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Bette Midler Lists Stunning Penthouse for $50 Million

The award-winning entertainer’s Upper East Side triplex boasts breathtaking views of Central Park

By Geoffrey Montes
Person in a sparkly dress smiling in front of a wall of white roses.
Bette Midler at the 2017 Tony Awards. Photo: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images

Bette Midler has listed her sprawling Fifth Avenue triplex—which she and husband Martin von Haselberg have owned since 1996—for a whopping $50 million.

Occupying the top three floors of a prewar building designed by Emery Roth, the residence includes 7,000 square feet of living space, with an additional 3,000 square feet of outdoor terraces.

The couple is unloading the massive aerie so they can downsize to an apartment elsewhere in Manhattan. “It’s time for another family to enjoy it,” Midler told the New York Times, which first reported the listing, adding that she and Von Haselberg “consider ourselves die-hard New Yorkers.”

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Designed by Fernando Santangelo and architect Frederick Fisher, the six-bedroom apartment boasts lavish touches like a curving staircase with brass balusters, a fireplace surround by Kim Dickey, and built-in kitchen cabinetry by Fisher.

Having a lush outdoor space was particularly important to Midler, who runs the New York Restoration Project, a nonprofit that supports community gardens and parks. To that end, she enlisted top-tier firm Sawyer | Berson to landscape the penthouse’s wraparound terrace, which is paved with terra-cotta tiles and is planted with pine trees, shell-pink ‘Alchemist’ roses, aubergine clematises, foxgloves, and hostas.

Take a tour of the home below.

Spacious modern living room with a spiral staircase, large windows, wooden floors, and views of city skyline.
Stairways with brass balusters connect the apartment’s three levels. Evan Joseph/Brown Harris Stevens

Spacious living room with large windows, elegant furniture, a coffee table with flowers, and a view of a cityscape.
The living room, which has a large fireplace with a surround by Kim Dickey, leads directly onto the wraparound terrace. Evan Joseph/Brown Harris Stevens

The eat-in kitchen also adjoins the wraparound terrace. Evan Joseph/Brown Harris Stevens

Spacious modern hallway with wooden staircase, art on walls, bench seating, and soft neutral tones.
The apartment’s entry is on the building’s 15th floor and opens to a hardwood staircase. Evan Joseph/Brown Harris Stevens

Bright bedroom with striped teal walls, colorful art, double windows, white bedding, and a cozy armchair by the radiator.
Oversize windows can be found throughout. Evan Joseph/Brown Harris Stevens

Cozy living room with bookshelves, a grand piano, sofa, armchairs, large windows, and sunlight streaming in.
The apartment’s uppermost floor is a library with built-in bookshelves and a fireplace. Evan Joseph/Brown Harris Stevens

The apartment is listed for $50 million with John Burger of Brown Harris Stevens.