It’s a home run!
Baseball icon Babe Ruth’s former Upper West Side home is back on the market for $1.59 million, Gimme Shelter has learned.
The seventh-floor, three-bedroom, 2½-bathroom prewar residence is at 345 W. 88th St.
The sellers are Galina Khitrova and Alexey Khitrov, who bought the Sultan of Swat’s former home for $1.58 million in 2016.
Born George Herman “Babe” Ruth Jr., the beloved Yankees legend, also known as “the Great Bambino,” led the eventually Bronx-based squad to seven pennants between 1920 and 1934.
Ruth hit 714 career home runs — a record until 1974, according to a commemorative sign outside the baseball star’s former home.
Ruth lived there with his late second wife, Claire Merritt Ruth, and their late adopted daughter Julia Ruth Stevens, from 1920 to 1940.
At the time, they resided in a larger 12-room unit that has since been divided into this unit, 7B, as well as 7F.
When it was last on the market in 2015, The Post spoke to Babe Ruth’s daughter, who was then 98.
“My fondest memories [of the apartment] are of me and Father listening to ‘The Green Hornet’ on the radio and looking out to Riverside Park,’’ she said.
“Mom and Dad loved to entertain there. We had a maid and a cook, and Dad would always invite Yankees who had been traded and were in town with other teams. He knew they wanted a home-cooked meal [while on the road],” she added at the time.
Julia Ruth Stevens died in 2019 at age 102.
The apartment opens from a semi-private landing into a foyer that leads to a great room. It’s currently configured as a two-bedroom with high ceilings and oak floors. It also features lots of built-ins and storage.
Details include a modern open kitchen with a breakfast bar, as well as a main bedroom suite with space for a sitting area — along with multiple closets and an ensuite bath.
Ruth’s 15-season career in New York was from 1920 to 1934. He was just 53 when he died in 1948 — and is still known as the greatest Yankee of all time.
The nine-story Neo-Renaissance, red-and-black brick building with limestone comes with a courtyard. It was designed by Rouse & Goldstone architects in 1914.
The listing brokers are Dylan Hoffman and Andrew Corso of Compass.