Nearly three decades after Kathleen Kelly typed late-night emails to a mysterious “NY152” from her cozy Upper West Side home, that very brownstone is up for grabs.
The 1900 townhouse at 328 West 89th Street, which played the exterior of Meg Ryan’s character’s home in Nora Ephron’s “You’ve Got Mail”, just hit the market for $3.95 million.
The timing couldn’t be more fitting.
Just last week, Meg Ryan stopped by Billy Crystal’s one-man Broadway show at the Imperial Theatre, reuniting the pair 37 years after “When Harry Met Sally”, a nostalgia trip we’re more than happy to keep going.
Fancy a look around?! Here are all of the intricate details hiding in this UWS gem.
Inside the ‘You’ve Got Mail’ brownstone
The brick and limestone townhouse sits on a leafy block between Riverside Drive and West End Avenue, just a short stroll from Riverside Park.
Built in 1900 in the Renaissance Revival style, it’s 20 feet wide and spans roughly 5,885 square feet over five floors plus a basement, according to the listing with Leslie J. Garfield.
Here’s what $3.95 million gets you:
- 14 rooms, including 8 bedrooms and 9 bathrooms
- A private garden out back. on a 20-by-101-foot lot
- Great ceiling heights and original details throughout
- An owner’s duplex with central air
There’s a twist, though.
The house is currently split into seven residential units, so a buyer could keep it as a multi-family building or reimagine it as one very grand single-family home.
The listing pitches it as “a unique opportunity to own a piece of Upper West Side history.”
Just budget for the upkeep: property taxes come to about $6,638 a month, and the asking price works out to roughly $671 per square foot, according to I Love the Upper West Side.
A rom-com love letter to the Upper West Side
Released in 1998, “You’ve Got Mail” reunited Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks after “Sleepless in Seattle,” as rival booksellers who unknowingly fall for each other online.
Director Nora Ephron was a born-and-bred Upper West Sider who moved into the Apthorp on Broadway and 79th Street in 1980, according to West Side Rag, and she wanted the film to “make the audience feel like they were in a village,” producer Lauren Shuler Donner told Mental Floss.
Kathleen’s brownstone is just one stop on a self-guided “You’ve Got Mail” tour of the neighborhood:
- Riverside Park: a few minutes’ walk from the brownstone, for the full rom-com finale.
- Zabar’s (Broadway and West 80th Street): the first film ever allowed to shoot inside the store, per Mental Floss.
- The Shop Around the Corner (West 69th Street and Columbus Avenue): the real storefront later became an organic dry cleaner.
- The Starbucks on West 81st Street: where Kathleen and Joe’s coffee scenes play out
Can you visit?
The townhouse is a private residence, so admire it from the sidewalk and keep the stoop selfies quick and respectful.
Serious buyers can contact Leslie J. Garfield for a showing!
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