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title: "255 East 49th Street #9-A, New York City, NY 10017"
description: "255 East 49th Street #9-A, New York City, NY 10017 — Turtle Bay, New York City, NY. Listing Price $850,000. In contract 9/4/2026. 1 bed, 2 bath, 891 sqft Illustrative Buyer Commission Share of $12,750 at closing, based on a 3% buyer-broker commission."
url: "https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10017/255-east-49th-street-9a-ny-10017"
source: "Real Estate Rebate Team"
dateModified: "2026-09-08T19:09:32.236Z"
status: "Pending"
---

# 255 East 49th Street #9-A, New York City, NY 10017

Turtle Bay, New York City, NY

Courtesy of The Heller Organization Inc

Last updated: September 8, 2026, 3:09 PM

## At a Glance

- **Listing Price**: $850,000
- **Status**: In contract 9/4/2026
  In Contract/Lease Signed indicates an offer has been made and accepted by the seller/landlord, with the deal pending completion.
- **Beds**: 1
- **Total Baths**: 2
- **Sqft**: 891
- **Common Charges**: $1,316 / mo
- **Monthly Taxes**: $1,393 / mo
- **Price per Sqft**: $954
- **Brokerage Fee**: Share Eligible

## The Private Brokerage Advantage

As an independent luxury buyer representative, Régis shares 50% of the buyer-side commission he actually receives on your purchase. Eligible buyers receive that Buyer Commission Share directly at closing to offset closing costs, down payments, or renovations. The figures below are illustrative, based on a **3% buyer-broker commission**; your share follows the commission offered on the transaction.

- **Contract Purchase Price**: $850,000
- **Illustrative Buyer Commission Share**: -$12,750*
- **Illustrative Net Cost**: $837,250

*Illustrative Buyer Savings of $12,750 — 50% of a 3% buyer-broker commission, shared at closing.*

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## Photos (9)

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## Property Overview

Apartment 9A is an impeccably maintained and spacious corner one-bedroom condominium featuring a private balcony and 1.5 bathrooms in Turtle Bay's prestigious Sterling Plaza. Thoughtfully designed, the floor plan reflects a unique layout with excellent closet space, including a generously proportioned bedroom with an en suite bathroom, and three of the apartment's five closets. Double exposures from the North and West allow for excellent natural light throughout the apartment, while the North-facing window in the kitchen perfectly captures open New York City and sky views. Crown mouldings add charm to the apartment, which can be delivered furnished or vacant.

Residents of Sterling Plaza enjoy the luxury of a 24-hour doorman, elevator, laundry facilities, and on-site management in a well-established 172-unit condominium built in 1985. Currently, Apartment 9A is the only one-bedroom home available for sale, highlighting both desirability and limited availability. Conveniently located near Grand Central Terminal, the United Nations, Central Park at 59th Street, Peter Detmold Park at 49th Street, and surrounded by restaurants, cafes, shopping, and public transportation.

Kindly note that the installation of a washer/dryer may be permitted with board approval. Pets are allowed for owners with board approval (no pets are allowed for renters). Shown exclusively by appointment only.

## Property Details

- **Property Type**: Condominium
- **Beds**: 1
- **Total Baths**: 2
- **Rooms**: 3
- **Sqft**: 891 sqft
- **Stories**: 33
- **Year Built**: 1984
- **Price per Sqft**: $954
- **Common Charges**: $1,316 / Monthly
- **Monthly Taxes**: $1,393 / mo
- **Listed On**: Jul 29, 2026
- **Days on Market**: 43 Days

### Residence Features

- Wall Unit(s)
- Building Washer Dryer Install Allowed
- Common Area
- Building Storage
- Building Courtyard
- Balcony
- Building Roof Deck
- Private Outdoor Space Under 60 Sqft

## Sales Evidence

### Recent closed sales

30 apartments at Sterling Plaza have recorded sales since September 2021, the most recent for $890,000 in August 2026. Prices are the figures recorded with the City, not asking prices.

