10 East 70th Street
10 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021
Lenox Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1013840063 · BIN 1041320
- Year built
- 1960
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- Designated
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $1.7M
- Recent range
- $1.2M – $3.6M
- Listing discount
- 2.8%
- Recorded transfers
- 50
There are very few addresses in Manhattan that can claim the Frick Collection as a neighbor. 10 East 70th Street is one of them — a 15-story post-war cooperative set on one of the most coveted blocks on the Upper East Side, the quiet, mansion-lined stretch of East 70th between Fifth and Madison, directly across the street from the Frick's garden and Beaux-Arts limestone. The block is among the lowest-density, most architecturally intact corridors in the neighborhood, a setting that pre-war and post-war buildings alike spend decades trying to be near.
Completed in 1960 to designs by Emery Roth & Sons — the firm, under Richard Roth, that produced a long roster of the city's mid-century apartment houses — the building belongs to the white-brick post-war generation that gave the East Side its full-service elevator stock. What distinguishes it is not ornament but position and scale: a compact, 46-apartment cooperative with white-glove staffing, dropped onto a townhouse-and-museum block where almost nothing else offers full doorman service and elevator living.
For buyers, that is the argument. The building delivers the conveniences pre-war townhouses on the same block cannot — a 24-hour doorman, an elevator, a live-in resident manager, a modern fitness center — while sharing their address, their light, and their proximity to Central Park, the Frick, and the Madison Avenue retail and gallery corridor.
Architecture and unit composition
The building reads as a clean, mid-century counterpoint to the limestone and brick mansions around it: a white-brick tower of fifteen stories, planned for efficient, well-proportioned apartments rather than decorative display. The 46 residences spread across the floors at a low unit-per-floor count, which keeps shared corridors quiet and gives many homes through-light and corner exposures.
Interiors carry the practical advantages of the post-war program — regular room shapes, generous closet counts, and the larger windows that the 1960 construction standard allowed — and many homes have been renovated over the building's life with combined layouts and updated kitchens and baths. The cooperative has reinvested in its common areas as well, completing a refreshed lobby, new elevators, and a fully equipped fitness center, so the building presents as current rather than dated.
Building operations
10 East 70th Street runs as a full-service white-glove cooperative. A 24-hour doorman staffs the lobby and a live-in resident manager oversees day-to-day operations, supported by a building staff that keeps the common areas immaculate. Residents have a central laundry room, private storage, and the renovated fitness center on site.
A notable operational feature is that utilities are folded into the monthly maintenance, simplifying carrying costs for owners and removing the variable of separately metered electricity and heat. The building is small enough to be personally managed and stable in its finances, the profile of a long-tenured cooperative on a premier block.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $10,171/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $18
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair before the next inspection cycle. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent). Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library.
See the full facade history →Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2026 | 2B | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | $1,750,000 | -2.5% | |
| May 5, 2026 | 2D | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,600 sf | $2,395,000 | $1,497/sf | +0.0% |
| Apr 23, 2026 | 11A | 3 BR · 4.5 BA | $3,320,000 | -2.2% | |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12C | 3 BR · 4 BA · 2,400 sf | $3,250,000 | $1,354/sf | -17.7% |
| Jun 17, 2025 | 5D | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | $2,300,000 | +15.0% | |
| May 29, 2025 | 3D | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | $2,635,000 | +14.6% | |
| Jan 22, 2025 | 4B | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,230,000 | +4.7% | |
| Sep 18, 2024 | 10C | 3 BR · 3 BA | $3,600,000 | -7.7% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,442/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 6.0% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Full closing history with price-per-square-foot over time, the complete retrade record, and every line that has traded.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01384-0063) and verified listing data. Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified by The Roebling Team research desk. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a traditional cooperative, and a purchase clears a board package and an in-person interview. Plan for the customary documentation — financials, references, and a board review — and budget the realistic timeline that a white-glove board on this block expects.
On house rules, the building is run as a primary-residence cooperative. Pets are not permitted, a policy worth knowing up front for buyers with animals. Pied-à-terre use is accommodated, which is unusual and valuable on a block this exclusive — it widens the buyer pool to part-time New Yorkers and out-of-town owners who want a Frick-facing foothold. Because utilities are included in maintenance, the monthly carrying figure looks higher at first glance than buildings that meter separately; the right comparison nets out the included electricity and heat.
The location underwrites the value. Central Park and the Fifth Avenue museum spine are one short block west; the Frick is directly across the street; Madison Avenue's flagship retail, galleries, and restaurant row are one block east; and the Lexington Avenue 6 train and crosstown bus service are a few minutes' walk. It is a quiet, low-traffic block with park, culture, and shopping all within a couple hundred yards.
What to know if you’re selling
The address sells itself, and a listing here should lead with it: a Frick-facing block, Central Park one block west, and full white-glove service — a combination almost no townhouse and few buildings on the East Side can match. Position the home against the gold-coast post-war cooperatives near Fifth and Madison, not against the larger, more anonymous white-brick towers farther east.
Be ready to speak to the board's posture early — the no-pets rule and the primary-residence orientation shape the buyer pool — and lean into the building's accommodating pied-à-terre policy as a differentiator that broadens demand. The included-utilities maintenance structure is a selling point once explained: buyers comparing maintenance figures across buildings should be shown the net comparison. With only 46 apartments and long-tenured owners, supply is thin; a well-prepared, well-priced listing on this block does not stay available long.
Comparable buildings
If you're weighing 10 East 70th Street, these nearby Fifth-and-Madison cooperatives belong on the same shortlist:
- 2 East 70th Street — cooperative on the same Frick-facing block
- 4 East 72nd Street — pre-war cooperative two blocks north off Fifth
- 19 East 72nd Street — Fifth-to-Madison cooperative peer
- 33 East 74th Street — Upper East Side cooperative in the same gold-coast tier
- 50 East 72nd Street — full-service cooperative nearby
The neighborhood
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