Where is Gracie Mansion? 5 facts on the $100 million estate Zohran Mamdani is moving into
Posted on: Dec 08, 2025 23:32 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
young house of york urban center Mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani, confirmed on mon that he testament leave his one-bedroom apartment in Queens to move to Gracie Mansion, the $100 million estate that serves the official residence of the New York City Mayor.
Mamdani announced on Monday that he and his wife, Rama Duwaji, are moving into the Gracie Mansion in January 2026 after taking charge as the mayor of New York City.
"My wife Rama and I have made the decision to move into Gracie Mansion in January," Mamdani said. "We will miss much about our home in Astoria. Cooking dinner side by side in our kitchen, sharing a sleepy elevator ride with our neighbors in the evening, hearing music and laughter vibrate through the walls of the apartment."
Gracie's Mansion stands on East 88th Street and East End Avenue, in New York City's Upper East Side. It was built was built in 1799 by merchant Archibald Gracie, just at the turn of the 19th Century.
The 10,000 square feet house had been a private residence, before it was allotted for administrative accommodation in the official residence of the mayor of New York City — in 1942.
1. It wasn’t always intended to be the mayor’s home
For more than a century, the mansion served as a private home to an ice-cream stand, a concession building, and a museum. It was turned into the NYC Mayor's residence in 1942.
2. Fiorello La Guardia was the first mayor to live there
During WWII, then Mayor Fiorello La Guardia moved in to boost morale and reduce city expenses on mayoral lodging.
This story is being updated.
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