Tudor Tower (25 Tudor City Place)

Tudor Tower is a 23-story Tudor Revival tower in red-brick masonry with the Gothic-tinged detailing characteristic of the enclave. Built as an apartment hotel, it carries a studio-heavy unit mix — efficient small layouts conceived for the dense, walkable living the community was designed to offer, with larger one-bedrooms and a small number of combined and penthouse layouts on the upper floors. The building originally carried two rooftop decks, and the roof deck today offers river views.

A fact of the building's siting still shapes its apartment lines: because the old industrial blocks of First Avenue once stood to the east, the Tudor City towers were built with few east-facing windows, orienting most apartments toward the parks and the south and west. The upper floors carry the best of the views — toward the private greens, the United Nations, the East River, and the Midtown skyline — while the lower floors trade altitude for the quiet of the enclave.

The tower combines pre-war architecture, a historic-district setting and a studio-heavy mix. Compare actual apartment prices and carrying costs with other East Side options rather than inferring a price advantage from the building size.

Tudor Tower operates as a full-service pre-war cooperative under 25 Tudor Owners Corp. A 24-hour doorman staffs the lobby, with a live-in superintendent on site. The building offers a roof deck with river views, a bike room, on-site laundry, and storage; gym access is available at a neighboring Tudor City building for a fee.

The co-op's policies are accommodating by Manhattan standards. Electricity is included in the monthly maintenance — count that covered usage once in a full monthly-cost comparison. Pieds-à-terre are permitted. Subletting is permitted, along with guarantors, co-purchasing, gifting, and parents purchasing for children, giving owners real flexibility. Cats are permitted; no new dogs. The board reviews financials and the purchase application in the standard co-op manner; the financing cap and any flip tax or sublet terms are confirmed with the managing agent during contract review.

Recent sales

Recent transfers 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.

Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2025): a median $921/sf (recorded) across 6 sales. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 2.4% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01334-0022). 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.

The entry-price-plus-flexibility case is the core. Tudor Tower offers an accessible entry into a protected Midtown co-op enclave, with electricity bundled into maintenance and a board posture that permits pieds-à-terre and subletting — terms to verify when evaluating carrying costs and permitted use.

Understand the apartment-hotel legacy. The studio-heavy unit mix and the few east-facing windows are direct consequences of the building's 1928 apartment-hotel origins. Confirm the line's exposure — most apartments face the parks and the south and west rather than due east.

Floor and exposure drive value. Upper-floor apartments facing the parks, the United Nations, and the river carry the premium; lower floors trade altitude for quiet. The roof deck offers river views to all residents.

Confirm the board specifics during contract review. Pieds-à-terre and subletting are permitted, electricity is included, and the pet policy allows cats but no new dogs; confirm the financing cap and any flip tax or sublet terms with the managing agent.

The setting is the differentiator. The private gardens, the staircase to the United Nations, and the East River esplanade are steps away — a genuinely residential Midtown address at an accessible price.

Lead with the setting, the utilities, and the flexibility. The Tudor City gardens and historic-district protections are the emotional hooks; the electricity-included maintenance and the pied-à-terre and sublet allowances are the rational ones, and should be described with their current conditions rather than as a promise of buyer demand.

Position each apartment on exposure and condition. Higher-floor park-and-river view homes should be benchmarked against the best comparable lines in the building and the surrounding Tudor City stock; renovated kitchens and baths command clear premiums in this studio-heavy inventory.

Closing schedule. Allow for board approval when setting the contract and closing dates.

If you're weighing Tudor Tower, these nearby Tudor City and Midtown East co-ops and condos make a useful comparison set:

• Prospect Tower (45 Tudor City Place) — the other tall pre-war tower on the Tudor City spine, crowned by the landmark rooftop sign
• Hardwicke Hall (314 East 41st Street) — the Tudor City "Three H's" cooperative at the enclave's 41st Street edge
• 2 Tudor City Place — the postwar Tudor Gardens co-op at the enclave's southern edge
• 845 United Nations Plaza — the Trump World Tower condominium overlooking the UN
• 860 United Nations Plaza — a landmark mid-century cooperative on the UN gardens
• 870 United Nations Plaza — its twin-tower co-op neighbor on First Avenue