- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- Designated
- Pets
- Pets permitted under condominium rules
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium declaration
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
6 Gramercy Park West sits on one of the most coveted residential blockfronts in Manhattan: the short, private western edge of Gramercy Park, the city's only remaining private park. Addresses directly on the park are scarce by definition — the park's four sides are lined with a fixed and largely landmarked set of buildings — and Gramercy Park West is the most intimate of the four, a row of refined early-20th-century houses and small buildings overlooking the locked green.
What makes the address exceptional is the combination of three things that rarely travel together in Manhattan: a direct Gramercy Park frontage; the prestige and permanence of the Gramercy Park Historic District; and, for residences fronting the park, the prospect of a coveted key to the park itself. As a small-scale condominium, the building also offers something the surrounding prewar co-ops generally do not — the flexibility of deeded ownership at one of the city's most exclusive park addresses.
Architecture and unit composition
6 Gramercy Park West is a prewar building of early-20th-century vintage, sited within the Gramercy Park Historic District and built to the refined residential standards of the park's western blockfront. As a small building, it carries an intimate residence count rather than the scale of a postwar tower; apartments at this address are characteristically prewar in proportion — generous ceiling heights, substantial rooms, and the architectural detail that the district's designation protects. Light and outlook are the defining assets: park-facing residences look directly over Gramercy Park, a view permanence that the park's private, protected status effectively guarantees.
Because the building is landmarked, exterior alterations are governed by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and buyers should understand that historic-district status shapes both the building's preservation obligations and the character of any renovation work.
Building operations
6 Gramercy Park West operates as a small-scale condominium. In a building of this size, the service model is necessarily more boutique than that of a large staffed tower, and operating economics are spread across a small number of units — which makes the building's financials, reserve position, and any assessment history especially important to review during diligence. Buyers should confirm the current common-charge schedule, the building's reserve and capital-plan position, and, for park-facing residences, the status and terms of any Gramercy Park key access.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $2,274/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $8
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair before the next inspection cycle. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
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
6 Gramercy Park West is a condominium, so its market reads on a price-per-square-foot basis: deeds record price and date, and apartment-level square footage, beds, baths, asking price, common charges, and discount-to-ask complete each comparable. Direct Gramercy Park frontage is the building's defining pricing factor — park-facing prewar residences in the immediate Gramercy Park blockfronts command a scarcity premium that distinguishes them from the broader corridor. Sales at an address of this rarity are infrequent and highly apartment-specific; a small building produces few comparables, so each transaction must be read against the narrow set of recent trades on the park itself rather than against the wider Gramercy submarket. We model any prospective transaction at the apartment level, weighing park frontage, floor, light, condition, and the scarcity of on-park inventory.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00876-7501) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
This is an on-park, landmarked address. Direct Gramercy Park frontage and Gramercy Park Historic District status are the building's defining attributes. For park-facing residences, confirm the status and terms of Gramercy Park key access at offer stage.
Condominium flexibility at a trophy address. Deeded ownership permits pied-à-terre, investment, and sublet use under the declaration — a meaningful distinction from the surrounding prewar co-ops.
Diligence in a small building is concentrated. With few units, the building's financials, reserves, and capital plan carry outsized weight; review them carefully.
Mansion tax and cliff thresholds apply. At on-park pricing, run any prospective purchase through the Mansion Tax Calculator; cliff thresholds may apply.
What to know if you’re selling
Scarcity is the story. Direct park frontage and a landmarked address are rare assets; marketing should foreground the on-park position and the flexibility of condominium ownership.
Comparables are narrow. Pricing rests on the small set of recent on-park trades and the specific attributes of the apartment — frontage, floor, light, and condition — rather than broad corridor averages.
Closing timelines are condo-fast. Expect a materially shorter contract-to-close window than a board-approved co-op sale.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 6 Gramercy Park West, also evaluate:
- 34 Gramercy Park East — the corridor's prewar on-park trophy peer
- 50 Gramercy Park North — on-park building with Gramercy Park key access; flexible ownership structure
- 111 Third Avenue — nearby corridor condominium for ownership-flexibility comparison
- 111 East 14th Street — new-development condominium at the corridor's southern edge
- 368 Third Avenue — Kips Bay condominium; broader corridor context
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Gramercy — read The Roebling Team Guide to Gramercy.
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