--- title: "243 East 61st Street, New York City, NY 10065" description: "243 East 61st Street, New York City, NY 10065 — Townhouse in Lenox Hill, Manhattan, NY. Listing Price $5,499,000. 6 bed, 6 bath, 5,000 sqft Illustrative Buyer Commission Share of $82,485 at closing, based on a 3% buyer-broker commission." url: "https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10065/243-east-61st-street-ny-10065" source: "Real Estate Rebate Team" dateModified: "2026-09-07T16:15:22.729Z" status: "Active" --- # 243 East 61st Street, New York City, NY 10065 Townhouse in Lenox Hill, Manhattan, NY Courtesy of Corcoran Group Last updated: September 7, 2026, 12:15 PM ## At a Glance - **Listing Price**: $5,499,000 - **Beds**: 6 - **Total Baths**: 6 - **Sqft**: 5,000 - **Monthly Taxes**: $6,543 / mo - **Price per Sqft**: $1,100 - **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**: $5,499,000 - **Illustrative Buyer Commission Share**: -$82,485* - **Illustrative Net Cost**: $5,416,515 *Illustrative Buyer Savings of $82,485 — 50% of a 3% buyer-broker commission, shared at closing.* [Request a private tour](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/contact) · [Estimate your Buyer Commission Share](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/calculators/buyer-closing-cost-calculator) ## Photos (10) ![243 East 61st Street, New York City, NY 10065 — photo 1 of 10](https://realestaterebatesnewyork-bucket.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/1d8b7c47-fd13-45e3-b0e1-e7fa4ec7d053.jpg) ![243 East 61st Street, New York City, NY 10065 — photo 2 of 10](https://realestaterebatesnewyork-bucket.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/28efd7b9-c7e0-46ed-ae50-964b8670a065.png) ![243 East 61st Street, New York City, NY 10065 — photo 3 of 10](https://realestaterebatesnewyork-bucket.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/f7083a22-b56c-4453-9ab3-9f14274deebe.png) ![243 East 61st Street, New York City, NY 10065 — photo 4 of 10](https://realestaterebatesnewyork-bucket.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/4f2b5cb5-6a7a-482a-89f9-f87ae104f5d8.jpg) ![243 East 61st Street, New York City, NY 10065 — photo 5 of 10](https://realestaterebatesnewyork-bucket.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/b2bf2e6f-ed59-4dfa-bb0c-b986e1138e16.jpg) ![243 East 61st Street, New York City, NY 10065 — photo 6 of 10](https://realestaterebatesnewyork-bucket.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/2c86a87e-3311-4a30-943d-d2ef4fe2a164.png) ![243 East 61st Street, New York City, NY 10065 — photo 7 of 10](https://realestaterebatesnewyork-bucket.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/1fa5cd2a-0a21-4c88-be91-6eea6f28f0d0.png) ![243 East 61st Street, New York City, NY 10065 — photo 8 of 10](https://realestaterebatesnewyork-bucket.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/acc6018e-e2ba-4502-95ca-5b59200ffb9b.jpg) ![243 East 61st Street, New York City, NY 10065 — photo 9 of 10](https://realestaterebatesnewyork-bucket.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/fe91a0f2-8a0b-4d1a-bd0b-afe3830e9888.png) ![243 East 61st Street, New York City, NY 10065 — photo 10 of 10](https://realestaterebatesnewyork-bucket.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/4287281e-67e2-413b-bc0d-e7db7db1a42d.jpg) ## Property Overview A Rare Treadwell Farm Townhouse Opportunity Under $6M. In the heart of Lenox Hill's coveted Treadwell Farm Historic District, 243 East 61st Street offers a rare opportunity to own a substantial 20-foot-wide townhouse with approximately 5,000 square feet, private outdoor space, elevator access, and exceptional long-term potential. Well maintained and thoughtfully designed at the turn of the 20th Century, the home offers the scale, proportions, ceiling heights, masonry presence, and structural integrity that matter most in a significant Manhattan townhouse. Its flexible floor plan allows for bedroom and bathroom realignment, giving the next owner the option to refresh for the 2020s, personalize, or more fully reimagine the home over time. For buyers seeking location, privacy, scale, and upside, 243 East 61st Street represents one of the most compelling value opportunities in the Upper East Side townhouse market: a chance to create a generational Lenox Hill home in the Treadwell Farm Historic District. Set across four expansive floors, the home offers six bedrooms, multiple living and entertaining areas, five working wood-burning fireplaces, private outdoor areas, and elevator access to the roof level. Original details include red oak banisters, exposed brick, mahogany and mosaic hardwood flooring, crown moldings, high ceilings, and period fireplaces. Ground Floor The garden level is anchored by a large eat-in kitchen designed down to the studs by Swiss master craftsman Andre Liardet, with stainless steel appliances and a restaurant-grade Montague Grizzly stove. The dining room features a wood-burning fireplace and opens through French doors to an enclosed sunroom and landscaped private backyard. Parlor Floor The second floor offers two generous living rooms arranged around a central gallery and stairwell. Soaring ceilings, original crown molding, two wood-burning fireplaces, and intricate mosaic hardwood flooring create classic townhouse scale and presence. Third Floor The third floor includes two spacious bedrooms with oak floors, exposed brick, fireplaces, a shared sitting or dressing area, and a marble-tiled bath with soaking tub. The layout offers flexibility for future suite or guest-quarter use. Fourth Floor The top floor is bright and open, with skylights, floor-to-ceiling windows, French doors, and a Juliet terrace overlooking the garden. This level includes a primary bedroom area