Ethan Coen

Ethan Coen, one half of the Oscar-winning Coen brothers filmmaking duo, has listed his Greenwich Village co-op for $2.34 million, the New York Post reported. Stefania Cardinali, a senior vice president at Citi Habitats, has the exclusive listing. The 1,800-square-foot one-bedroom, one-bathroom unit at 30 East 10th Street, located between Broadway and Fifth Avenue, sports 13-foot ceilings, a mezzanine loft, custom-made bookshelves and a laundry room that once functioned as a darkroom…. [more]

London Terrace Gardens penthouse, David Chase and Susan Sontag (inset)

The seven-time Emmy-winning writer and producer David Chase has picked up a penthouse once owned by the late author and activist Susan Sontag in West Chelsea’s London Terrace Gardens for $9.65 million, according to the Real Estalker. The celebrity-heavy building has housed at different times such notables as Debbie Harry, Tim Gunn, Rufus Wainwright, Katherine Helmond, Nicole Kidman and “Saturday Night Live” cast members Chris Kattan and Bill Hade. [more]

From left: David Duchovny, Tea Leoni and interior shots of their Upper East Side home

Though no longer a couple, David Duchovny and Tea Leoni have listed their triplex co-op home at 170 East 78th Street for $9.25 million, Curbed reported. [more]

From left: Madonna, Robert De Niro, Oprah Winfrey and Anderson Cooper

This year, boldfaced names of film, television, music and beyond moved around New York — buying, renting, selling (or attempting to do so). From the sale of Oprah Winfrey’s penthouse at Place 57 to the controversial demolition of “Friends” star David Schwimmer’s East Village townhouse to the Clintons’ Lily Pond Lane rental in East Hampton, 2012 marked a busy year in the world of celebrity real estate. Here’s a recap by industry. [more]

From left: Claire Danes, 42 Wooster Street and a shot of the unit’s interior

Actress Claire Danes, of “My So-Called Life” and “Homeland” fame, sold her Soho loft for $5.85 million, the New York Post reported. The asking price for the 3,861-square-foot Wooster Street condominium unit was $5.99 million.

Danes and her husband, actor Hugh Dancy, listed the home in June with Lee Clifford Schweninger and Elaine Schweninger at Town Residential. It went into contract in July. The home, located at 42 Wooster Street, has three bedrooms and three bathrooms underneath 11-foot ceilings. Other amenities include a wood-burning fireplace and a rotating breakfast bar.  [more]

730 Park Avenue and Mike Wallace

A prewar duplex at 730 Park Avenue, formerly owned by the late “60 Minutes” correspondent Mike Wallace, has hit the market asking $20 million, the New York Times reported. Wallace died in June at the age of 93, but his fourth wife, Mary Yates, continued to live in the apartment until her death in September at the age of 83.  [more]

From left: Derek Jeter and interior shots of his penthouse apartment

Baseball shortstop Derek Jeter has sold his 88th floor penthouse apartment inside the Trump World Tower at 845 United Nations Plaza for $15.5 million, according to city records filed today. The deed shows the date of sale as September 25 to an entity named SARA RS LLC.

The Department of State links the LLC to a Silvio Luiz Reichert. Sonia Col, who is listed as the buyer’s attorney in the deed, did not immediately return a call seeking comment on the purchaser and his professional work. [more]

From left: the Park Imperial, Diddy, Christopher Meloni and Deepak Chopra

The Park Imperial, a slender granite tower with a private garage entrance, has long been a haven for celebrities in bustling, paparazzi-filled Midtown. But that may be changing, as stars such as rapper Diddy, “Law & Order SVU” actor Christopher Meloni and new-age author Deepak Chopra have all listed their Park Imperial homes for sale in the past year, Streeteasy.com shows.

While even superstars may be eager to cash in on the strength of the luxury market, the exodus from 230 West 56th Street may speak to a larger problem at the building: the building’s west-facing views are set to be partially compromised by a new Extell Development tower on 57th Street between Seventh Avenue and Broadway. [more]

Jessica Chastain, the exterior of 250 Mercer and the interior of the unit

Following a meteoric rise to fame over the past year, Golden Globe award-winning actress Jessica Chastain has purchased a New York City home.

Best known for her role as Celia Foote in “The Help,” Chastain paid $1.2 million for a two-bedroom spread at 250 Mercer Street in Greenwich Village, according to public records filed with the city today. [more]

Diddy and Park Imperial

Sean “Diddy” Combs is seeking a buyer for his longtime Park Imperial spread. The hip-hop mogul has listed his three-bedroom 2,300-square-foot condominium unit for $8.5 million with Prudential Douglas Elliman broker Rick Kelly, the New York Post reported.

The 66th-floor apartment is currently configured as a massive one-bedroom unit, according to the Post, with a piano room with a wet bar, specially designed closets with humidors and a pricey sound system. [more]