A sliver building, a pencil tower, a supertall — whatever you call it, it’s the skinniest skyscraper in the world.
For the first time since the Manhattan skinnyscraper called Steinway Tower opened for occupancy a year ago, a full floor in the glassy condominium is available for rent — for $75,000 a month.
It’s certainly a sky-high monthly cost, but it’s still half the price of the most expensive rental on the market, at 56 Leonard St. in Tribeca — colloquially known as the Jenga Building — which asks $150,000.
Skinny, though, doesn’t mean small. This apartment — with a private elevator — has three bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms that cover some 4,500 square feet of living space.
Steinway Tower, at 111 W. 57th St., is one of four condos on Billionaires’ Row, on the southern end of Central Park.
The building has racked up a list of almost-superlatives: It’s the second tallest residential skyscraper in New York — behind nearby Central Park Tower — and the fourth tallest building in the world.
As the slimmest skyscraper on the planet, it boasts a slenderness ratio of 1 to 24. In other words, it is 24 times as tall as it is wide.
By comparison, the chunky Empire State Building has a ratio of about 1 to 3, meaning it’s just three times as tall as it is wide.
Each residence in Steinway Tower includes at least one full floor. (There are also some duplexes and a $66 million triplex at the very top.)
The tower soars to 1,428 feet, reaching a little more than a quarter of a mile into the air.
At the base is the historic Steinway building, circa 1925, once a Steinway & Sons location selling pianos and hosting rehearsal rooms. That building now includes 19 condominium units, two of which have been rented out.
So who rents a $75,000 apartment? Someone who wants to try out the building before committing to buying there, said Sarah Williams, founder and CEO of SOCIETE Real Estate, who holds the listing with Abraham Sarway of Douglas Elliman.
What’s more, people are having trouble buying in the current market, she said, with little inventory available.
Despite its height, the tower holds just 46 units, which surprises people, Williams said.
Amenities on the 10th floor include an indoor pool with cabanas, a dining room, a gym and a padel court. (The game is a kind of squash-tennis hybrid.)
Such tall and thin buildings — which sway in the wind — have garnered criticism for marring the city’s skyline. They require sophisticated engineering techniques — and may be especially prone to mechanical issues, as exemplified by problems reported at a fellow skinny building, 432 Park Ave., located father east on Billionaires’ Row.
The unit for rent is on floor 29 — not especially high, considering. Regardless, the views are panoramic. “You feel integrated with the city,” Williams said. “You still feel like you are in the action.”
And because of Steinway Tower’s location near Sixth Avenue, “the view is unique when compared with views from other super-tall towers, because this is almost perfectly centered on Central Park,” she said.
“There is nothing else like it in the building,” Williams said of her $75,000 listing. “There are no comps.”
High-end touches include bronze door handles that replicate the shape of the tower, which was designed by SHoP Architects with “feathered setbacks” on the south side. The primary bathroom holds a “showpiece” of a tub made from polished nickel. The kitchen includes a 130-bottle wine cooler, plus a gas range with a swiveling pot filler.
What’s missing? On-site parking. But the back entrance on 58th Street includes an attended porte-cochère with vaulted ceilings, so people can be dropped off privately while their driver heads out to find parking.