| Unit | Beds | Sq Ft | Sold Price | $/ft² | Sold | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [31CC](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10017/255-east-49th-street-cc-31CC-ny-10017) (Apartment) | 1 | 739 | $890,000 | $1,204/ft² | August 4, 2026 | MLS |
| 30-ABC (Apartment) | 3 | 2,550 | $2,250,000 | $882/ft² | February 27, 2026 | City record · MLS |
| 15A (Apartment) | 1 | 885 | $890,000 | $1,006/ft² | February 4, 2026 | City record · MLS |
| 31A (Apartment) | 3 | 2,450 | $2,180,000 | $890/ft² | August 11, 2025 | City record · MLS |
| 17A (Apartment) | 1 | 835 | $950,000 | $1,138/ft² | June 26, 2025 | City record · MLS |
| PH1 (Apartment) | 4 | 3,381 | $4,750,000 | $1,405/ft² | April 23, 2025 | City record · MLS |
| 7C (Apartment) | 1 | 695 | $815,000 | $1,173/ft² | April 9, 2025 | City record · MLS |
| PH11 (Apartment) | 4 | 3,256 | $4,500,000 | $1,382/ft² | March 21, 2025 | City record · MLS |
| 31D (Apartment) | 2 | 1,351 | $1,725,000 | $1,277/ft² | January 31, 2025 | City record · MLS |
| 17B (Apartment) | 1 | 900 | $930,000 | $1,033/ft² | July 30, 2024 | City record · MLS |
| 23A (Apartment) | — | 880 | $1,050,000 | $1,193/ft² | April 23, 2024 | City record |
| 10A (Apartment) | 1 | 891 | $1,035,000 | $1,162/ft² | February 9, 2024 | City record · MLS |
| 12A (Apartment) | 1 | 880 | $1,220,000 | $1,386/ft² | August 2, 2023 | City record |
| 25C (Apartment) | 1 | 747 | $999,000 | $1,337/ft² | August 2, 2023 | City record · MLS |
| 4-A (Apartment) | 1 | 891 | $763,500 | $857/ft² | August 1, 2023 | City record · MLS |
| 8C (Apartment) | 1 | 745 | $888,000 | $1,192/ft² | July 12, 2023 | City record · MLS |
| 9-D (Apartment) | 2 | 1,350 | $1,368,000 | $1,013/ft² | May 8, 2023 | City record · MLS |
| 7E (Apartment) | 2 | 1,056 | $999,999 | $947/ft² | March 27, 2023 | City record · MLS |
| 24F (Apartment) | Studio | 612 | $652,000 | $1,065/ft² | February 3, 2023 | City record · MLS |
| 27A (Apartment) | 1 | 880 | $1,300,000 | $1,477/ft² | December 19, 2022 | City record |
| 6-F (Apartment) | Studio | 609 | $625,000 | $1,026/ft² | June 23, 2022 | City record · MLS |
| 18-D (Apartment) | 2 | 1,351 | $1,670,000 | $1,236/ft² | May 26, 2022 | City record · MLS |
| 20C (Apartment) | 1 | 739 | $890,000 | $1,204/ft² | May 18, 2022 | City record |
| 19-E (Apartment) | 2 | 944 | $1,285,000 | $1,361/ft² | April 25, 2022 | City record · MLS |
| 14F (Apartment) | — | 609 | $720,000 | $1,182/ft² | April 11, 2022 | City record |
| 24B (Apartment) | 1 | 891 | $985,000 | $1,105/ft² | March 18, 2022 | City record · MLS |
| 3B (Apartment) | 1 | 885 | $680,000 | $768/ft² | March 11, 2022 | City record · MLS |
| 21D (Apartment) | 2 | 1,288 | $1,590,000 | $1,234/ft² | February 15, 2022 | City record |
| 17-C (Apartment) | 1 | 745 | $925,000 | $1,242/ft² | November 29, 2021 | City record · MLS |
| 24E (Apartment) | 1 | 1,056 | $1,175,000 | $1,113/ft² | October 28, 2021 | City record · MLS |

Every row is a recorded transaction, including ancillary spaces such as storage and staff rooms where they were sold separately. Those are excluded from the benchmark below.

