Rosie O’Donnell is bidding farewell to New York Metropolis, at the least in the interim.
The comic, actress and serial actual property purchaser has determined to promote her final remaining Manhattan property: a sprawling penthouse within the Turtle Bay neighborhood with an immense rooftop terrace and beautiful East River vistas.
Ms. O’Donnell, 61, who was raised on Lengthy Island, just lately relocated to the West Coast along with her youngest daughter, Dakota, 10. She purchased a contemporary farmhouse for $4.6 million within the Beverlywood neighborhood of Los Angeles in late 2021, although solely 4 months later offered it for a small revenue. She is now renting a beachfront dwelling in Malibu, reportedly close to the actor Fran Drescher.
The Turtle Bay condominium, one in all two penthouses within the Sterling Plaza condominium, at 255 East forty ninth Avenue close to Second Avenue, is available on the market for $8.3 million, in accordance with the itemizing dealer, Paul Anand of Brown Harris Stevens. Month-to-month frequent costs are $4,784. Ms. O’Donnell paid $8 million in 2017 for the unit, which had served as her major residence.
The almost 3,600-square-foot condominium, on the purple brick tower’s high two flooring, has 4 bedrooms and three full bogs, plus a 1,620-square-foot terrace on the roof, the place there may be additionally an enclosed 120-square-foot pantry and kitchenette. (Mr. Anand says the penthouse is being marketed as a duplex, not a triplex, regardless of this additional room.)
“The crown jewel of the property is the terrace, with its 360-degree views of Manhattan’s Chrysler Constructing, the Empire State Constructing and East River,” Mr. Anand stated. “It’s like a personal oasis. And it’s what offered Rosie on the condominium.”
Ms. O’Donnell additionally appreciated the top-to-bottom renovations undertaken by the earlier house owners, he stated, in addition to its high-end finishes, just like the imported Russian wide-plank oak flooring, marble bogs and Boffi kitchen. Sound and lighting programs have been additionally put in.
“It was turnkey situation,” Mr. Anand stated, “and the brand new house owners gained’t must do something to it, both.”
The primary degree of the house is on the highest thirty third ground. A small entryway results in an excellent room, the place there’s a lounge space with a honed black granite wood-burning fire and a proper eating space with cozy window seats and an onyx-clad moist bar with a wine fridge and a sink. Centrally positioned is a sculptured, curvy staircase.
“It’s good for entertaining,” Mr. Anand stated of the structure, “and you’ll take your company up the steps to the terrace.”
On the reverse finish of the ground is a big eat-in kitchen. “You get two of each top-of-the-line equipment,” Mr. Anand stated, noting the Gaggenau fridges, together with one for wine, and the Miele ovens and dishwashers. There may be additionally a 33-foot-long middle island/breakfast bar, Corian counter tops and an built-in espresso and cappuccino maker.
Close to the kitchen is a bed room and loo.
The first bed room suite, measuring 14.5-by-20 toes, is down a separate hallway close to the doorway to the condominium. It has a wall of closets and an en suite lavatory with a steam bathe and soaking tub.
On the ground beneath is one other lavatory, a sauna and two extra bedrooms, one in all which comes with a walk-in closet and a balcony.
The rooftop terrace has areas carved out for eating and lounging.
Ms. O’Donnell, a former host of “The View,” extra just lately starred within the Showtime drama sequence “American Gigolo,” which was filmed within the Los Angeles space. Through the years, she has purchased and offered quite a few properties up and down the Jap Seaboard. These have included properties in Greenwich, Conn.; Saddle River, N.J.; Nyack, N.Y.; Miami Seashore; and West Palm Seashore, Fla. (The West Palm home was simply six miles away from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Ms. O’Donnell and Mr. Trump have famously feuded for years.)
Her transactions in Manhattan have included the 2014 sale of one other duplex penthouse, at 130 West twelfth Avenue in Greenwich Village, and final 12 months a one-bedroom, one-bathroom condominium at 350 West 53rd Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen, which she had used as a pied-à-terre.
Judging by her frequent Instagram and TikTok posts, it appears like Ms. O’Donnell’s subsequent actual property buy may be in Malibu.
“I gotta say, I adore it right here a lot,” she just lately advised her followers, exhibiting off the direct ocean views and picturesque sunsets from her balcony. “It’s lovely right here. It truly is.”
