• Retired investment banker E. Stephen Benson has sold his penthouse at 885 Park Avenue, albeit for about $5 million less than what he was hoping to sell it for last year. The two-bedroom co-op with wrap-around terrace (left), which was originally listed for $13 million before Benson sliced the price four times, sold for $7.65 million to Capstone Advisory Group exec Robert Manzo and his wife Cynthia. [Cityfile]
• Gordon Pattee, the CEO of Map Capital and a trustee of the New York City Ballet, and his wife, Dailey, have lowered the price of their penthouse triplex at 812 Park Avenue for the second time since listing it for $36.5 million in 2007. The five-bedroom apartment, which was dropped down to $29.75 million in 2008, is now priced at $22 million. [Cityfile, BHS]
• Curtis Bashaw, a developer in New Jersey and the man behind the Chelsea, Atlantic City's first non-casino hotel, has sold his two-bedroom loft at 695 Washington Street for $1.675 million. [Cityfile]

• Anthony Coniglio, a managing director in JPMorgan's financial institutions group, and his wife Tara have paid $6.2 million for a seventh-floor apartment at 170 East End Avenue. Other buyers in the building include Adam Bronfman, Johan Santana, Dominique Levy, and Michael Fascitelli. [Cityfile]
• Investment banker E. Stephen Benson has lowered the price of his penthouse at 885 Park Avenue for the fourth time since first listing it for $13 million in February 2008. The two-bedroom apartment, which was reduced to $9.5 million last month, is now listed for $8.25 million. [Cityfile, Sotheby's]
• New York Jets team doctor Kenneth Montgomery and his wife Leslie have put their six-bedroom home in Roslyn Harbor on the market for between $3 million and $3.5 million. [Newsday, PDE]

• Investment banker E. Stephen Benson has lowered the price of his penthouse apartment at 885 Park Avenue for the third time since first listing it for $13 million in early 2008. The two-bedroom pad, which includes a library, chef's kitchen, and wrap-around terrace (left), is now listed with Serena Boardman for $9.5 million. [Cityfile, Sotheby's]
• Andrew Weinberg, an exec at the private equity firm Lindsay Goldberg, has paid $8.35 million for a 14th-floor apartment at 170 East End Ave. [Cityfile]
• Lizz Winstead, the co-creator of The Daily Show, has paid $700,000 for a renovated loft on Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill. [NYT]
• Victoria Gotti has lowered the price of her Old Westbury mansion to $3.2 million, just weeks after listing it for $3.5 million. [Newsday, Laffey]