Tribeca Dominates Manhattan Luxury Sales This Week With Top 2 Penthouses on Same Street

Tribeca took the crown for the hottest neighborhood in Manhattan luxury sales last week, nabbing the top two priciest sales in the borough.The lower West Side neighborhood, which John F. Kennedy Jr. and his bride, Carolyn Bessette, did much to make famous, has continued to push toward the Hudson River with new luxury residential skyscapers.Last week's top two sales were coincidentally on the same street, with contracts signed at 111 Murray St. and 71 Murray St. Both were penthouse condos."I like to call it 'Tribeca lite,'" says Brown Harris Stevens agent Lisa K. Lippman, who not only represents real estate in the neighborhood, but also lives in it. "It's not prime Tribeca."The broker says "prime" Tribeca would be around the the area of Duane and North Moore Street. (JFK Jr. and Carolyn lived in 20 North Moore St.)But as prime Tribeca filled up, development spread east and west—with the western edge closer to sweeping river views, as well as the Hudson River Greenway bike path and all of the riverfront parks and piers."The area feels less residential," she tells Realtor.com of Murray Street and the surrounding streets, which are packed with glass skyscrapers. "There's always people ...