A penthouse at 111 West 57th Street in Midtown sold for $41.75 million, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the New York, New York metro area for the week of August 10 through August 16, 2026. The five leading sales RealtyWire tracked in the metro area that week combined for $95.41 million.
The week’s sales span Midtown, Nolita, Flatiron and West Chelsea, along with a penthouse on East End Avenue that the record does not assign to a neighborhood. All five are apartment residences, and the buildings behind them run from a 1915 address on Broadway to a West Chelsea tower completed in 2022. Detailed listing materials were not available for these New York real estate transactions at publication, so each entry below is reported from the transaction and property records alone.
No. 1 — $41,750,076 · 111 W 57th St #Penthouse 76, New York, New York
Penthouse 76 at 111 West 57th Street sold for $41,750,076, the highest-priced home sale reported in the New York metro area for the week ending August 16, 2026. The Midtown apartment closed on August 11, 2026.
The residence is recorded with four bedrooms and five bathrooms across a reported 6,512 square feet, in a building completed in 2020. The closing gave Midtown the top position on this week’s list.
The transaction ranked No. 1 in RealtyWire’s Top 5 home sales for the New York metro area for the week ending August 16, 2026. RealtyWire could not verify the listing agent or brokerage for the sale, and the real estate professionals involved are invited to confirm their credit for the record.
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No. 2 — $16,300,000 · 224 Mulberry St Apt 7, New York, New York
Apartment 7 at 224 Mulberry Street in Nolita traded for $16,300,000, the second-highest reported home sale in the metro area for the week. The closing was recorded August 10, 2026, the opening day of the reporting week.
The Mulberry Street building dates to 1926. The transaction record lists one bathroom for the apartment and carries no reported square footage.
The sale ranked No. 2 in RealtyWire’s weekly Top 5 for the New York metro area. The listing agent and brokerage could not be verified for publication, and RealtyWire welcomes confirmation from the real estate professionals who handled the transaction.
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No. 3 — $15,000,000 · 170 E End Ave #Penthouse 1b, New York, New York
Penthouse 1B at 170 East End Avenue sold for $15,000,000 on August 12, 2026, taking third place among the week’s reported New York metro area home sales.
The penthouse carries a reported 4,927 square feet in a building completed in 2005, and the record does not include bedroom or bathroom counts. The property previously changed hands for $12,198,635 in 2009.
The closing ranked No. 3 in RealtyWire’s New York metro area Top 5 for the week ending August 16, 2026. RealtyWire was unable to confirm the listing agent or brokerage, and invites the professionals involved to claim the credit.
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No. 4 — $12,263,250 · 1107 Broadway Apt 12D, New York, New York
Unit 12D at 1107 Broadway, in the Flatiron neighborhood, sold for $12,263,250, with the closing recorded August 13, 2026.
The apartment is recorded with four bedrooms and five bathrooms across a reported 3,309 square feet, in a building that dates to 1915. The property previously changed hands for $9,927,938 in 2016.
The transaction ranked No. 4 in RealtyWire’s Top 5 home sales for the New York metro area for the week. The listing agent and brokerage are not identified in the records available to RealtyWire, and the agents who represented the sale are invited to have their credit added.
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No. 5 — $10,100,000 · 500 W 18th St #W24c, New York, New York
In West Chelsea, unit W24C at 500 West 18th Street changed hands for $10,100,000. The sale was recorded August 12, 2026.
The apartment is in a building completed in 2022. Bedroom, bathroom and square-footage figures were not part of the reported record for the unit.
The sale ranked No. 5 in RealtyWire’s weekly Top 5 for the New York metro area, closing out a week in which every listed transaction was an apartment residence. RealtyWire could not verify the listing agent or brokerage for the unit, and the real estate professionals involved are invited to confirm their credit.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, August 16, 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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