520 Fifth Avenue
520 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10036
BBL 1012597503 · BIN 1091887
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2025–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2026 to date
- $2,603
- floor-adjusted, 74 sales
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Recorded sales
- 105
- On record
- 2025–2026
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520 Fifth Avenue is among the tallest residential buildings on Fifth Avenue — a roughly 1,000-foot supertall rising near the Empire State Building, developed by Rabina and designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox. It is a rare thing on this stretch of Midtown: a brand-new, top-of-market condominium dropped into a corridor defined by commercial towers and prewar stock, conceived to bring trophy-tier residential product to the heart of Fifth Avenue.
The building is mixed-use by design — boutique luxury office floors and Moss, a private members' club, occupy the lower portion, with the 100 condominium residences beginning high in the tower. That structure puts the condominium residences at altitude, with light and views that vary by floor and exposure; no view is protected without a recorded instrument. For a buyer who wants a new supertall home on Fifth Avenue — with a members' club downstairs and the Midtown skyline out the window — 520 Fifth is built to be the address.
Architecture and residences
Kohn Pedersen Fox designed the tower with a contemporary, masonry-influenced expression rather than a pure glass curtain wall — a register meant to read as substantial and permanent against the Midtown skyline rather than as another reflective slab. At roughly 1,000 feet, the building reorders the Fifth Avenue silhouette around the Empire State Building, and its slender form delivers high floors with sweeping, multi-directional outlooks.
The 100 residences sit at the top of the tower, beginning above the office and club floors, which means even the lower residential homes start well into the air. New construction here delivers contemporary ceiling heights, modern mechanical and air systems, full-height glazing, and a high-specification finish program. Debut pricing opened in the low seven figures for the smaller homes and scales sharply with floor and exposure as the tower rises — the highest floors command the trophy premium that the building's altitude and views support.
Amenities and lifestyle
The building's signature amenity is Moss, a private members' club operated within it — a hospitality program that sets 520 Fifth apart from a conventional residential tower and gives residents a curated social and service layer downstairs. Alongside it, the residential floors carry the full amenity and attended-service program expected of a new luxury condominium at this tier.
The location is pure central Midtown: steps from Bryant Park and the New York Public Library, a short walk to Grand Central and the Fifth Avenue retail spine, and surrounded by Midtown's transit, dining, and office core. For a buyer who wants to be at the literal center of the city — with the park, the library, the trains, and Fifth Avenue all within a few blocks — the setting is unmatched, and the altitude turns that central address into open sky.
Ownership and what buyers should know
As a new condominium, 520 Fifth has no co-op board admission — purchases clear through the condominium's application and right-of-first-refusal process rather than a board package and interview. Financing, subletting, resale, and pied-à-terre, trust, LLC, and investment ownership should be confirmed in the current declaration, bylaws and house rules. The pricing tier runs from the low seven figures at the smaller homes to the top of the market at the highest floors; compare new Midtown and Billionaires' Row condominiums alongside relevant older stock, adjusting for layout, condition, services and monthly costs. The residences are offered under a condominium plan accepted for filing by the New York State Attorney General, with Rabina as sponsor; closing mechanics, common-charge and tax projections, and finish selections follow that plan, and we help buyers read it, benchmark the pricing, and structure the deal.
Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Common charges + taxes, per room
- $1,092 per room a monthMedian of 71 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Common charges + taxes, per square foot
- $3.56 per square foot a monthMedian of 71 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Common charges alone, per square foot
- $1.91 per square foot a monthMedian of 156 listings since October 2023 that give the annual taxSource: listing records, refreshed October 2026
- Real estate taxes alone, per square foot
- $1.66 per square foot a monthMedian of 156 listings since October 2023 that give the annual taxSource: listing records, refreshed October 2026
Common charges plus real estate taxes, combined into one monthly figure the way New York condominium listings show them. Add a mortgage payment for the monthly outlay. The split into common charges and taxes comes from the listings that also give the annual tax, a different sample, so the two lines need not add up exactly to the combined median; a tax abatement can hold taxes below the full amount until it expires. A summary of recorded sales and listings, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: recent listing records
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of Buildings elevator records
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | 46ASponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,278 sf | $3,250,000 | $2,543/sf | -4.4% |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 73B | 1,707 sf | $4,677,010 | $2,740/sf | — |
| Aug 13, 2026 | 64ASponsor Sale | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 1,944 sf | $6,450,000 | $3,318/sf | +4.9% |
| Aug 11, 2026 | 43BSponsor Sale | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,506 sf | $6,775,000 | $2,704/sf | +0.0% |
| Aug 10, 2026 | PH74Sponsor Sale | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 3,302 sf | $12,500,000 | $3,786/sf | -2.0% |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 63A | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 1,951 sf | $5,413,225 | $2,775/sf | -6.7% |
| Aug 7, 2026 | PH75Sponsor Sale | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 3,095 sf | $11,475,000 | $3,708/sf | -4.0% |
| Aug 6, 2026 | 64B | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,691 sf | $5,250,000 | $3,105/sf | -3.7% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $2,603/sf (floor-adjusted) across 74 sales. 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 0.0% from the last ask.
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 1-01259-7503; 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 520 Fifth Avenue, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 11 | $11,000 |
11 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease September 2026. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
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At the recent median sale of $3.31M (102 sales in the past 24 months, since October 31, 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $139,705 to close, or 4.2% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $49,613
- Mortgage recording tax: $47,752
- Title insurance: $14,884
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $27,457
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re selling
The marketing core is altitude, authorship, and address: a roughly 1,000-foot KPF-designed supertall on Fifth Avenue, with a members' club in the building and high-floor views that vary by floor and exposure. Sellers should benchmark to new Midtown and Billionaires'-Row condominium pricing, and relevant older inventory with appropriate adjustments, and present the condominium's purchase path — a right-of-first-refusal rather than a board process. With 100 residences and initial sponsor closings underway, distinguish sponsor offerings from actual resale listings before making a supply or scarcity claim.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 520 Fifth Avenue, also evaluate these Midtown and Fifth Avenue buildings:
- 111 West 57th Street — SHoP Architects's 2021 Billionaires' Row condominium
- 277 Fifth Avenue — Fifth Avenue condominium tower
- 262 Fifth Avenue — slender Fifth Avenue tower
- 400 Fifth Avenue — a Gwathmey Siegel-designed condominium
- 146 West 57th Street — Harry Macklowe's 78-story black-glass triangular condominium
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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