New York's most upscale residential buildings flaunt the use of high-quality materials: statuary marble floors and countertops, bronze door handles and frames, and onyx details. But the rarest and perhaps most highly coveted amenity of all is made from a commonplace nickel alloy: a key to Gramercy Park, the only private park in Manhattan. The first keys to Gramercy Park were made of solid gold, and today’s keys are treated as reverently as if it was still the practice.
Many luminaries have enjoyed access to Gramercy Park through the years, including actor Edwin Booth, publishing magnate James Harper, actor James Cagney, actress Margaret Hamilton (the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz), and musician Rufus Wainwright. While author E.B. White never lived there, he and a friend once jumped the fence into Gramercy Park and he wrote a poem about it for The New Yorker.
More recently, 3 Gramercy Park West was used as the exteriors for Carrie Bradshaw's newest abode on And Just Like That... Off-screen, model/actress Cara Delevingne has listed the Gramercy Park apartment she purchased from comedian Jimmy Fallon for $11.8 million in summer 2022 (see below).
But while new development directly on Gramercy Park is limited, the surrounding Gramercy area has seen a moderate amount of new construction in recent years, including the Gramercy Square complex, 200E20th, and The Willow, which launched sales in spring 2025.
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