A Historic Long Island Estate Fit for ‘The Great Gatsby’

This property is on the market for $55,000,000, listed with Daniel Gale Sotheby’s.

Three Bridges is exactly the type of mansion you would imagine inspired by Scott F. Fitzgerald when he was living in Great Neck between 1922-24—although this palatial Kings Point property wasn’t built until 1928.

From the outside, the mansion does resemble an “imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy” although Three Bridges also boasts a distinctly Russian flare.

Its illuminated fountains and statues, said to be inspired by the Peterhof Grand Palace in St. Petersburg—the “Russian Versailles”— are the legacy of its most illustrious owner, Russian-born former New York cab driver turned real estate mogul, Tamir Sapir.

The palatial property manages to render one speechless with its next level opulence with its generous use of marble, onyx, agate, lapis, and malachite used throughout on mosaic walls and floors.

There are 18 bedrooms, 28 bathrooms and 60,000 square feet of interior space across the property, which includes 3 separate estate homes on the 8 acre waterfront lot, named after its striking views across the Long Island Sound to the Throgs Neck, Robert F. Kennedy, and Bronx-Whitestone Bridges, and the Manhattan skyline.

The deep water dock can accommodate a 200-foot mega yacht and the estate comes with a tennis court, lazy river, multiple gardens, and a 100-foot swimming pool hot tub. The property is (nearly) as extravagant outside as it is within.

Amenities include an indoor pool and spa featuring elaborate oceanic motifs, a wine vault, a casino, and a screening room. There’s also an indoor racquetball court, a bowling alley, a shooting range, a hair salon, and a Greek temple-style 2-story dollhouse.

Three Bridges is one of the last generational estates on Long Island.

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