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title: "135 West 70th Street #2E, New York City, NY 10023"
description: "135 West 70th Street #2E, New York City, NY 10023 — Upper West Side, New York City, NY. Last Sold Price $2,250,000. Sold on 7/16/2026. 2 bed, 2 bath, 1,608 sqft"
url: "https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10023/135-west-70th-street-e-2E-ny-10023"
source: "Real Estate Rebate Team"
status: "Closed"
---

# 135 West 70th Street #2E, New York City, NY 10023

Upper West Side, New York City, NY

Courtesy of Compass

## At a Glance

- **Last Sold Price**: $2,250,000
- **Status**: Sold on 7/16/2026
- **Beds**: 2
- **Baths**: 2
- **Sqft**: 1,608
- **Common Charges**: $2,584 / mo
- **Monthly Taxes**: $1,611 / mo
- **Price per Sqft**: $1,399
- **Brokerage Fee**: Share Eligible

This listing was successfully closed and is no longer active on the market.

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## Property Overview

Welcome home to Residence 2E at The Pythian, an artist’s loft–style duplex where volume, light, and greenery define the experience. Ceiling heights exceeding 16 feet frame a wall of double-height windows, drawing in dappled sunlight through the canopy of a mature sugar maple just beyond the glass.

The main level, with newly-refinished wide plank hardwood floors, is organized as a single architectural sweep: an open living and dining area with dramatic verticality, anchored by a streamlined kitchen with counter seating, integrated appliances by Bertazzoni and Bosch, and adjoining butler’s pantry with wine storage for gracious entertaining. A quiet corner primary suite with en-suite bath is tucked away from the public spaces, maintaining a clear separation between private and social zones.

A wrapped stair leads to a full-height mezzanine level floating above the main room, overlooking the double-height volume below. This lofted space nearly exceeds 700 sf, functioning as a flexible second living area plus a proper bedroom area, There’s a dedicated home office, full bath with glass shower, washer/dryer, and a substantial walk-in storage room as well.

Set between Central Park and Riverside Park on beloved West 70th Street central to the Upper West Side’s Gold Coast, The Pythian offers full-service condominium living with a 24-hour doorman, live-in superintendent, fitness center, playroom, and storage, along with notably low monthly carrying costs for its caliber and location. Designed in 1927 by Thomas W. Lamb and later home to legendary Decca Records, the building remains one of the neighborhood’s most recognizable landmarks, distinguished by its bold façade and cinematic presence.

## Property Details

- **Property Type**: Condominium
- **Beds**: 2
- **Baths**: 2
- **Rooms**: 5
- **Sqft**: 1,608 sqft
- **Stories**: 11
- **Year Built**: 1923
- **Price per Sqft**: $1,399
- **Common Charges**: $2,584 / Monthly
- **Monthly Taxes**: $1,611 / mo
- **Listed On**: May 29, 2026
- **Days on Market**: 111 Days

### Residence Features

- Central Air
- Central
- Building Washer Dryer Install Allowed
- Common On Floor
- Common Area
- In Unit
- Built-in Features
- Entrance Foyer
- High Ceilings
- Walk-In Closet(s)
- Dishwasher
- Hardwood
- Garden

## Estimated Monthly Payment

**$15,572 / month**, assuming a 20% down payment ($450,000), a 6.5% interest rate and a 30-year term. The page's calculator lets a buyer change all three.

- **Principal & Interest**: $11,377
- **Property Taxes**: $1,611
- **Common Charges**: $2,584

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

## Sales and market data

### Recent sales

21 apartments at The Pythian have recorded sales since September 2021, the most recent for $1,230,000 in August 2026. Prices are the figures recorded with the City, not asking prices.

