The TV star and former prosecutor has listed her stately duplex in Sutton Place with a $9.5 million price tag
Judith Sheindlin, better known as Judge Judy, has made a final verdict on her Manhattan penthouse: It’s going on the market.
The TV personality and former prosecutor, famous for her courtroom reality show, listed her stately duplex on Thursday with a $9.5 million price tag.
“We’ve enjoyed this jewel of an apartment,” she said in a statement. Now, it’s “time to simplify.”
The co-op is within the exclusive enclave of Sutton Place, a pocket of Manhattan that while diminutive in size is positively gargantuan in status. Running from 53rd Street up to 59th Street, and from First Avenue over to the East River, Sutton Place has been home to Vanderbilts, Kennedys and Cuomos, as well as I.M. Pei, Freddie Mercury and Marilyn Monroe.
The Brooklyn native, 81, and her husband, Jerry, who is also a former television personality and judge, paid $8.5 million for the home in 2013, records show.
The eight-room unit, in a pre-war building designed by the renowned architect Rosario Candela, is the “epitome of refined living,” according to the listing with Tom Postilio and Mickey Conlon of Compass.
“Judy has impeccable taste in real estate, and this home is no exception,” Postilio said. “Any devotee of Sutton Place will find this home completely in tune with its surroundings. Its timeless design bucks trends in favor of style, and this penthouse has style in spades.”
A 29-foot entrance gallery leads into the home, which has a living room with a wood-burning fireplace; a formal dining room with floor-to-ceiling French casement doors; a wood-paneled library; and a chef’s kitchen that doubles as a social hub and casual dining area, the listing said.
There’s also a curved staircase with its original wrought-iron balustrade and four bedrooms, including a corner primary suite.
The real show-stopping feature might be the expansive wraparound terrace, though, which has “jaw-dropping vistas of the New York skyline and the East River,” Conlon said.
“Every room in the home is a place you want to be,” he added. “The light and views are extraordinary, and the quality of craftsmanship throughout is impeccable. That said, you’d have a hard time coaxing us off that terrace—even on the coldest day of the year.”