A five-story Upper East Side townhouse long tied to Ghislaine Maxwell has changed hands again, closing this week for $16.5 million, according to public filings. The 20-foot-wide Beaux-Arts limestone-and-brick residence at 116 East 65th Street sits on a tree-lined Lenox Hill block and spans roughly 7,000 square feet across five floors. The buyer took title through a trust in a closed transaction recorded this month.
Property filings peg the sale price at $16.5 million, as reported by the New York Post. Industry listings show the deal closed on June 4 and identify Sabrina Saltiel of Douglas Elliman as the listing agent. The new number edges past the roughly $16 million the house fetched in 2022, when investor Frederick Rudd sold the home, according to The Real Deal.
What the house includes
The Douglas Elliman listing describes roughly 7,000 square feet of space, with a classic parlor floor set up for entertaining, an elevator that runs from the first through fourth levels, and eight fireplaces. A finished basement includes a media room and recreation space. The listing also calls out a full-floor primary suite and direct garden access from a lower level, features brokers leaned on when pitching the property to buyers, according to Douglas Elliman.
Quick ownership timeline
Public records and prior reporting indicate Maxwell lived at the townhouse from about 2000 until she sold it in 2016, a deal that closed at roughly $15.1 million. Investor Frederick Rudd later owned the property, and a 2022 transfer recorded at about $16 million drew attention in real estate circles. The home was then relisted in 2025 before this most recent sale, according to historical listings and reporting by The Real Deal.
Why the sale still matters
The address continues to loom larger than a typical Lenox Hill townhouse because of its long association with Maxwell and, by extension, the Epstein saga that still surfaces in court records and investigative reporting. Maxwell was convicted in 2021 and is serving a 20-year federal sentence, according to court records and the Department of Justice. Outlets including Vanity Fair have detailed the townhouse’s role in the rarefied social world that once orbited Epstein and Maxwell, which helps explain why every new deed filing at 116 East 65th Street still makes waves far beyond the Upper East Side.