### How this price compares

The median closed price for comparable one-bedroom sales at Sterling Plaza is $930,000, based on 15 sales between October 2021 and February 2026. This home is asking $850,000, $80,000 below that median. The middle half of those sales closed between $889,000 and $1,017,000.

- **Median closed price**: $930,000
- **Middle half**: $889,000 – $1,017,000
- **Based on**: 15 one-bedroom sales at Sterling Plaza
- **Period**: October 2021 – February 2026
- **Median $/ft²**: $1,162/ft²

Across the 9 of these sales with a published asking price, the median closed at 92.9% of what it originally asked. 89% of them closed below the original ask.

### How these sales were negotiated

- **Sold vs original ask**: 92.9% of the original ask
- **Closed below ask**: 89% of 9 sales
- **Listed → in contract**: 55 days (about 8 weeks)
- **In contract → closed**: 57 days (about 8 weeks)

Across the 9 of these sales with a published asking price, the median closed at 92.9% of what it originally asked. 89% of them closed below the original ask.

Half of these homes were in contract within 55 days (about 8 weeks) of coming to market, based on the 10 with a recorded listing date.

Once a deal was agreed, closing took a further 57 days (about 8 weeks), based on the 10 with both dates recorded.

These are two separate periods measured on different clocks — time to find a buyer, and time from agreed deal to closing. They are medians of different sets of sales and do not add together into a single "days on market" figure.

Based on 15 one-bedroom sales at Sterling Plaza, October 2021 – February 2026. Each figure counts only the sales that recorded the dates it needs, which is why the denominators differ.

### Price trend

Median price per square foot for sales at Sterling Plaza, 2016 to 2025. Price per square foot is used rather than sale price so the line follows the market rather than whichever apartments happened to change hands that year.

| Year | Median $/ft² | Sales |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | $1,093/ft² | 4 (thin) |
| 2017 | $1,273/ft² | 7 |
| 2018 | $1,088/ft² | 4 (thin) |
| 2019 | $1,154/ft² | 7 |
| 2020 | $1,167/ft² | 3 (thin) |
| 2021 | $1,184/ft² | 4 (thin) |
| 2022 | $1,204/ft² | 9 |
| 2023 | $1,065/ft² | 7 |
| 2024 | $1,162/ft² | 3 (thin) |
| 2025 | $1,225/ft² | 6 |

Years marked "thin" rest on fewer than 5 sales, where a single unusual apartment moves the median a long way. Read those points as the small samples they are rather than as the market turning.

Sale prices are the consideration recorded with the City in ACRIS, and each sale is dated by the day the City recorded it. A closing date reported to the MLS typically falls one to two weeks earlier. Recorded sales describe what has already happened and are not an appraisal, a valuation, or an estimate of what this home will sell for.

[See every recorded sale at Sterling Plaza](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buildings/new-york-city/manhattan/sterling-plaza)

## Price and Property History for 255 East 49th Street, Unit 9-A

Review the recorded listing activity for 255 East 49th Street, Unit 9-A, including asking-price changes and prior market dates.

- **Entered contract**: September 4, 2026

| Date | Price | Listing event |
| --- | --- | --- |
| September 4, 2026 | $850,000 | Entered contract |

## Property Tax History

Taxes at 255 East 49th Street #9-A were $16,793 in 2026, up 2.2% from 2025.