| Unit | Beds | Sq Ft | Sold Price | $/ft² | Sold | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [6C](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10023/135-west-70th-street-c-6C-ny-10023) (Loft) | 1 | 847 | $1,230,000 | $1,452/ft² | August 4, 2026 | MLS |
| 2E (Apartment) | 2 | 1,608 | $2,250,000 | $1,399/ft² | July 16, 2026 | MLS |
| 2H (Apartment) | — | 1,480 | $4,500,000 | $3,041/ft² | April 14, 2026 | City record |
| 6M (Duplex) | 2 | 1,300 | $1,645,000 | $1,265/ft² | February 24, 2026 | City record · MLS |
| 1D (Triplex) | 1 | 1,395 | $1,350,000 | $968/ft² | February 12, 2026 | City record · MLS |
| 9D (Duplex) | 2 | 1,370 | $1,745,000 | $1,274/ft² | January 6, 2026 | City record · MLS |
| 9B (Apartment) | — | 1,040 | $1,650,000 | $1,587/ft² | December 11, 2025 | City record |
| 8A (Apartment) | 1 | 765 | $1,075,000 | $1,405/ft² | October 15, 2025 | City record · MLS |
| 2D (Apartment) | 1 | 888 | $1,150,000 | $1,295/ft² | May 21, 2025 | City record |
| 4M (Apartment) | 1 | — | $940,000 | — | April 7, 2025 | City record · MLS |
| 4D (Apartment) | 1 | 960 | $1,325,000 | $1,380/ft² | December 31, 2024 | City record · MLS |
| 3E (Apartment) | 3 | 1,464 | $2,040,000 | $1,393/ft² | June 5, 2024 | City record · MLS |
| 8E (Duplex) | 2 | 1,787 | $1,900,000 | $1,063/ft² | November 30, 2023 | City record · MLS |
| PHBC (Apartment) | 5 | 3,165 | $6,170,000 | $1,949/ft² | July 27, 2023 | MLS |
| 2G (Apartment) | 1 | 812 | $980,000 | $1,207/ft² | June 26, 2023 | City record · MLS |
| 2-K (Duplex) | 2 | 1,357 | $1,760,000 | $1,297/ft² | June 23, 2023 | City record · MLS |
| 6G (Apartment) | 2 | 1,650 | $1,785,000 | $1,082/ft² | April 4, 2023 | City record · MLS |
| 3A (Apartment) | 1 | 882 | $1,083,000 | $1,228/ft² | December 5, 2022 | City record · MLS |
| 8B (Apartment) | 2 | — | $1,500,000 | — | October 27, 2022 | City record · MLS |
| 9H (Duplex) | 1 | 900 | $1,250,000 | $1,389/ft² | July 20, 2022 | City record · MLS |
| 6L (Apartment) | 1 | — | $1,100,000 | — | September 30, 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

- **Last sold price**: $2,250,000
- **Median sold price**: $1,752,500
- **Difference**: +$497,500 (+28.4%)
- **Last sold, $/ft²**: $1,399
- **Median $/ft²**: $1,265
- **Comparable sales**: 6
- **Sales from**: October 2022 – February 2026
- **Middle half of those sales**: $1,670,000 – $1,778,750

Based on two-bedroom sales at The Pythian.

### How these sales were negotiated

- **Sale-to-list price**: 86.6% (5 sales)
- **Sold below asking**: 100% (5 sales)
- **Typical time to find a buyer**: 161 days (5 sales)
- **Typical time to close**: 77 days (5 sales)

Based on two-bedroom sales at The Pythian with the required listing and closing data. Sample sizes vary by metric.

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.

### Price trend

Median price per square foot, sales at The Pythian

| Year | Median $/ft² | Sales |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | $1,915/ft² | 3 (thin) |
| 2017 | $1,255/ft² | 5 |
| 2018 | $1,495/ft² | 4 (thin) |
| 2019 | $1,105/ft² | 3 (thin) |
| 2023 | $1,144/ft² | 4 (thin) |
| 2025 | $1,405/ft² | 4 (thin) |
| 2026 YTD | $1,270/ft² | 4 (thin) |

Based on recorded sales at The Pythian. 2026 is year-to-date.

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.

Sales data through August 2026.

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 The Pythian](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buildings/new-york-city/manhattan/the-pythian)

## Price and Property History for 135 West 70th Street, Unit 2E

Review the recorded listing activity for 135 West 70th Street, Unit 2E, including asking-price changes and prior market dates.

