The Charles is a building at 1353-1355 First Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.

In 2007, R. Ramin Kamfar, the chief executive of Bluerock Real Estate, purchased the land for development. A high-rise building with thirty-three floors was scheduled for construction. However, the project was postponed due to the Great Recession. Construction began again in February 2013, with only thirty-one floors. It is developed by Bluerock Real Estate, in conjunction with Victor Homes.

The building is a 121.31-metre-high (398.0 ft) structure. It is designed in the modernist architectural style by Ismael Levya. The facade is light blue. It is a residential building, with twenty-eight full-floor condominiums. The interior design is David Collins.