Exclusive | Babe Ruth’s NYC long house can be yours for $ 1.59 million

It’s a home -run house!

The baseball icon, the former West Side’s upper house has returned to the market for $ 1.59 million, Gimme Shelter has learned.

The seventh floor settlement, with three bedrooms, 2½-premature banking is at 345 W. 88th St.

Sellers are Galina Khitrova and Alexey Khitrov, who bought the home of the former SWAT Sultan for $ 1.58 million in 2016.

Born George Herman “Babe” Ruth Jr., the beloved legend of Yankees, also known as “The Great Bambino”, led the bronze -based team in seven pens between 1920 and 1934.

Ruth Hit 714 at home in his career – a record until 1974, according to a memorial sign outside the former baseball house.

Ruth live there with his second late wife, Claire Meritt Ruth and their late adopted daughter Julia Ruth Stevens, from 1920 to 1940.

At that time, they lived in a larger 12 -room unit since then divided into this unit, 7b, and 7f.

When it was the last in the market in 2015, the post spoke to Babe Ruth’s daughter, who was then 98 years old.

“My most beloved memories [of the apartment] Are I and my father listening to ‘The Green Hornet’ on the radio and seeing in Riverside Park, ” she said.

“Mom and Dad wanted to have fun there. We had a maid and a chef, and Dad would always invite the yankees who were traded and were in the city with other teams. He knew they wanted a meal cooked at home [while on the road]“She added at the time.

Julia Ruth Stevens died in 2019 at the age of 102.

The apartment opens from a semi -predetermined landing in a lobby leading to a great room. It is currently configured as a bedroom with high ceilings and oak floors. There is also a lot of construction and storage.

Details include a modern open kitchen with a breakfast bar, as well as a main bedroom suite with space for a sitting area – along with multiple closures and an assuite bath.

Ruth’s 15-season career in New York was from 1920 to 1934. He was only 53 years old when he died in 1948 and is still known as the greatest Yankee of all time.

Nine-storey Neo-Renaissance, red and black limestone brick building comes with a yard. Was is designed by Rouse & Goldstone Architects in 1914.

List brokers are Dylan Hoffman and Andrew Corso i Compass.