| Year | Tax Assessment | Land | Additions | Billable Value | Property Tax | Tax Rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 (FY 2026/27) | $147,643 | $13,017 | $134,626 | $134,342 | $16,793 | 12.5% (estimated) |
| 2025 (FY 2025/26) | $154,452 | $13,017 | $141,435 | $131,514 | $16,439 | 12.5% (estimated) |
| 2024 (FY 2024/25) | $145,278 | $13,017 | $132,261 | $127,715 | $15,964 | 12.5% |
| 2023 (FY 2023/24) | $141,813 | $13,017 | $128,796 | $124,436 | $15,557 | 12.502% |
| 2022 (FY 2022/23) | $141,413 | $13,017 | $128,396 | $123,213 | $12,477 after $2,638 abatement | 12.267% |
| 2021 (FY 2021/22) | $116,676 | $13,017 | $103,659 | $116,676 | $4,269 after $10,006 abatement | 12.235% |
| 2020 (FY 2020/21) | $127,807 | $19,001 | $108,806 | $116,193 | $14,253 | 12.267% |
| 2019 (FY 2019/20) | $114,706 | $19,001 | $95,705 | $108,770 | $13,567 | 12.473% |
| 2018 (FY 2018/19) | $115,471 | $19,001 | $96,470 | $103,520 | $13,056 | 12.612% |
| 2017 (FY 2017/18) | $115,312 | $19,002 | $96,310 | $98,033 | $12,469 | 12.719% |
| 2016 (FY 2016/17) | $107,672 | $19,002 | $88,670 | $92,247 | $11,892 | 12.892% |
| 2015 (FY 2015/16) | $90,699 | $19,001 | $71,698 | $89,986 | $11,593 | 12.883% |
| 2014 (FY 2014/15) | $88,470 | $19,001 | $69,469 | $89,565 | $11,514 | 12.855% |
| 2013 (FY 2013/14) | $88,033 | $19,001 | $69,032 | $89,646 | $11,784 | 13.145% |
| 2012 (FY 2012/13) | $86,389 | $19,001 | $67,388 | $88,956 | $11,725 | 13.181% |
| 2011 (FY 2011/12) | $106,460 | $19,001 | $87,459 | $90,765 | $12,192 | 13.433% |
| 2010 (FY 2010/11) | $97,899 | $19,001 | $78,898 | $88,299 | $11,791 | 13.353% |

The City has not published the official FY2026/27 and FY2025/26 tax rates yet. We calculated the tax for those years using the prior year’s rate, so treat them as an estimate rather than a figure the City has adopted. Every rate without the Estimated marker is the published one.

Tax Assessment is the assessed value on the City’s roll, and it is the figure other listing sites publish. It is not what the bill is calculated on. New York phases assessment changes in gradually for some tax classes, so the City bills the Billable Value shown beside it, less any exemption the owner holds. It usually trails the assessment, and it can sit above it for a few years after an assessment falls.

Where an abatement applies, Property Tax is the amount owed after it. Abatements are granted to the property and do not necessarily transfer to a new owner.

Figures are the New York City Department of Finance assessment roll for tax lot 1013231039. Assessed and billable values are determined by the City for tax purposes and are not an appraisal or an estimate of market value. Tax classes and rates are set annually and can change.

[How we source and calculate NYC property tax data](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/nyc-property-tax-data-methodology)

## About The Building

### Sterling Plaza

Turtle Bay · Condominium

255 East 49th Street, New York, NY 10022

A building in Turtle Bay, currently featuring 2 active listings.

- **Year Built**: 1984
- **Total Units**: 2
- **Floors**: 33

[View the building page](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buildings/new-york-city/manhattan/sterling-plaza)

### Available Residences — For Sale (2)

| Unit | Beds | Baths | Size | Price / Ft² | Price | Listing Office | Listed Date | Days on Market |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [9-A](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10017/255-east-49th-street-9a-ny-10017) | 1 | 2 | 891 sqft | $954 | $850,000 — In contract | The Heller Organization Inc | Jul 29, 2026 | 42 days |
| [31CC](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10017/255-east-49th-street-cc-31CC-ny-10017) | 1 | 1 | 739 sqft | $1,284 | $949,000 | Realmart Realty LLC | Mar 10, 2026 | 183 days |

## Estimated Monthly Payment

**$7,007 / month**, assuming a 20% down payment ($170,000), a 6.5% interest rate and a 30-year term. The page's calculator lets a buyer change all three.

- **Principal & Interest**: $4,298
- **Property Taxes**: $1,393
- **Common Charges**: $1,316

Estimates only. Actual payments may vary. Confirm terms with your lender.

## Turtle Bay

Overview of Turtle Bay

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## Related Links

- [Sterling Plaza — building page](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buildings/new-york-city/manhattan/sterling-plaza)
- [Turtle Bay neighborhood guide](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/neighborhoods/new-york-city/manhattan/turtle-bay)
- [Estimate your Buyer Commission Share and closing costs](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/calculators/buyer-closing-cost-calculator)
- [Contact Régis Roumila](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/contact)

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