- Year built
- 1939
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 47
- Floors
- 6
- Amenities
- Elevator; resident superintendent; central laundry; bicycle storage
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2024
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2024
- $748
- floor-adjusted, 1 sale
- Listing discount
- 2.4%
- Recorded sales
- 65
- On record
- 2004–2024
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47-55 39th Place is a six-story Sunnyside apartment house dating to 1939, with 47 individually owned condominium residences. Its apartments retain the proportions and details of a prewar building, including separate entry areas, substantial living rooms and original parquet flooring in some homes. The building occupies a mid-rise residential site south of Queens Boulevard.
The homes include one-bedroom plans with distinct kitchens, living rooms and bedrooms. Some retain crown molding and older finishes; others have updated kitchens with a pass-through to the living area. Elevator access and shared laundry serve the residential floors.
Current purchase terms deserve attention here. Two separate apartments offered in 2026 required cash purchases. That is a consequential limitation for buyers planning to finance; confirm with the managing agent whether the requirement applies to a particular apartment or the building generally.
Architecture and unit composition
The apartment layouts are primarily compact by overall floor area, with a number of homes around 600 to 900 square feet. Even within that band, room arrangements vary: some living rooms accommodate dining, while separate kitchens preserve a distinction between food preparation and the main room. Entrance foyers and closets take up part of the floor plan.
One-bedroom homes include larger bedrooms and living rooms alongside relatively narrow kitchens. In updated apartments, a pass-through can connect the kitchen to the living space. Original parquet, crown moldings and conventional room divisions remain in other interiors, making renovation level an important difference between offerings.
The 2026 inventory included both a home presented for renovation and a refreshed one-bedroom apartment. Those are different starting points for a purchaser. One refreshed apartment's finishes describe that apartment only; the building does not have a uniform recent renovation package across residences.
The property is built above the residential density indicated by its present R5 zoning. Its built floor-area ratio is 3.63, compared with a residential allowance of 1.5. The six-story form is an existing prewar apartment house within that zoning framework.
Building operations
The elevator reaches the basement laundry and bicycle-storage facilities. A resident superintendent is identified among the building's services. Heat and hot water are included in the common charges described for a 2026 offering — confirm the current allocation with the managing agent.
The residential units have individual Class 2 tax lots. No building-wide abatement is identified, so the carrying-cost structure includes ordinary condominium common charges and a separate real-estate tax bill for each residence.
Building staffing and amenities
- Live-in superintendent
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Bike storage, laundry roomSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $15,400/yr
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $48,537/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $27 – $86
- Modeled exposure split equally across 47 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; condominium owners are typically charged by each unit's common-interest percentage.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. A filed Safe grade is not a guarantee of current condition: owners still maintain the facade and, where required, observe parapets each year. Future inspection timing (Local Law 49 of 2025 changed the cycle framework from October 1, 2026), repair and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
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 5, 2024 | 4B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 857 sf | $628,000 | $733/sf | -0.3% |
| May 18, 2023 | 6 | 1 BR · 857 sf | $628,000 | $733/sf | -1.6% |
| May 18, 2023 | 6B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 857 sf | $628,000 | $733/sf | -1.6% |
| Jan 5, 2023 | 2A | 1 BR · 825 sf | $551,000 | $668/sf | -2.5% |
| Oct 21, 2021 | 2E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 749 sf | $490,000 | $654/sf | -1.8% |
| Nov 25, 2019 | 6A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 825 sf | $525,000 | $636/sf | -4.5% |
| Mar 22, 2019 | 5D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 790 sf | $455,000 | $576/sf | -2.4% |
| Mar 15, 2019 | 2B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 860 sf | $519,999 | $605/sf | +4.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2024) cleared a median $748/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 2.4% 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 4-00199-7501; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). 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.
Closed rents at 47-55 39th Place, last 36 months
3 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease May 2026. Based on few leases. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
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What to know if you’re buying
Resolve the cash requirement before making a financed offer. Two 2026 apartment offerings expressly required cash. A purchaser relying on a mortgage should have the managing agent and lender establish whether that requirement applies to the apartment being considered and whether the condominium can satisfy the lender's project review. The published terms do not identify the reason, so they should not be treated as proof of a particular financial or physical defect.
Comparable buildings
- Plymouth Hall — A nearby prewar apartment-house comparison whose residences trade as cooperative shares, offering similar-era interiors under a different ownership structure.
- Arris Lofts — A substantially larger Long Island City condominium in a converted prewar structure, useful for comparing older construction with loft-scale homes.
- Horizon Towers — A smaller Woodside condominium with a newer building and separately deeded parking, relevant for buyers comparing western Queens ownership options.
- 5 Court Square West — A newer condominium of broadly similar residential scale, with a taller form near Court Square.
- L Haus — A larger condominium from the 2000s, offering a comparison with purpose-built modern apartments in Long Island City.
More Sunnyside buildings
- 43-42 45th Street (Plymouth Hall) — 1936
- 47-20 42nd Street — 1938 co-op
- 49-07 43rd Avenue — 2005 condominium
- 50-15 39th Street — 1960 co-op
- Sunny View Condominium, 45-29 47th Street — 2025 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings, character, and market — read The Roebling Team Guide to Sunnyside.
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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