Real estate porn: See inside the first-ever publicly listed apartment in the Flatiron Building

One of New York’s most iconic skyscrapers is being reborn as a place people can finally call home. The Flatiron Building, a fixture of the city skyline for well over a century, is shedding its exclusively commercial past and transforming into 38 luxury condominiums, marking a dramatic new chapter for a structure that helped define the city. And now you have the chance to live in one of the most recognizable buildings in the world (or at least drool over pictures of the apartments).

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Apartments span from three-bedroom residences priced at roughly $10.95 million to a sprawling five-bedroom home on the 21st floor for a cool $50 million. The largest unit currently on the market measures approximately 7,400 square feet and is anchored by a vast great room stretching nearly 77 feet in length. The penthouse features four bedrooms, four and a half baths and close to 4,600 square feet of interior space, complemented by a dramatic wraparound terrace of more than 3,200 square feet.

When it opened in 1902 as the Fuller Building, the triangular tower at 175 Fifth Avenue immediately stood out not just for its height, but for its audacious shape. Designed by Chicago architect Daniel Burnham to fill the wedge of land where Fifth Avenue meets Broadway at 23rd Street, it was among the first skyscrapers in Manhattan to embrace steel-frame construction. Its slender prow, tapering to just a few feet at the narrowest point, earned it a nickname inspired by the everyday household iron.

For decades, the building housed offices for everything from music publishers and fashion companies to major publishers like St. Martin’s Press. Its presence anchored the then-evolving Flatiron District, which over the years grew into one of Manhattan’s most dynamic neighborhoods, surrounded by restaurants, boutiques and Madison Square Park.

Now, as its new residences hit the market, the Flatiron Building enters a new era. This architectural icon will, for the first time, have a skyline presence after dark, with LED illumination accentuating its historic limestone and terra-cotta façade. 

Owning in the Flatiron is more than a prestigious address; this is an immersion in New York history.