Features include ample sized living room with impressive views of iconic cityscapes and a calming outlook of greenery through the picture windows. The lovely kitchen offers excellent prep space and stainless appliances. Your bright primary suite features a wall of windows, plenty of space for a king size bed plus room for a reading nook or home office. Enjoy immense floor to ceiling closets, and a layout designed to fit all of your belongings, allowing you to create the Zen-like experience you deserve.
Full-service living means a friendly dedicated service team, with 24/7 doorman, handymen and wonderful live-in building manager, available to assist with your every need. The well-run building recently updated all elevators, and the newly renovated fitness center now features top-of-line equipment including Peloton. Additional amenities include a stunning roof deck with amazing views and lounge seating, central laundry and on-site garage.
Situated in "Little Paris" one of the most vibrant parts of the City, surround yourself with jazz clubs, restaurants, cafes and gourmet shops including Boulangerie Chez les Frenchies, Ideal Cheese, Simchick meats, Roy's Fish and of course Trader Joes, D'agostino and Whole Foods, just to name a few. Best of all, start your day with a meandering stroll with your dog, a bike ride or a jog in East River Esplanade, one of the City's most gorgeous pristine new greenway system parks. This is truly a neighborhood where you can feel at home, and between the apartment, building and local perks, as well as pet friendly and allowing 75 percent financing permitted, truly a fabulous opportunity for a deal, your search ends here.
## Property Details - **Property Type**: Co-op - **Beds**: 1 - **Baths**: 1 - **Rooms**: 3 - **Stories**: 21 - **Year Built**: 1960 - **Common Charges**: $1,454 / Monthly - **Listed On**: Apr 11, 2026 - **Days on Market**: 159 Days ### Residence Features - Building In Basement - Building Roof Deck - City Lights - City - Panoramic ## Estimated Monthly Payment **$4,715 / month**, assuming a 20% down payment ($129,000), a 6.5% interest rate and a 30-year term. The page's calculator lets a buyer change all three. - **Principal & Interest**: $3,261 - **Common Charges**: $1,454 Estimates only. Actual payments may vary. Confirm terms with your lender. ## Sales and market data ### How this price compares - **Last sold price**: $645,000 - **Median sold price**: $535,000 - **Difference**: +$110,000 (+20.6%) - **Comparable sales**: 42 - **Sales from**: September 2024 – July 2026 - **Middle half of those sales**: $499,250 – $643,750 Based on co-op one-bedroom sales in Turtle Bay. Square footage is recorded for only 21 of these 42 sales (50%), so no price per square foot is shown for this group. Co-op sales rarely carry a floor area, and a figure drawn from a handful of them would not describe the rest. This building has not had enough comparable sales of its own in the period to support a median, so the benchmark is drawn from Turtle Bay instead. ### How these sales were negotiated - **Sale-to-list price**: 97.1% (38 sales) - **Sold below asking**: 76% (38 sales) - **Typical time to find a buyer**: 94 days (38 sales) - **Typical time to close**: 83 days (38 sales) Based on co-op one-bedroom sales in Turtle Bay 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 sale price, co-op one-bedroom sales in Turtle Bay | Year | Median sold price | Sales | | --- | --- | --- | | 2016 | $530,000 | 13 | | 2017 | $590,000 | 44 | | 2018 | $612,500 | 36 | | 2019 | $712,500 | 26 | | 2020 | $570,000 | 23 | | 2021 | $649,500 | 36 | | 2022 | $581,000 | 34 | | 2023 | $588,750 | 28 | | 2024 | $530,000 | 25 | | 2025 | $592,500 | 27 | | 2026 YTD | $520,000 | 11 | Based on recorded co-op one-bedroom sales in Turtle Bay. 2026 is year-to-date. Sales data through July 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. ## Price and Property History for 251 East 51ST Street, Unit 5B Review the recorded listing activity for 251 East 51ST Street, Unit 5B, including asking-price changes and prior market dates. - **Last sold**: $645,000 on August 5, 2026 | Date | Price | Listing event | | --- | --- | --- | | August 5, 2026 | $645,000 | Sold | | May 21, 2026 | $645,000 | Entered contract | | April 11, 2026 | $645,000 | Listed for sale by Douglas Elliman Real Estate | ## Turtle Bay Overview of Turtle Bay [Explore Turtle Bay](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/neighborhoods/new-york-city/manhattan/turtle-bay) · [All Neighborhoods](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/neighborhoods) ### Nearby Turtle Bay - [Murray Hill real estate for sale](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/neighborhoods/new-york-city/manhattan/murray-hill) - [Theater District real estate for sale](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/neighborhoods/new-york-city/manhattan/theater-district) - [Kips Bay real estate for sale](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/neighborhoods/new-york-city/manhattan/kips-bay) - [Hells Kitchen real estate for sale](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/neighborhoods/new-york-city/manhattan/hells-kitchen) - [Flatiron District real estate for sale](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/neighborhoods/new-york-city/manhattan/flatiron-district) - [Chelsea real estate for sale](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/neighborhoods/new-york-city/manhattan/chelsea) ## Related Links - [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) --- > RLS IDX Data display by Real Estate Rebate Team. 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