Trump World Tower
845 United Nations Plaza


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Condominium
  • Apartment Price Range
    $1,029,000 to $24,900,000
  • Apartments for Sale: 15
  • Apartments for Rent: 9
The tallest residential tower in the city when it was built, this 861-foot-high, 72-story building created a major controversy in 1999 that led in large part to the city's decision to revise its Zoning resolution, a notoriety it shares with 120 Broadway, the 42-story office building in Lower Manhattan whose huge bulk led to city to create its first Zoning (read more)

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100 United Nations Plaza


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Condominium
  • Apartment Price Range
    $729,000 to $1,825,000
  • Apartments for Sale: 3
  • Apartments for Rent: 1
This dramatic spike in the east midtown skyline is one of the most stunning residential towers erected in the city after World War II.

Designed by Der Scutt and Schuman, Lichtenstein, Claman & Efron for developer Anthony Albanese, this 52-story, serrated monolith is sharply highlighted by its steep angled top: the architects shot an arrow in the air.

The tower, which (read more)

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Turtle Bay House
249 East 48th Street


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Condominium
  • Apartment Price Range
    $475,000 to $940,000
  • Apartments for Sale: 2
  • Apartments for Rent: 0
The Continental at 321 East 48th Street is a mid-block, condominium apartment building that was built in 1920

It has 126 units.

The 14-story, white brick building has some terraces, sidewalk landscaping, a two-story entrance surround and some protruding air-conditioners.

The building has a doorman and is convenient to the United Nations and Grand Central Terminal.

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Senate East
335 East 51st Street


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Condominium
  • Apartment Price Range
    $849,000 to $849,000
  • Apartments for Sale: 1
  • Apartments for Rent: 0
This attractive, 14-story, pink-brick, mid-block, cooperative apartment building was erected in 1963 and has 97 apartments.

The building has a polished green marble entrance surround, a doorman, some terraces, spiked sidewalk landscaping planters, discrete air-conditioners. It has a two-step-down, canopied entrance with glass doors, and no garage and no health club and no roof deck.

It is in the Beekman Place-Sutton Place (read more)

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The Blair House
200 East 58th Street


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Condominium
  • Apartment Price Range
    $699,000 to $699,000
  • Apartments for Sale: 1
  • Apartments for Rent: 0
The simplest and therefore the cheapest building to erect is a box and that is the solution that was adopted by most residential developers in Manhattan after World War II with few variations.

One of the nicer exceptions to the standard formula is this pleasant mid-rise structure close to Bloomingdale's, the department store that became very fashionable about the same time (read more)

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320 East 54th Street


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Condominium
  • Apartment Price Range
    $2,475,000 to $2,475,000
  • Apartments for Sale: 1
  • Apartments for Rent: 0
This pleasant, 12-story, red-brick, mid-block building was erected in 1959. It is a condominium and has 90 apartments.

The building has a white marble entrance surround, sidewalk landscaping, some bay and corner windows, discrete air-conditioners, a roof deck and a doorman, but no garage, no balconies and no health club. It is just to the east of a large (read more)

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Dag Hammarskjold Tower
240 East 47th Street


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Condominium
  • Apartments for Sale: 0
  • Apartments for Rent: 0
One of the city's handsomest modern residential towers, this condominium building was designed by Gruzen & Partners for R. H. Sanbar.

"An understated tower with simple, faceted balconies, all built of preassembled brick panels, the joints of which give another design rhythm to the façade," noted Elliot Willensky and Norval White in the 1988 book, "The A.I.A. Guide to New York (read more)

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The Continental
321 East 48th Street


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Condominium
  • Apartments for Sale: 0
  • Apartments for Rent: 1
The Continental at 321 East 48th Street is a mid-block, apartment building.

It was converted to condominiums in 1985 and has 126 units.

The 14-story, white brick building has some terraces, sidewalk landscaping, a two-story entrance surround and some protruding air-conditioners.

The building has a doorman and is convenient to the United Nations and Grand Central Terminal.

