Pricey Properties for Sale on Manhattan's 10 Priciest Blocks

9) Block: East 87th and East 88th streets/York and East End avenues
Median Price: $4,887,600
For sale: Nothing at or near the median
The Skinny: There are 16 listings on the market on this block right now. The most expensive (at left) is asking $13.5 million, but there's nothing between that and $1,875,000 in price.

7) Block: Christopher and Barrow streets/Bedford and Bleecker streets
Median Price: $4,985,000
For sale: Nothing
The Skinny: These blocks saw only four sales between January 2010 and December 2011, but that was enough to put them on the priciest blocks list. Right now the only thing on the market remotely (very remotely) near the median price is the townhouse at 18 Grove Street, asking $7 million.

6) Block: East 71st and East 72nd streets/Third and Second avenues
Median Price: $5,900,000
For sale: 320 East 72nd Street #12
Price: $5,795,000
The Skinny: This listing is slightly outside the block boundary, on 72nd Street between First and Second avenues, but comes closest to the median price. This block shares a median with the fifth-priciest one on the list, but this block saw far fewer sales in 2010 and 2011: four sales compared to the next block's 19 sales.

5) Block: East 62nd and East 63rd streets/Fifth and Park avenues
Median Price: $5,900,000
For sale: 812 Fifth Avenue #9B
Price: $5,750,000
The Skinny: This apartment is a renovated 2BR, 2.5BA with a 12-person dining room and park views from three rooms.

4) Block: Greenwich and Hudson streets/Beach and Hubert streets
Median Price: $5,956,763
For sale: Nothing
The Skinny: There's nothing at the median price on the market right now, but a few properties come close on this block or just by it: apartment #3C at 7 Hubert Street, asking $3.595 million, and the fourth-floor condo at 408 Greenwich Street, asking $7.6 million.

3) Block: West 21st and West 22nd streets/11th and 10th avenues
Median Price: $6,650,000
For sale: Nothing
The Skinny: It's no surprise to see the West Chelsea Starchitecture District on this list, even if, at the moment, there's nothing around the median price for sale. The closest we came was PHA at 120 Eleventh Avenue. Given the PriceChoppage this place has already seen, it might come down to the median yet.

2) Block: East 58th and East 59th streets/Park and Third avenues
Median Price: $7,350,000
For sale: Nothing
The Skinny: We assume One Beacon Court is partly responsible for the high numbers on this block, but the building isn't offering anything of median price right now. There's one 2BR for $8.495 million and another for $5.6 million.