with fireplace, plus two additional rooms suited for bedrooms, offices, creative space, or dressing areas. Additional Features The home includes a basement with laundry and storage, multiple private outdoor areas, five working wood-burning fireplaces, and elevator access to the roof level. The roof offers meaningful potential for future customization, and even expansion. At this price point, the opportunity is clear: there is very little in the Upper East Side townhouse market that is this substantial, this flexible, and this well positioned. The next owner can preserve what works, improve what matters, and invest directly into a home that reflects their own taste, lifestyle, and long-term vision. Photos include some digital rendering. ## Property Details - **Property Type**: Single Family Residence - **Beds**: 6 - **Total Baths**: 6 - **Rooms**: 15 - **Sqft**: 5,000 sqft - **Stories**: 4 - **Year Built**: 1905 - **Price per Sqft**: $1,100 - **Monthly Taxes**: $6,543 / mo - **Listed On**: Sep 7, 2026 - **Days on Market**: 1 Days ### Residence Features - Building Other - Smoke Free ## Sales Evidence ### How this price compares The median closed price for comparable house sales in Lenox Hill is $13,800,000, based on 39 sales between September 2021 and August 2026. This home is asking $5,499,000, $8,301,000 below that median. The middle half of those sales closed between $7,575,000 and $19,510,000. - **Median closed price**: $13,800,000 - **Middle half**: $7,575,000 – $19,510,000 - **Based on**: 39 house sales in Lenox Hill - **Period**: September 2021 – August 2026 - **Median $/ft²**: $1,539/ft² Across the 36 of these sales with a published asking price, the median closed at 89% of what it originally asked. 86% of them closed below the original ask. A house is not part of a building of comparable apartments, so this benchmark is drawn from house sales across Lenox Hill. Apartment sales are excluded from it entirely. ### How these sales were negotiated - **Sold vs original ask**: 89% of the original ask - **Closed below ask**: 86% of 36 sales - **Listed → in contract**: 244 days (about 35 weeks) - **In contract → closed**: 48 days (about 7 weeks) Across the 36 of these sales with a published asking price, the median closed at 89% of what it originally asked. 86% of them closed below the original ask. Half of these homes were in contract within 244 days (about 35 weeks) of coming to market, based on the 37 with a recorded listing date. Once a deal was agreed, closing took a further 48 days (about 7 weeks), based on the 37 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 39 house sales in Lenox Hill, September 2021 – August 2026. Each figure counts only the sales that recorded the dates it needs, which is why the denominators differ. 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 243 East 61ST Street](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buildings/new-york-city/manhattan/243-east-61st-street) ## Property Tax History Taxes at 243 East 61st Street were $88,216 in 2026, up 6.0% from 2025. | Year | Tax Assessment | Land | Additions | Billable Value | Property Tax | Tax Rate | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 (FY 2026/27) | $447,240 | $380,160 | $67,080 | $439,215 | $88,216 | 20.085% (estimated) | | 2025 (FY 2025/26) | $463,440 | $380,160 | $83,280 | $414,354 | $83,223 | 20.085% (estimated) | | 2024 (FY 2024/25) | $390,900 | $380,160 | $10,740 | $390,900 | $78,512 | 20.085% | | 2023 (FY 2023/24) | $467,640 | $380,160 | $87,480 | $467,640 | $93,925 | 20.085% | | 2022 (FY 2022/23) | $474,000 | $380,160 | $93,840 | $474,000 | $96,265 | 20.309% | | 2021 (FY 2021/22) | $509,340 | $380,160 | $129,180 | $465,978 | $93,023 | 19.963% | | 2020 (FY 2020/21) | $580,080 | $380,160 | $199,920 | $439,603 | $92,514 | 21.045% | | 2019 (FY 2019/20) | $582,060 | $380,160 | $201,900 | $414,720 | $87,784 | 21.167% | | 2018 (FY 2018/19) | $414,720 | — | — | $414,720 | $86,755 | 20.919% | | 2017 (FY 2017/18) | $411,613 | — | — | $411,613 | $83,907 | 20.385% | | 2016 (FY 2016/17) | $388,315 | — | — | $388,315 | $77,628 | 19.991% | | 2015 (FY 2015/16) | $366,336 | — | — | $366,336 | $71,633 | 19.554% | | 2014 (FY 2014/15) | $345,600 | — | — | $345,600 | $66,207 | 19.157% | | 2013 (FY 2013/14) | $345,600 | — | — | $345,600 | $66,324 | 19.191% | | 2012 (FY 2012/13) | $343,011 | — | — | $343,011 | $63,694 | 18.569% | | 2011 (FY 2011/12) | $323,596 | — | — | $323,596 | $58,911 | 18.205% | | 2010 (FY 2010/11) | $305,280 | — | — | $305,280 | $53,009 | 17.364% | 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. Figures are the New York City Department of Finance assessment roll for tax lot 1014160018. 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 ### 243 East 61st Street Lenox Hill · Townhouse 243 East 61st Street, New York, NY 10065 A Townhouse in Lenox Hill built in 1905. - **Year Built**: 1905 - **Total Units**: 1 - **Floors**: 4 [View the building page](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buildings/new-york-city/manhattan/243-east-61st-street) ### Available Residences — For Sale (1) | Unit | Beds | Baths | Size | Price / Ft² | Price | Listing Office | Listed Date | Days on Market | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [N/A](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10065/243-east-61st-street-ny-10065) | 6 | 5 | 5,000 sqft | $1,100 | $5,499,000 | Corcoran Group | Sep 7, 2026 | 1 days | ## Estimated Monthly Payment **$34,349 / month**, assuming a 20% down payment ($1,099,800), a 6.5% interest rate and a 30-year term. The page's calculator lets a buyer change all three. - **Principal & Interest**: $27,806 - **Property Taxes**: $6,543 Estimates only. Actual payments may vary. 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