(read more)

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309 East 49th Street


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Condominium
  • Apartments for Sale: 0
  • Apartments for Rent: 1
In the rectilinear grid of midtown, there are few curves, but this building does its best to improve the count as all of its many balconies have soft curves. There is no question that curves are gentler psychologically, and their relative rarity in Manhattan makes them always welcome even if they are merely tacked on to an otherwise conventional (read more)

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240 East 46th Street


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Condominium
  • Apartments for Sale: 0
  • Apartments for Rent: 0
This attractive, 12-story, gray-brick condominium apartment building was erected in 1961 and has 102 units.

The building has some curved terraces on its top floor that are cantilevered out over terraces two floors below, giving the structure an appearance somewhat reminiscent of the top of an ocean liner. The building has a doorman, a three-step-down vestibule, spiked landscaping planters, and (read more)

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The Excelsior
303 East 57th Street


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Cooperative
  • Apartment Price Range
    $298,000 to $9,950,000
  • Apartments for Sale: 31
  • Apartments for Rent: 2
This 47-story white-brick apartment tower was the city's tallest residential tower when it was built in 1967 and a precursor of many major mixed-use buildings as its lower five floors contain offices.

Designed by Philip Birnbaum, who moved his offices into the building, many of the cooperative building's apartments have balconies.

Over the years, the building has often had scaffolding around it (read more)

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The Brevard
245 East 54th Street


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Cooperative
  • Apartment Price Range
    $339,000 to $579,000
  • Apartments for Sale: 9
  • Apartments for Rent: 0
Despite its utilitarian, no-frills exterior, this 29-story apartment tower has a prime midtown location within short walking distance of some of the city's most famous and interesting office towers, such as Citicorp Center, as well as the east midtown area's famous restaurants, such as P. J. Clarke's, stores and movie theaters.

Erected in 1977, the dark brown-brick building was converted to (read more)

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870 United Nations Plaza


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Cooperative
  • Apartment Price Range
    $825,000 to $2,695,000
  • Apartments for Sale: 7
  • Apartments for Rent: 0
This twin-towered, 38-story apartment and office complex commands impressive views of the United Nations to the south, midtown to the west and the East River to the east.

The six-story base of the large development contains about 300,000 square feet of office space and the cooperative apartments share an expansive, corporate-style lobby overlooking an enclosed garden court.

The full-block project has its (read more)

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333 East 53rd Street


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Cooperative
  • Apartment Price Range
    $259,000 to $569,000
  • Apartments for Sale: 6
  • Apartments for Rent: 0
Close to the popular and attractive Sutton Place and Beekman Place districts, this 13-story, red-brick building was converted to a cooperative in 1983.

Located midblock on a sidestreet between Second and First Avenues, this 162-unit structure has recessed wings that allow it have corner bay windows in many apartments. The attractive building's top is setback creating some terraces.

Close to midtown, (read more)

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Leslie House
220 East 54th Street


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Cooperative
  • Apartment Price Range
    $369,000 to $625,000
  • Apartments for Sale: 4
  • Apartments for Rent: 0
This pleasant, 13-story, red-brick, mid-block building was erected in 1960. It is a cooperative and has 142 apartments.

The building has a three-step-up entrance, sidewalk landscaping with spiked planters, and some terraces. Its simple massing is accented with white surrounds around the center windows that give the building a nice, crisp appearance. The building has a doorman, a garage, (read more)

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320 East 57th Street


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Cooperative
  • Apartment Price Range
    $595,000 to $835,000
  • Apartments for Sale: 3
  • Apartments for Rent: 1
This very handsome, red-brick apartment building was built in 1927. It is a cooperative and has 95 units.

The 16-story building has good terracotta façade decoration and a very impressive entrance doors, sidewalk landscaping and a nice lobby. It is adjacent to one of the city's most impressive apartment buildings at 322 East 57th Street, which is noted for (read more)

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345 East 56th Street


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Cooperative
  • Apartment Price Range
    $300,000 to $679,000
  • Apartments for Sale: 3
  • Apartments for Rent: 0
This large, white-brick apartment building in the Sutton Place district is convenient to the east Midtown office district and one block away from cross-town bus service on 57th Street.

