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Southgate, 400 East 52nd Street - Beekman/Sutton Place
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400 East 52nd Street

Southgate,
400 East 52nd Street

Doorman Co-op located in Beekman/Sutton Place, between First Avenue & East River Drive  Map

  • Apartments For Sale (4)
  • For Rent (1)
  • Recent Sales (21)
  • All Units in Building (460)
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Listed on
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Apt. 9F
(10 Photos)
3 beds
3 baths
1,872 ft2
$1,042
$1,950,000
Apr 18, 2025
12 days
Apt. 6K
(7 Photos)
1 bed
1 bath
$535,000
Apr 8, 2025
22 days
Apt. PHT
(38 Photos)
1 bed
1 bath
$2,900,000
Mar 25, 2025
36 days
Apt. 14G
(10 Photos)
1 bed
1 bath
$579,000 -3.3%
Jan 14, 2025
106 days
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Overview of Southgate at 400 East 52nd Street

The Southgate complex, designed by renowned architect Emery Roth for Bing & Bing in the late 1920s, consists of five distinguished Art Deco buildings located in the Beekman/Sutton Place neighborhood. The buildings are characterized by their richly textured reddish salmon brick façades, distinctive Art Deco detailing, and impressive architectural features including high ceilings and, in some units, sunken living rooms.

Originally constructed as rental properties and later converted to cooperatives, the complex sits on a quiet cul-de-sac near the East River. The buildings are notable for their unique architectural composition, which Steven Ruttenbaum described in 'Mansions In The Sky' as 'Manhattan's most distinctive residential Art Deco ensemble.'

This full-service cooperative offers residents a 24-hour doorman, resident manager, beautifully landscaped private garden, storage facilities, bike room, and laundry facilities. The building is both pet and pied-à-terre friendly, with electricity included in the maintenance charges. Its location provides convenient access to shopping, dining, and transportation options while maintaining a prestigious and private setting.

Year Built
1931
Apartments
460
Floors
17
Pets: Allowed
Neighborhood
Min Down
25%
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Amenities

  • FT Doorman
  • Pre War
  • Resident Storage
  • Garden
  • Washer/Dryer in building
  • Bike Room
  • Live-In Superintendent

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Nearby Subways

  1. M
  2. 6
  3. E
at Lexington Ave and 53rd 0.29 miles

Carter’s Review

"This development of five buildings was designed by Emery Roth for Bing & Bing, one of the city's premier builders of upper-middle-class housing in the 1920's and 1930's. The richly textured reddish salmon brick façades and sparse but good Art Deco detailing added significantly to the ambiance of the "Beekman Place" area. The four 10-story buildings on 52nd Street are similar in height and general façade treatment, but each is slightly different. The effect is quite massive and almost fortress-like, particularly since they are an imposing prelude to River House, perhaps the city's most glamorous apartment tower, at the river end of the street. The buildings are distinctive, moreover, because many apartments have very tall ceilings and windows and, indeed, are among the city's few "studio" buildings of their era. The building at 424 East 52nd Street, in fact, is very, very distinguished with a bank of enormous windows on either side of a central façade section whose fenestration pattern is very unusual in its alternating window sizes. Its 80 units were converted to cooperatives in 1987. The apartments, surprisingly, are relatively modest and do not contain many rooms, but the living rooms at 424 East 52nd Street are one-and-half-stories high and those at 400 East 52nd Street are sunken. The first building to be completed was 434 East 52nd Street in 1928. 424 East 52nd Street and 433 East 51st Street were completed in 1930 and 400, a 462-unit building, and 414 East 52nd Street were completed in 1931. The 52nd Street buildings, Steven Ruttenbaum observed in his book, "Mansions In The Sky, The Skyscraper Palazzi of Emery Roth," Balsam Press, Inc., 1986, are each "embellished with fanciful iron loggias and window grilles executed in unique Art Deco motifs with voluptuous Art Deco terra-cotta trim....The Southgate complex is enlivened with highly textured, three-dimensional forms that provide much in the way of visual delight. It was unusual for one architect to be given the opportunity to mold almost an entire side street into a unified architectural composition, and Roth responded to the challenge by creating Manhattan's most distinctive residential Art Deco ensemble." The Southgate complex, originally a rental project but subsequently converted to cooperatives, was preceded by the larger Tudor City complex several blocks to the south and a few other similar projects exist in the city, but are rare."
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Pros & Cons

  • River and city views from higher floors
  • Live-in super and on-site management
  • Beautifully landscaped private garden with playground
  • 24-hour full-time doorman
  • Art Deco architecture
  • Quiet- elegant street
  • Close to Subway
  • Utilities included in maintenance
  • Pet and pied-à-terre friendly
  • Storage and bike room available
  • No garage
  • No concierge
  • No health club

CityRealty Rating

21
/44
Architecture
+
26
/36
Location
+
15
/39
Features
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62
CITYREALTY
RATING
  • How is the CityRealty Rating calculated?

    Architecture
    • 30+ remarkable
    • 20-29 distinguished
    • 11-19 average
    • < 11 below average
    Location
    • 27+ remarkable
    • 18-26 distinguished
    • 9-17 average
    • < 9 below average
    Features
    • 22+ remarkable
    • 16-21 distinguished
    • 9-15 average
    • < 9 below average

Sales History

Price/Room (Est)

Why are we displaying the estimated price per room?

For some co-ops, instead of price per square foot, we use an estimate of the number of rooms for each sold apartment to chart price changes over time. This is because many co-op listings do not include square footage information, and this makes it challenging to calculate accurate square-foot averages.

By displaying the price per estimated room count, we are able to provide a more reliable and consistent metric for comparing sales in the building. While we hope that this gives you a clearer sense of price trends in the building, all data should be independently verified. All data provided are only estimates and should not be used to make any purchase or sale decision.

Price/Ft2 (Est)
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