An apartment in a 1901 building at 295-309 Lafayette St in Manhattan sold for $42 million, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the New York, New York metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026. The five leading closings reported across the metro that week combined for $100.70 million in New York-area real estate.
The week’s leading transactions reach from the Upper West Side and the West Village to Brooklyn Heights, alongside a Midtown Manhattan tower address, and more than one closing was recorded in Manhattan. Build years run from 1828 to 2012, placing a Federal-era townhouse, two 1901 buildings and a prewar Central Park West cooperative on the same list as a 2012 condominium tower.
No. 1 — $42,000,000 · 295-309 Lafayette St #9C, New York, New York
A 1901 building at 295-309 Lafayette St in Manhattan produced the metro’s highest reported closing of the week. Unit 9C sold for $42,000,000 on August 3, 2026, and the residence carries a reported 4,965 square feet.
Listing materials describe high ceilings, hardwood flooring, wide windows and generous closet space, with a kitchen fitted with stainless steel appliances and a tile bathroom. The building stands in the 10012 ZIP code close to transit, markets and shops. The property previously changed hands for $28,511,000 in 2016.
The transaction ranked No. 1 in RealtyWire’s New York Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026, the highest-priced reported closing in the metro that week.
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No. 2 — $22,000,000 · 432 Park Ave #94, New York, New York
Ninety-four floors above Midtown, a half-floor residence at 432 Park Ave took the metro’s No. 2 reported sale. The three-bedroom condominium, which also holds a library, three full bathrooms and a powder room, traded for $22,000,000 in a closing recorded August 7, 2026, and carries a reported 3,952 square feet.
The unit opens directly from the elevator into a foyer and runs east to west across the floor, with solid oak floors, ceilings of 12 feet 6 inches and the building’s 10-by-10-foot windows framing northern views over Central Park. A corner great room combines living and dining areas, and the kitchen carries marble surfaces and flooring, a large island, white lacquer and oak millwork, Miele appliances and Dornbracht hardware. The main bedroom suite has a dressing area and a marble bathroom, and the secondary bedrooms each have private baths.
Listing materials identify Rafael ViΓ±oly as the architect of 432 Park Avenue and Deborah Berke as the interior designer. The tower rises 1,396 feet above Park Avenue at 57th Street, and residents have access to more than 30,000 square feet of amenities, among them a private restaurant with cuisine overseen by chef Shaun Hergatt, a fitness center, a 75-foot indoor pool and a children’s playroom.
The $22,000,000 closing ranked No. 2 in RealtyWire’s New York Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 3 — $14,500,000 · 146 Central Park W Apt 10E, Manhattan, New York
The San Remo on Central Park West carried the week’s No. 3 reported sale. A four-bedroom, five-bathroom cooperative apartment on the Upper West Side, unit 10E at 146 Central Park W, changed hands for $14,500,000 in a transaction recorded August 3, 2026.
An oversized semi-private elevator landing opens to an entrance gallery, off which sit a powder room and a north-facing library with custom built-ins. The corner living room has five windows facing east and north over the park, and the formal dining room has been opened to it. The eat-in kitchen holds two dishwashers, two ovens, two sinks, a six-burner stove, Carrara marble counters and backsplash, wine storage and a built-in cappuccino maker.
A separate bedroom wing houses three en-suite bedrooms facing Central Park, and the primary suite adds a dressing room sized for two people and a bathroom with a double vanity and a deep soaking tub overlooking the park. A fourth bedroom, an office or staff room and a laundry area complete the plan. Emery Roth designed the San Remo, which stands between 74th and 75th Streets and gives residents a gym, a playroom, private storage bins and a maintained outdoor garden.
The apartment went under contract 25 days after the current listing date and ranked No. 3 in RealtyWire’s New York Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026. It previously changed hands for $12,500,000 in 2006.
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No. 4 — $11,500,000 · 40 Garden Pl, Brooklyn, New York
A reported 4,792 square feet spreads through a gut-renovated 1901 townhouse at 40 Garden Pl in Brooklyn Heights. The five-bedroom, three-bathroom house closed on August 4, 2026 at $11,500,000.
The parlor floor defines the plan, with an oversized, light-filled kitchen and walk-in pantry, an arched opening into a dining room and a living room centered on a wood-burning fireplace. The garden level holds a private guest suite with a full bathroom, a walk-in laundry room and a family room that opens onto a landscaped backyard.
Above, the primary level has a bedroom with a private terrace over the gardens, dual walk-in closets, an en-suite bathroom, a home office and a den with a second wood-burning fireplace. The next floor adds two more bedrooms, a full bathroom and a library nook framed by custom millwork, and the top floor holds a playroom. Original detail was preserved through a renovation carried out with Steering House and Brooklyn Studio. The house sits on Garden Place within reach of the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and Brooklyn Bridge Park, and it previously changed hands for $4,200,000 in 2022.
The $11,500,000 sale ranked No. 4 in RealtyWire’s New York Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 5 — $10,700,000 · 262 W 11th St, New York, New York
The West Village produced the metro’s No. 5 reported sale: an 1828 townhouse at 262 W 11th St that traded for $10,700,000 in an August 6, 2026 closing. The house measures 21 feet wide on a 25-foot lot.
Master craftsman Lavinius C. Heroy built the residence, which is reached by a private side pathway known as a horsewalk. That footprint allows three to four exposures, a skylight and 32 windows. The interior retains original wide-plank floors, marble mantels and sashmaker-crafted moldings, and the house is currently configured as a three-family with a south-facing garden and private side access. It stands on a West 11th Street block of mansions, and the property previously changed hands for $4,800,000 in 2006.
The transaction ranked No. 5 in RealtyWire’s New York Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, August 9, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.
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