243 E 61ST Street
$4,999,000
MLS# RLS20106681 · Lenox Hill
Listed September 7, 2026 · 63 days on the market
6 Beds 5 Baths 5,000 Sq.Ft.
About This Property
Improved Price for a rare 20Ft wide townhouse - TOURS AND OPEN HOUSES BY APPT ONLY!
Reimagined for fall 2026. A Rare Treadwell Farm Townhouse Opportunity Under $5M. 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 of gross building area, 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 5 bedrooms in its current configuration, multiple living and entertaining areas, five working wood-burning fireplaces, private outdoor areas, and elevator access to the roof level where expansion is encouraged.
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 residence 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, accessed by the grand staircase OR elevator...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 tremendous storage space, and multiple private outdoor areas,. The roof offers meaningful potential for future customization, and expansion.
At this reduced price point, the opportunity is clear: there is very little in the 20FT 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.
Agent's Note
From Curtis Bain. Details about the apartment are drawn from the listing information provided through RLS by Corcoran Group.
A landscaped private backyard sits beyond an enclosed sunroom, and French doors from the dining room open onto both. That sequence gives the garden level a real transition between indoor meals and the outdoors.
The garden level kitchen was designed down to the studs by Swiss master craftsman Andre Liardet. It's a large eat-in room with stainless steel appliances and a Montague Grizzly stove, and its position on the same level as the dining room makes it easy to cook while the rest of the house is in use.
Two generous living rooms on the parlor floor sit around a central gallery and stairwell, each with a wood-burning fireplace. The house has five working wood-burning fireplaces in total. Older craftsmanship shows throughout. The banisters are red oak, some walls reveal brick, the floors pair mahogany with mosaic inlays, and the rooms carry crown moldings and period fireplaces.
The top floor is bright, with skylights and floor-to-ceiling windows, and it has a primary bedroom area with a fireplace. With four floors, the elevator is a practical part of the house, and it reaches the roof level as well.
Lexington Avenue and 59th Street station, serving the 4, 5, 6, N, R and W, is about 5 minutes away on foot. Queensboro Oval is about 7 minutes away on foot, and St. Catherine's Park is about 8 minutes.
Quick answers+
Is there private outdoor space?
Yes. A landscaped private backyard is reached through French doors from the dining room, with an enclosed sunroom in between. The house also has private outdoor areas.
Does the house have an elevator?
Yes. The house has elevator access that reaches the roof level, alongside the grand staircase to the upper floors.
How many fireplaces does the house have?
Five, and they are working wood-burning fireplaces.
Curtis Bain
Brown Harris Stevens
Property Features
Policies
- Pets allowed
- Smoke-free
Home features
- 5 fireplaces
Building amenities
Services and facilities
- Green building
Estimate
Monthly Cost & Closing Costs
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$31,821 / month
- Principal and interest$25,278
- Property taxes$6,543
Due at closing
- Down payment (20%)$999,800
- NYS “mansion tax” (1.5%)$74,985
- Mortgage recording tax (1.925%)$76,985
Not included: attorney, title insurance, lender and appraisal fees, board application and move-in fees, flip tax and prepaid items. Estimates only, based on the published New York State rates. Your attorney and lender will confirm the real figures.
Location & Nearby
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243 E 61ST Street
Subway
- 456NRWLexington Av/59 StAbout 5 min walk
- MQLexington Av/63 StAbout 5 min walk · Accessible
- 668 St-Hunter CollegeAbout 11 min walk · Accessible
- EFLexington Av/53 StAbout 11 min walk · Accessible
Parks
- Queensboro OvalAbout 7 min walk
- St. Catherine's ParkAbout 8 min walk
- Andrew Haswell Green ParkAbout 10 min walk
Public schools · Elementary schools
- East Side Elementary School, PS 267About 3 min walk
- P.S. 59 Beekman Hill InternationalAbout 6 min walk
- Ella Baker SchoolAbout 8 min walk
Middle schools
- J.H.S. 167 Robert F. WagnerAbout 19 min walk
High schools
- Art and Design High SchoolAbout 6 min walk
- Vanguard High SchoolAbout 8 min walk
Colleges & universities
- Rockefeller UniversityAbout 11 min walk
- Louis V Gerstner Grad SchAbout 11 min walk
- Hunter College (CUNY)About 11 min walk
- New York School of Interior DesignAbout 12 min walk
Museums
- Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & GardenAbout 7 min walk
- The Frick CollectionAbout 17 min walk
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)About 18 min walk
- Paley Center for MediaAbout 19 min walk
Walking times are estimates. Schools shown are the nearest public and charter schools and are not zone assignments; a nearby school is not necessarily the one an address is zoned for. Confirm zoning with the NYC Department of Education. Sources: MTA, NYC Parks and NYC Department of City Planning open data.
The Neighborhood
About Lenox Hill
A refined Upper East Side enclave of prewar elegance, Central Park proximity, and Madison Avenue prestige.
Walkability
9/10
Public transit
9/10
Schools
9/10
Dining
9/10
Groceries & parks
9/10
Gallery
Property Photos
Listing Courtesy of Corcoran Group
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