- **Last sold**: $2,250,000 on July 16, 2026

| Date | Price | Listing event |
| --- | --- | --- |
| July 16, 2026 | $2,250,000 | Sold |
| June 10, 2026 | $2,250,000 | Entered contract |
| May 1, 2026 | $2,250,000 | Listed for sale by Compass |
| December 18, 2017 | $2,200,000 | Sold — recorded sale price |
| September 7, 2017 | $2,295,000 | Listed for sale by Halstead dba Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales LLC |

## Property Tax History

Taxes at 135 West 70th Street #2E were $20,255 in 2026, up 4.3% from 2025.

| Year | Tax Assessment | Land | Additions | Billable Value | Property Tax | Tax Rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 (FY 2026/27) | $168,887 | $30,960 | $137,927 | $162,037 | $20,255 | 12.5% (estimated) |
| 2025 (FY 2025/26) | $166,423 | $30,960 | $135,463 | $155,385 | $19,423 | 12.5% (estimated) |
| 2024 (FY 2024/25) | $160,700 | $30,960 | $129,740 | $152,708 | $19,089 | 12.5% |
| 2023 (FY 2023/24) | $159,079 | $30,960 | $128,119 | $150,007 | $12,314 after $6,440 abatement | 12.502% |
| 2022 (FY 2022/23) | $155,106 | $30,960 | $124,146 | $147,217 | $5,435 after $12,624 abatement | 12.267% |
| 2021 (FY 2021/22) | $135,628 | $30,960 | $104,668 | $135,628 | $4,962 after $11,632 abatement | 12.235% |
| 2020 (FY 2020/21) | $153,036 | $30,960 | $122,076 | $138,358 | $16,972 | 12.267% |
| 2019 (FY 2019/20) | $147,191 | $30,960 | $116,231 | $130,513 | $16,279 | 12.473% |
| 2018 (FY 2018/19) | $145,133 | $30,961 | $114,172 | $122,669 | $15,471 | 12.612% |
| 2017 (FY 2017/18) | $132,610 | $30,961 | $101,649 | $115,234 | $14,657 | 12.719% |
| 2016 (FY 2016/17) | $122,599 | $30,961 | $91,638 | $111,522 | $14,377 | 12.892% |
| 2015 (FY 2015/16) | $114,657 | $30,960 | $83,697 | $106,797 | $13,759 | 12.883% |
| 2014 (FY 2014/15) | $107,964 | $30,960 | $77,004 | $101,574 | $13,057 | 12.855% |
| 2013 (FY 2013/14) | $107,953 | $30,960 | $76,993 | $97,638 | $12,835 | 13.145% |
| 2012 (FY 2012/13) | $104,460 | $30,961 | $73,499 | $92,688 | $12,217 | 13.181% |
| 2011 (FY 2011/12) | $110,151 | $30,961 | $79,190 | $90,386 | $12,142 | 13.433% |
| 2010 (FY 2010/11) | $88,534 | $30,960 | $57,574 | $83,312 | $11,125 | 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 1011421016. 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

### The Pythian

Lincoln Square · Triplex

135 West 70th Street, New York, NY 10023

A building in Lincoln Square, currently featuring 1 active listing.

- **Year Built**: 1928
- **Active Units**: 1
- **Floors**: 11

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

### Available Residences — For Sale (2)

| Unit | Beds | Baths | Size | Price / Ft² | Price | Listing Office | Listed Date | Days on Market |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [1C](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/new-developments/newyorkcity/manhattan/10023/135-west-70th-street-c-1C-ny-10023) | 1 | 3 | — | — | $1,295,000 (-7.2%) | Douglas Elliman Real Estate | Mar 13, 2026 | 187 days |
| [2G](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10023/135-west-70th-street-g-2G-ny-10023) | 1 | 1 | 812 sqft | $1,225 | $995,000 (-11.6%) — In contract | Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales LLC | Apr 20, 2026 | 149 days |

### Recently Sold (2)

| Unit | Beds | Baths | Size | Price / Ft² | Sold Price | Listing Office | Listed Date | Sold Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [2E](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10023/135-west-70th-street-e-2E-ny-10023) | 2 | 2 | 1,608 sqft | $1,399 | $2,250,000 | Compass | May 29, 2026 | — |
| [6C](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10023/135-west-70th-street-c-6C-ny-10023) | 1 | 2 | 847 sqft | $1,452 | $1,230,000 | Sothebys International Realty | Jun 3, 2026 | Aug 4, 2026 |

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## Related Links

- [The Pythian — building page](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buildings/new-york-city/manhattan/the-pythian)
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