530 Park Avenue
530 Park Avenue / 48-60 East 61st Street, New York, NY 10065
Lenox Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1013757503 · BIN 1040806
- Year built
- 1940
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 116
- Floors
- 19
Every recorded sale at this building, 2011–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,874
- Listing discount
- 8.8%
- Recorded sales
- 102
- On record
- 2011–2026
530 Park Avenue is one of the most architecturally interesting and operationally distinctive condominium conversions on Park Avenue south of 79th Street. What sets it substantively apart from peer Park Avenue inventory begins with the building itself and ends at its front desk. The bones are a late-prewar / Art Deco architectural composition by George F. Pelham Jr., the architect whose Manhattan portfolio also includes 41, 50, 785, 1130, and 1150 Park Avenue plus 1056 Fifth Avenue — a major if less-celebrated figure in the late-prewar canon than Candela or Cross & Cross — with a 1940 vintage that places 530 Park at the tail end of the prewar construction cycle, just as steel allocation shifted to wartime priorities. Those bones were reimagined in the Aby Rosen / RFR Holding 2013 conversion by Handel Architects with interiors by William T. Georgis, a comprehensive redesign that turned the lobby into a grand double-height ribbed limestone rotunda with Nordic Gray and Cold Spring granite floor, an ebonized wood concierge desk, a garden-facing sitting room, a media center, and a dark wood-paneled library with billiard table. Rarest of all among peer Park Avenue condominiums is the Sant Ambroeus catering / room service amenity, drawing on the Milanese restaurant with locations on Madison Avenue and at the adjacent Regency Hotel.
The location is among the highest-scored on Park Avenue. public records score of 29/36 — among the highest on the corridor — reflects the building's adjacency to the Regency Hotel, Madison Avenue retail, Central Park, and the 59th and 63rd Street subway hubs.
Architecture and unit composition
The 19-story white-brick building at 530 Park Avenue was erected in 1940 at the tail end of the prewar Park Avenue construction cycle. It was designed by George F. Pelham Jr., whose Manhattan prewar portfolio includes 41, 50, 785, 1130, and 1150 Park Avenue and 1056 Fifth Avenue. Architectural records describe the defining architectural features as "two piers of curved glass bay windows flanking Juliet balconies above its entrance on the avenue" and a "very handsome, ribbed, two-story limestone base" with sidewalk landscaping.
The building is also known as 48-60 East 61st Street. Pelham Jr. designed it on a generous L-shaped footprint that wraps the southwest corner of 61st and Park — the corner site immediately south of the Regency Hotel and the Christ Church United Methodist by Ralph Adams Cram on the north side of 61st.
The building's commercial-residential rental life ran for 67 years, from 1940 to 2007. In 2007, BlackRock Realty Advisors paid approximately $211 million for the building. The 2008 financial crisis paused the conversion plan. Aby Rosen / RFR Holding entered a joint venture with the existing ownership in August 2010 to complete a for-sale condominium conversion. RFR submitted the conversion plan within months. The conversion preserved the prewar masonry envelope while comprehensively redesigning the lobby and interior infrastructure.
Apartment-level finishes include kitchens with Smallbone of Devizes cabinetry, Pietra Cardosa Italian granite, Sub-Zero refrigeration, Wolf ranges, Bertazzoni ovens, and Viking hoods. Bathrooms feature Crema Marfil marble walls, wood-grain brown marble floors, Kohler Caxton sinks, Toto toilets, and radiant heating in the primary bath. Units carry in-unit Bosch washer/dryers and individually controlled HVAC.
Building operations
530 Park operates as a full-service condominium with the following operational baseline:
- 24-hour doorman and concierge
- Live-in superintendent
- Catering and room service by Sant Ambroeus — a distinguishing amenity uncommon among peer Park Avenue condominiums
- Landscaped courtyard with French garden and black-tile reflecting pool designed by Town & Gardens Ltd, with gravel walkways, blue stone pavers, and a privacy wall of English ivy with red maple trees
- Private fitness center overlooking the courtyard
- Library with billiards table
- Children's creativity center
- Bicycle storage, central laundry, resident storage
- No roof deck; no balconies (Juliet only); no on-site garage
- In-unit Bosch washer/dryer; individually controlled HVAC
The Sant Ambroeus amenity is structurally distinguishing. Resident access to room service and catering from one of Manhattan's most established Milanese restaurants is uncommon at the condominium level along Park Avenue.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $112,554/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $89
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 closings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2026 | 7E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 848 sf | $1,513,687 | $1,785/sf | -0.7% |
| Sep 29, 2025 | 4C | 1 BA · 693 sf | $1,300,000 | $1,876/sf | -13.0% |
| Aug 25, 2025 | 5G | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,480 sf | $2,719,591 | $1,838/sf | +0.9% |
| Jan 10, 2025 | 2H | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,359 sf | $2,350,000 | $1,729/sf | off-mkt |
| Sep 19, 2024 | 15B | 4 BR · 4 BA · 2,698 sf | $6,700,000 | $2,483/sf | -16.3% |
| May 28, 2024 | 16F | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 858 sf | $1,800,000 | $2,098/sf | -7.7% |
| Feb 14, 2024 | 8F | 1 BR · 1 BA · 858 sf | $1,750,000 | $2,040/sf | -7.8% |
| Oct 24, 2023 | 7F | 858 sf | $1,776,937 | $2,071/sf | off-mkt |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,874/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 8.8% 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.
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 1-01375-7503) 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
What to know if you’re selling
Marketing should emphasize the condominium policy flexibility and the Sant Ambroeus amenity. Both are structural advantages over peer Park Avenue cooperative inventory.
The Pelham Jr. + Handel Architects + Aby Rosen credential layering is real institutional context. The combination of late-prewar architecture, top-tier 2013 conversion architecture, and Rosen sponsor credibility supports premium positioning. Cite the rating in positioning materials.
Pricing should reference the $2,113/sf average closing price across the 13 recent public records-tracked closings. Apartment-line-specific comparables should anchor positioning.
Closing timelines are condominium-standard.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 530 Park Avenue, also evaluate:
- 500 Park Avenue — Pei Cobb Freed condominium tower; immediate Park Avenue / 59th Street area peer
- 502 Park Avenue (Trump Park Avenue) — Goldner & Goldner 1929 hotel / Kondylis 2005 condominium; immediate Park Avenue area peer
- 510 Park Avenue — F.H. Dewey 1925 boutique prewar coop; immediate Park Avenue area peer
- 535 Park Avenue — Herbert Lucas 1910 boutique prewar coop; immediate corner Park Avenue / 61st Street peer
- 610 Park Avenue (The Mayfair) — Carpenter 1925 / Kondylis 1998 condominium; nearby prewar-into-condominium peer
Sources: The Roebling Research Library (offering plans, house rules, financial statements, board minutes, internal transaction records); NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers; publicly recorded NYC building data.
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Park Avenue — read The Roebling Team Guide to Park Avenue.
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