50-15 39th Street
50-15 39th Street, between 50th and 51st Avenues · Sunnyside
BBL 4002100022 · BIN 4003042
- Year built
- 1960
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 51
- Floors
- 7
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Resident superintendent; elevator; laundry room; bicycle room; planted garden and courtyard; furnished roof terrace
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $314K – $760K
- Listing discount
- 1.4%
- Recorded transfers
- 66
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50-15 39th Street is a seven-story cooperative built in 1960 on the southern side of Sunnyside. Its residential inventory centers on alcove studios and one-bedroom apartments, with occasional combined homes. Shared outdoor space is a substantial part of the property: a planted garden and courtyard sit below a furnished roof terrace with Manhattan skyline views.
The alcove studios give the building a distinct entry point. Their plans separate part of the sleeping area from the main living room, and some have an L-shaped configuration. Large windows, deep entrance closets and separate kitchens allow a relatively compact apartment to retain several distinct uses.
The building lies south of Queens Boulevard, with the 40th Street–Lowery Street station serving the area. Its garden-facing homes have an inward outlook, while some upper-floor western exposures look toward Manhattan. The difference between those orientations matters more to the interior experience than the building's street address alone.
Architecture and unit composition
The postwar apartment plans include studios around 500 square feet and one-bedroom homes around 700 to 850 square feet. These are different layouts, with alcoves, kitchen positions and entrance halls varying by line. A combined residence has also traded, adding a larger home to an inventory otherwise dominated by smaller apartments.
Separate galley kitchens remain in some layouts. Certain kitchens have an exterior vent, and through-wall air conditioners preserve the window openings in some homes. Entrance closets can be notably deep, while additional storage sits near the bathroom. Hardwood floors recur across both renovated and older interiors.
Garden-facing one-bedroom homes include corner bedrooms with more than one exposure. Their outlook differs from the open views found higher in the building. Some apartments have been renovated with new kitchens and flooring; others retain an older arrangement. The alcove studios can have enough separation for a sleeping area without becoming a legal additional bedroom.
The building's seven-story form is considerably denser than the present R4 residential allowance shown for the lot. Its built floor-area ratio is 4.47, compared with a residential allowance of 1.0. The existing apartment-house scale is therefore an important part of the property's physical position on the block.
Building operations
A resident superintendent supports the elevator building, with central laundry and bicycle storage serving the apartments. The planted ground-level outdoor area and rooftop terrace are shared facilities. They do not create private outdoor rights for every apartment facing them.
Roof access has been interrupted by work in the past: a 2024 apartment offering specifically described the deck as closed during construction. More recent offerings continue to describe the roof deck as an amenity. That history makes the current access schedule and the scope of any continuing roof work relevant to a buyer who expects to use it immediately.
The property is taxed as a Class 2 cooperative, with no building-wide abatement identified. Its zoning, age and unit count place it outside the smaller residential tax subclasses with capped assessment growth. Real-estate taxes are an expense of the cooperative and are reflected in its maintenance structure.
Policy framework
Financing: Governed by cooperative policy — confirm current terms with the managing agent.
Pied-à-terre: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
Subletting: Governed by cooperative policy — confirm current terms with the managing agent.
Purchaser approval: Board application and approval required — confirm with the managing agent.
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2025 | 1C | 1 BA · 500 sf | $260,000 | $520/sf | -3.3% |
| Oct 3, 2024 | — | 3 BR · 1 BA · 1,100 sf | $675,000 | $614/sf | -24.1% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5AB | 2 BR · 2 BA | $760,000 | -1.9% | |
| Sep 16, 2024 | 3H | 1 BR · 1 BA | $313,500 | +1.1% | |
| May 3, 2024 | 4F | 1 BA | $230,000 | -7.6% | |
| Dec 11, 2023 | 3C | 1 BA | $235,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jul 21, 2023 | 5C | $255,000 | -3.8% | ||
| Nov 6, 2022 | 2L | 1 BA | $199,000 | +0.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2025): a median $520/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 3.3% 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 4-00210-0022) 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.
At the recent median sale of $675K (3 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $11,081 to close, or 1.6% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $11,081
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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Comparable buildings
- Plymouth Hall — A Sunnyside peer whose apartments also trade as cooperative shares, with a prewar building form and a larger residential inventory.
- The Crescent House — A postwar Astoria elevator cooperative, useful for comparing the same ownership model with a larger building and on-site parking.
- Colonial Court — A Jackson Heights elevator cooperative offering a prewar comparison for buyers prioritizing established apartment layouts.
- Lane Towers — A larger postwar Forest Hills cooperative for comparing tower scale with this mid-rise building.
- 5 Court Square West — A nearby western Queens condominium of broadly similar residential scale, offering a newer-construction and different-tenure alternative.
More Sunnyside buildings
- 43-42 45th Street (Plymouth Hall) — 1936
- 47-20 42nd Street — 1938 co-op
- 47-55 39th Place — 1939 condominium
- 49-07 43rd Avenue — 2005 condominium
- 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.
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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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