In New York, you don't last more than five decades in the real estate business unless you're very good at what you do. (In fact, you don't last five minutes.)

 
 
  A.J. Clarke has earned its solid industry reputation for honesty, excellence and professionalism the old-fashioned way -- through delivery of exceptional results over more than five decades. A.J. Clarke's caring and supportive environment, a tone set by the firm's founders that pervades the entire company, can be attested to by tens of thousands of enthusiastically satisfied clients from its residential sales, rental, relocation and management divisions. It's a refreshing difference we invite you to experience.
 
 
  Founded in 1943 by Alexander J. Clarke for the purpose of managing residential property, A.J. Clarke concentrated solely on management for its first 36 years. In the late 1970s, when the residential landscape of Manhattan was forever changed by co-op conversions of rental buildings, A.J. Clarke accommodated market demand by establishing its Residential Sales Division, bringing together buyers and sellers of cooperative and, later, condominium apartments. No company in New York's rapidly paced real estate market can flourish while remaining in one place. Within a decade of forming the Residential Sales Division, A.J. Clarke established the Residential Rental, Corporate Relocation and Investor Unit Management divisions. It was growth undertaken with care and consideration, focused on the firm foundation of the company's continuing success: personalized and individualized service. In January 1999, A.J. Clarke Management Corp. officially became A.J. Clarke Real Estate Corp. to better reflect these full services. The name was new, but the old-fashioned values, the foundation on which one of New York's premiere real estate companies was built, remained the same.