Windsor Tower, 5 Tudor City Place
between East 40th Street & East 41st Street | Turtle Bay/United Nations
Key Details
- Co-op
- Built in 1929
- 799 Apartments
- 25 Floors
- Size From # avail
- Studios $329,000 8
- 1 Bed $530,000 5
- 2 Beds $925,000 1
- Last updated Jun 21, 2017
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- Size From # avail
- Studios $1,800 17
- 1 Bed $2,400 3
- Last updated Jun 21, 2017
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- Size Avg. Price # Sold
- STUDIO $310,354 24
- 1 BED $512,084 10
- Avg. Price based on 35 closings during past 12 months Last updated Jun 25, 2017
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Overview
- #14 Rated co-op - Midtown
- #3 Rated co-op - Turtle Bay/United Nations
Windsor Tower at 5 Tudor City Place between 40th and 41st Streets is the grandest building in the famous Tudor City complex across from the United Nations at the far east end of 42nd Street.
The 7-story top of the brown-brick building is festooned with finials, piers and cartouches some triple-height, multi-paned windows giving the appearance of a Tudor palace on steroids, or at least stilts.
The building's addresses include 701-719 First Avenue, 1-19 Tudor City Place, 371-399 East 40th Street, and 358-368 East 41st Street.
"From the street," an August 1, 1991 article in The New York Times began, "the three-story windows that crown three of Tudor City's towers seem unimaginably luxurious. Cynics often presume that they conceal water tanks. In truth, they light the three-story living rooms of 14 apartments, some with terraces trimmed with gargoyles."
The complex, which its developer called "a city within a city," was created by Fred Fillmore French starting in 1925 when he assembled six blockfronts along Prospect Place, a small north-south street west of First Avenue that was lined most with brownstones.
According to a May 15, 1994 article by Christopher Gray in The New York Times, Mr. French had previously erected some luxury residential buildings such as 1140 Fifth Avenue "where he built a squash court into his own roof duplex and then 1010 Fifth Avenue, at 82nd Street, where he occupied the penthouse apartment with a huge roof garden."
"By 1927 he began construction on the largest single residential project New York had yet seen. By 1932 he had finished nine big apartment houses and a hotel with a total of 2,800 units that soon accommodated 4,500 residents," according to Mr. Gray.
The enclave surrounds two gardens on either side on the bluff at the end of 42nd Street.
According to Mr. Gray's article, the south garden was at first a miniaturized 18-hole golf course and "around 1950, 42nd Street was widened to produce a near-bou...
Features & Amenities
- FT Doorman
- Hi Rise
- Pre War
- Basement Storage
- Garden
- Health Club
- Roof Deck
- Washer/Dryer in building
- Elevator
- Mail Room
- Lounge
- Fitness Center
- Outdoor Entertainment Space
- Bike Room
- Live-In Superintendent
- Screening Room
- Terraces / Balconies
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Nearby Subway Stations
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- Grand Central - 42nd Street (at 3rd Ave and 42nd) (0.36 miles)
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- Grand Central - 42nd Street (at 3rd Ave and 42nd) (0.36 miles)
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- Grand Central - 42nd Street (at 3rd Ave and 42nd) (0.36 miles)
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- Grand Central - 42nd Street (at 3rd Ave and 42nd) (0.36 miles)
Carter Horsley's Review
Windsor Tower, 5 Tudor City Place
The pros & cons
- Most spectacular building at Tudor City
- Doorman
- Great midtown vistas
- Good cross-town bus service
- Convenient to the United Nations
- Spectacular penthouses
- Many apartments
- Most apartments are small
- No balconies
- Not many river views
Pricing Comparison of Similar Buildings
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View By Apartment SizesWindsor Tower, 5 Tudor City Place Alternate Addresses
- 1 Tudor City Place
- 1-19 Tudor City Place
- 5 Tudor Place
- 371-399 East 40th Street
- 701-719 First Avenue
- 358-368 East 41st Street
- Tower City
- 5 Tudor
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In the Neighborhood: What’s Available & Sales Stats
- 118 Available for Sale
- $980 Avg. Price / Ft2
- $842,356 Avg. Price
- $532,500 Median Price
- Most Expensive 860 United Nations Plaza Apt PH37E38E | $8,000,000
- Least Expensive Prospect Tower Apt 809 | $289,500
- 47 Available for Rent
- $65 Avg. Price / Ft2
- $2,487 Avg. Price
- $2,200 Median Price
- Most Expensive The Manor Apt 808 | $7,500
- Least Expensive Windsor Tower Apt B10 | $1,800
- 199 Total Sales
- $933 Avg. Price / Ft2
- $629,880 Avg. Price
- $475,000 Median Price
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Most Expensive
860 United Nations Plaza
Apt 24DE | $5,500,000
Price / ft2 $1,000 - Least Expensive Windsor Tower Apt 1917 | $225,000
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