Dozens of buildings: what real estate in New York is owned by the royal family of Great Britain
'19.09.2022'
Nadezhda Verbitskaya
Queen Elizabeth, longest-reigning British monarch, passed away September 8 aged 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. But the Queen left behind an impressive amount of real estate in New York City: dozens of luxury residences dotted around some of Manhattan's wealthiest neighborhoods. The Real Deal.
The Real Deal found 24 properties in the city records, all of which belonged to the "Her Majesty the Queen" organizations in the title. Most of these properties were purchased in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
It is not clear what all these objects are used for. Although many of them are probably the residences of diplomats from various countries of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. For example, the three-room apartment in the Zeckendorf Development at 50 United Nations Plaza, which the Queen bought for $7,9 million in 2015, is actually occupied by the head of New Zealand's mission to the United Nations.
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On the Upper West Side, organizations called Her Majesty The Queen In Right Of Canada purchased three apartments at 89-107 West 113th Street in 1989 and 1990. Next door, at 89 West 103th Street, a 1998 document lists “Her Majesty the Queen” as the buyer of the condominium. Elsewhere on the Upper West Side, the Queen is listed with an apartment in Lincoln Park at 211 West 71st Street.
Across Central Park, similarly named companies are associated with five apartments at Evans Towers at 171 East 84th Street, four at Le Chambord at 350 East 72nd Street, and two more at the Wakefield at 525 East 80th Street.
Queen Elizabeth's NYC Real Estate Holdings
| Address | Unit(s) |
| 103W 89th St. | #5/GB |
| 107-113 W 89th St. | 11/2A, 13/2B, 13/GA |
| 171 and 84th St. | 10C, 18C, 18D, 26E, 34C |
| 211W 71st St. | 17C |
| 240 and 47th St. | 18C |
| 303 E 43rd St. | 10B, 12B, 28B |
| 309-321 E 49th St. | 9B, 11B |
| 350 E 72nd St | 4A, 5A, 7A, 7B |
| 415 and 37th St. | 28F |
| 50 United Nations Plaza | 18B |
| 525 and 80th St. | 4A, 9A |
Table data: Acris
Several properties owned by the Queen are located in Midtown next to the United Nations. This includes an apartment at Dag Hammarskjold Tower at 240 East 47th Street, three apartments at International Plaza at 303 East 43rd Street, two at 309-321 East 49th Street, and one at the Horizon at 415 East 37th Street.
Outside of New York City, the royal family controls more than $2 billion in real estate, including country estates, townhouses, city apartments and, of course, castles, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis.
