Tudor Tower (25 Tudor City Place)
25 Tudor City Place, New York, NY 10017
Murray Hill
BBL 1013340022 · BIN 1038655
- Year built
- 1928
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 442
- Floors
- 23
- Landmark
- Designated
- Pets
- Cats permitted; no new dogs
Every recorded sale at this building, 2002–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Studio median
- $280K
- Recent range
- $205K – $550K
- Listing discount
- 3.1%
- Recorded transfers
- 517
Tudor Tower is one of the two tall towers on the central spine of Tudor City Place — a 23-story pre-war tower built in 1928 by the Fred F. French Company as part of its planned residential community on Prospect Hill. Like its neighbor Prospect Tower, it was built as an apartment hotel, a legal status that allowed it to rise above the standard height limits of the era and produced the studio-heavy unit mix that still defines it. It converted to cooperative ownership in the mid-1980s and sits within the Tudor City Historic District, designated a New York City landmark in 1988.
Tudor City is one of New York's quiet originals: the first large-scale residential skyscraper community in the world, planned on the bluff that rises above First Avenue between East 40th and 43rd Streets. The French Company's idea was radical for its day — a self-contained residential enclave in the middle of Midtown, set apart from the congestion below by its elevation and its own private gardens. Tudor Tower stands at the heart of that enclave, directly overlooking the private parks, with the staircase down to the United Nations and the East River esplanade just steps away.
For buyers, Tudor Tower offers a genuinely accessible entry into a protected Midtown co-op address. Across roughly 442 apartments — most of them studios and small one-bedrooms — the building provides real liquidity and entry-level price points, with the rare practical advantage that electricity is included in the monthly maintenance and a board posture (pieds-à-terre and subletting permitted) that is accommodating by Manhattan standards.
Architecture and unit composition
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.
Because the tower is large and tightly built, its value sits in the combination of an authentic pre-war address, a protected setting, and price points that the small, tightly held pre-war stock elsewhere on the East Side cannot match.
Building operations
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 — a genuine carrying-cost advantage. 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.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $227,122/yr
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $406,179/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $43 – $76
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
Because Tudor Tower spans roughly 442 apartments, turnover is regular — several apartments typically change hands in a given year across the studio-heavy unit mix. Pricing tracks the pre-war Tudor City co-op market at its accessible end: studios anchor the entry tier in the low-to-mid three-hundred-thousands, one-bedrooms reach into the four-hundreds and beyond, and the upper-floor combined and penthouse layouts climb into the millions. Building-wide averages reflect the studio-heavy mix and are best read alongside apartment-level comparables — floor, exposure (the park, UN, and river outlooks are the prize on the higher floors), and renovation state drive value. The electricity-included maintenance and the accommodating board posture tend to broaden the buyer pool and support liquidity.
Recent transfers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2026 | 1202 | 1 BA | $285,000 | -8.1% | |
| Mar 26, 2026 | 1707 | 1 BA | $305,000 | -3.2% | |
| Jan 15, 2026 | 1309 | 1 BA | $290,000 | -3.0% | |
| Jan 8, 2026 | 812 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $550,000 | +0.0% | |
| Dec 2, 2025 | 1405 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $430,000 | -3.4% | |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 402 | 1 BA | $335,000 | -4.3% | |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 2101 | 1 BA · 300 sf | $340,000 | $1,133/sf | -2.9% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 1014 | 1 BA · 325 sf | $295,000 | $908/sf | -1.3% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2025): a median $921/sf 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.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2005 | 505 | $399,000 |
| Oct 20, 2003 | 1905 | $265,000 |
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 1-01334-0022) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
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 that materially change both the carrying math and the exit options.
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.
What to know if you’re selling
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 together they widen the field of qualified buyers.
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 timelines are co-op standard. Six to ten weeks from contract signing to closing, with board approval the gating step.
Comparable buildings
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
The neighborhood
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