Some of the city's most impressive townhouses and exclusive apartment buildings are in this area.

The 22-story structure, which has some terraces, was erected in 1960 and converted to a cooperative in 1988. (read more)

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Beekman Hill
319 East 50th Street


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Cooperative
  • Apartment Price Range
    $335,000 to $395,000
  • Apartments for Sale: 2
  • Apartments for Rent: 3
This quite handsome, 12-story, dark brown-brick apartment building between First and Second Avenues was erected in 1931 and converted to a cooperative in 1985. The building has some very attractive terracotta balconies and trim and its roofline has some setback terraces and the top floor windows are arched. The eclectic composition is slight, but pleasant.

The 115-unit building is (read more)

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357 East 57th Street


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Cooperative
  • Apartment Price Range
    $329,000 to $790,000
  • Apartments for Sale: 2
  • Apartments for Rent: 0
This attractive, white-brick apartment building was built in 1958. It is a cooperative and has 114 units.

The 19-story building has a 1-story, polished black granite base, discrete air-conditioners, sidewalk landscaping, a canopied entrance with glass doors, consistent fenestration, a doorman and some terraces. The building has no garage and no health club.

While there is considerable traffic in this (read more)

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235 East 57th Street


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Cooperative
  • Apartment Price Range
    $895,000 to $895,000
  • Apartments for Sale: 1
  • Apartments for Rent: 1
This attractive, white-brick apartment building was built in 1960. It is a cooperative and has 94 units.

The 18-story building is across the street from PS59, a low-rise structure that affords this building more open views than many other buildings on this famous cross-street. It has some terraces, a canopied entrance, a doorman, discrete air-conditioners, consistent fenestration, and an (read more)

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The Gaylord
251 East 51st Street


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Cooperative
  • Apartment Price Range
    $650,000 to $650,000
  • Apartments for Sale: 1
  • Apartments for Rent: 0
This attractive, 21-story, red-brick apartment building on the northeast corner at Second Avenue was erected in 1959 and converted to a cooperative in 1980.

With a central east Midtown location, the 190-unit building is a short walk to the many major office buildings on Third Avenue and not too far from the Beekman Place neighborhood and the United Nations Park. (read more)

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333 East 46th Street


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Cooperative
  • Apartment Price Range
    $635,000 to $635,000
  • Apartments for Sale: 1
  • Apartments for Rent: 2
This pleasant, 20-story, gray-brick, mid-block, cooperative apartment building was erected in 1959 and has 176 apartments.

The building has a three-step-up entrance to a nicely landscaped deck with birch trees, benches, an ashtray stand, and a charming bronze statue of a woman. The building has a long marquee with a short canopy over the steps. It has a doorman, (read more)

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860 United Nations Plaza


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Cooperative
  • Apartments for Sale: 0
  • Apartments for Rent: 0
This twin-towered, 38-story apartment and office complex commands impressive views of the United Nations to the south, midtown to the west and the East River to the east.

The six-story base of the large development contains about 300,000 square feet of office space and the cooperative apartments share an expansive, corporate-style lobby overlooking an enclosed garden court.

The full-block project has its (read more)

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322 East 57th Street


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Cooperative
  • Apartments for Sale: 0
  • Apartments for Rent: 0
The most elegant of the city's few grand "studio" apartment buildings, this very handsome limestone edifice has duplex apartments with enormous double-height ceilings, about 20-feet tall.

Designed by Harry M. Clawson of Caughey & Evans and erected in 1930, this building has always had one of the city's most prestigious rosters of residents. The doorman building has a canopied entrance (read more)

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Beaux Arts
307 East 44th Street


  • Location
    Upper East Side / Turtle Bay/United Nations
  • Type Rental
  • Apartments for Sale: 0
  • Apartments for Rent: 0
This building and its "twin" across the street at 310 East 44th Street were built in 1929. The 18-story buildings contain a total of 643 rental apartments. Although they appear quite simple, when they were erected they were considered quite bold.

They were built by the Beaux-Arts Development Corporation, a venture of the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design that was (read more)

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