Roosevelt Island — an enclave in New York City’s East River floating between Manhattan and Queens — has just seen its most expensive residential sale in history, The Post has learned.
At the Rivercross co-op, which stands at 531 Main St., unit 321 traded hands last week for $2.09 million — dethroning the previous record held by unit 10M at 455 Main St., which sold for $2 million in 2019. The just-sold Rivercross home had asked $2.49 million when listed.
Beyond the record price paid for a residence on the 2-mile-long, 800-foot-wide island — which is part of the borough of Manhattan — the unit had long been home to the Enock family. This transaction marks the end of nearly five decades of their ownership.
The Enocks — led by the late patriarch David, the late matriarch Wanda, and their sons Christopher and Matthew — were pioneers on Roosevelt Island, being the very first family to call the Rivercross complex their home when they paid $27,000 for their co-op apartment and took up residence in September 1976.