget the 2% buyer-paid flip tax into your closing costs.
Buy for the layout and the light. In a small pre-war building the homes vary line by line; the gracious floor plans, real foyers, and separate dining rooms are the draw, and the higher, river-facing lines are the ones to chase. Because turnover is low, be prepared to move when the right apartment surfaces rather than waiting for a wide field of choices.
Underwrite the building's small scale as a feature. A modest household count means attentive staffing and a closely held reserve picture; review the building's financials and any planned capital work, and weigh the value of a quiet, well-run cooperative over a larger building with more amenities but less intimacy.
What to know if you’re selling
Market the Sutton story and the building's accommodating terms together. A serene, near-riverfront address; a small, full-service 1927 cooperative; and a board that welcomes pets, permits pied-à-terre ownership, and allows 70% financing is a combination that widens your buyer pool well beyond the typical Sutton co-op. Those policies are a selling point — say so plainly.
Lead with the apartment's pre-war bones. Foyers, separate dining rooms, ceiling height, and light are what this buyer is paying for; stage and present the layout to make them legible. Price against the small, full-service pre-war cooperatives of Sutton and Beekman rather than against newer or larger buildings, and use the building's low turnover to frame scarcity — when a home here is available, comparable inventory is genuinely limited.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 455 East 57th Street, also evaluate nearby Sutton and Beekman cooperatives:
- 430 East 57th Street — McKim, Mead & White–designed Sutton cooperative
- 444 East 57th Street — the 1929 Lafayette A. Goldstone pre-war condominium
- 1 Beekman Place — prestigious Beekman Place cooperative
- 2 Beekman Place — the Rosario Candela co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Sutton Place — read The Roebling Team Guide to Sutton Place.
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