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Judge Judy Sheindlin arrives at the 46th annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Pasadena, Calif. on May 5, 2019. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP/File
By Vivian Marino, New York Times Service
May 30, 2024
NEW YORK — Judith Sheindlin, better known as TV’s “Judge Judy,” is putting her Manhattan home, a duplex penthouse with a wraparound terrace and scenic East River views, on the market for the first time in more than a decade.
The asking price for the apartment at 14 Sutton Place S., in the Sutton Place enclave, is $9.5 million, according to the listing brokers, Tom Postilio and Mickey Conlon, a team at Compass. Monthly maintenance is around $10,130.
“We’ve enjoyed this jewel of an apartment,” Sheindlin said in an email. “Time to simplify,” she added, with typical directness.
Sheindlin, a Brooklyn native and former Manhattan Family Court judge, starred as the no-nonsense judge in the long-running “Judge Judy” TV series. She now appears in the “Judy Justice” courtroom show on Amazon Freevee. Her husband, Jerry Sheindlin, a former New York Supreme Court judge, was also a TV personality, starring in “The People’s Court” for a couple of seasons.
The two bought the Sutton Place home in 2013 for use as a pied-à-terre, paying $8.5 million. (Their purchase came just after selling another pied-à-terre at the Sherry-Netherland hotel several blocks away.) They have owned several other homes around the country, in places such as Newport, R.I.; Greenwich, Conn.; Naples, Fla.; and Los Angeles.
The duplex penthouse sits on the top two floors of 14 Sutton Place S., a 14-story, brick-and-limestone building that has 92 other units and was designed in the late 1920s by renowned architect Rosario Candela. On the corner of East 56th Street, it was converted to a co-op in the late ’50s.
The apartment retains many of its original architectural elements, like the two wood-burning fireplaces with ornate mantels, classic moldings, hardwood floors, and the curved wrought-iron and wood staircase. Ceiling heights go up to 10 feet, and rooms are graciously proportioned.
“There’s a modernity to the layout and an openness,” Conlon said, noting that the Sheindlins kept the floor plan largely intact, making a few cosmetic changes over the years. “It’s grand but not ostentatious in any way.”
“Classic and stunning,” Postilio added, “not cookie-cutter.”
The home has four sizable bedrooms, four full marble and tile bathrooms, and two powder rooms, along with an elegant wood-paneled library.
The main entrance is on the upper level. A spacious gallery with inlaid marble flooring leads to an eat-in, windowed kitchen equipped with a wooden center island, marble countertops and professional-grade appliances. The Sheindlins added a powder room off the kitchen where the previous owner once had wine storage.
Beyond the kitchen is the formal dining room, with floor-to-ceiling French casement doors that open to a terrace,