103 East 75th Street
103 East 75th Street, New York, NY 10021
BBL 1014100005 · BIN 1043139
- Year built
- 1913
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Upper East Side Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not stated
- Flip tax
- 2% of the purchase price, paid by the buyer
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 3BR · combo median, 2024–2025
- $3M
- 5 qualifying sales
- Recent range
- $550K – $3.6M
- Listing discount
- 7.6%
- Recorded transfers
- 36
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103 East 75th Street is an early-pre-war boutique cooperative on one of Lenox Hill's most desirable blocks — a quiet, tree-lined stretch between Park and Lexington, a step from the Park Avenue malls and an easy walk to Central Park and the museums. Built in 1913, it predates the great Park Avenue building boom of the 1920s, and it carries the careful, ornamented detailing that distinguishes the earliest generation of luxury apartment houses on the East Side.
The building's architecture rewards a close look. A three-story rusticated limestone base grounds the elevation, and an unusual fourth-floor bandcourse carries indented cornucopias that face inward toward the center of the facade — the kind of bespoke detail that signals a building designed with care rather than off a pattern book. At twenty-six residences across ten floors it is a boutique-scale building; confirm from the approved plans how many apartments share each elevator landing.
For buyers, the appeal is a well-run, 24-hour-doorman pre-war cooperative with large simplex and duplex homes, a roof garden, and a pet-friendly policy, on a prime Lenox Hill block at prices that typically sit below the Park Avenue houses one block west.
Architecture and unit composition
The 1913 design is the building's calling card. The rusticated limestone base gives the facade weight and texture, and the cornucopia bandcourse at the fourth floor is a genuinely distinctive flourish — a piece of early-twentieth-century ornament that sets 103 East 75th apart from its plainer neighbors. The overall effect is dignified and residential, a building that announces its quality quietly.
Inside, the homes reflect the generous planning of the pre-war era at its best. The apartments are a mix of large simplex layouts and duplexes, several built originally as seven-room homes, with the entry galleries, separated entertaining and sleeping wings, high ceilings, and hardwood floors that buyers prize. Privacy and light vary by line and floor; confirm landing counts and exposures from the approved plans. As at any century-old cooperative, condition ranges from preserved to fully renovated, but the proportions and the layout logic — particularly in the duplex homes — are durable assets that contemporary construction rarely matches.
Building operations
103 East 75th runs as a true full-service cooperative despite its boutique size. A 24-hour doorman staffs the lobby and a live-in superintendent maintains the building — a level of service notable for twenty-six homes and a clear priority for the shareholders. The shared amenities are well-chosen and genuinely used: a roof garden with open-sky outlooks over the low-rise side streets, private storage bins, and common bike storage.
On house rules, the cooperative is pet-friendly, a welcome policy on a corridor where many comparable buildings are not. The combination of round-the-clock service, a boutique scale, a roof garden, and an accommodating pet policy is the building's competitive position — a pre-war home with white-glove operation and large layouts, on a prime block, without the premium of a Park Avenue address.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of September 2026. They are shown as published, item by item; no total is added because the total depends on the transaction. Deposits are listed apart from nonrefundable charges.
- Terms
- 2% of the purchase price
- Rate
- 2% of the purchase price
- Paid by
- Buyer
Source: building management's published schedule, as of September 2026
Purchase
5 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Not stated |
| Background ReportConditional · Per applicant | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $125 per applicant (additional $75 for criminal check if required by the Board) | Refundable Not stated |
| Lead Based Paint Disclosure Fee | Paid by Seller | When With the application | Amount $75 | Refundable Not stated |
| Financing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $300 | Refundable Not stated |
| Closing FeePer share | Paid by Seller | When At closing | Amount $800 ($850 without broker) plus $0.05 per share | Refundable Not stated |
Refinance
1 item
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $400 | Refundable Not stated |
Management updates its schedule without a public filing. The date is when management last updated the page, not when a rule changed. Confirm the current schedule with management before you apply.
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Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not statedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Not verified
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Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Maintenance, per room
- $855 per room a monthMedian of 7 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Maintenance, per square foot
- $2.75 per square foot a monthMedian of 6 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
Maintenance as recorded with each sale. A co-op's maintenance already covers the building's real estate taxes and the building's own mortgage, if it has one; add your own loan payment for the monthly outlay. A summary of recorded sales, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Live-in superintendent
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Roof deck, garden, bike storage, storageSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $31,046/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $100
- Modeled exposure split equally across 26 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the inspector (QEWI) identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- 2% of purchase price
- Policies and fees
- App Processing $500; Financing Fee $300; Closing $800 ($850 w/o broker) + $0.05/share; Background $125/applicant
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. Prices are the transfer amounts recorded with the NYC Department of Finance; apartment-level detail is checked against the building’s own file in The Roebling Research Library before publishing.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2026 | 1RE | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 800 sf | $575,000 | $719/sf | -14.8% |
| Nov 14, 2025 | 7FW | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,358 sf | $3,000,000 | $1,272/sf | -9.0% |
| Sep 3, 2025 | 1RW | 2 BR · 1 BA · 800 sf | $550,000 | $688/sf | -7.6% |
| Jun 17, 2025 | 2 | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | $2,950,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jan 21, 2025 | 4 | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,800 sf | $2,050,000 | $1,139/sf | -6.8% |
| May 15, 2024 | 6FE | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,250 sf | $3,605,000 | $1,602/sf | -5.0% |
| Mar 4, 2024 | 2RE | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,800 sf | $2,400,000 | $1,333/sf | -12.7% |
| Jul 26, 2022 | 67RE | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | $3,000,000 | +9.1% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $822/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 5.2% 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 1-01410-0005). Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified in The Roebling Research Library. 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.
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At the recent median sale of $2.05M (5 transfers in the past 24 months, since October 31, 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $81,175 to close, or 4.0% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $25,625
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Building transfer fee (flip tax), 2% of the purchase price, paid by the buyer per building management's published schedule, as of September 2026: $41,000
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $14,550
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest. Confirm the current transfer fee with building management; the linked calculator does not include it.
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What to know if you’re buying
This is a full-service cooperative, so plan for a board package and interview. The buyer's advantages here are tangible: 24-hour doorman service, a roof garden, and a pet-friendly policy in a boutique building on a prime Lenox Hill block — a combination that typically prices below comparable Park Avenue cooperatives a block west while delivering similar service and proportion.
The duplex-versus-simplex distinction matters to value and to how a home lives, so weigh it carefully against your needs, and assess each apartment's specific light, floor, and condition. Read the building's financials and reserves as you would at any century-old co-op. We help buyers compare the layouts within the building and benchmark the pricing against the broader Lenox Hill market before committing.
What to know if you’re selling
The selling story is service, scale, and block. A boutique pre-war cooperative with a 24-hour doorman, large simplex and duplex homes, a roof garden, and a pet-friendly policy, on a quiet block between Park and Lexington, appeals directly to buyers who want full-service pre-war living without paying the Park Avenue premium. Duplex homes in particular are a scarce and sought-after commodity and should be marketed as such.
Position against comparable full-service boutique Lenox Hill cooperatives, lead with the building's distinctive architecture and amenity set, and foreground the specific home's layout and condition. Presentation pays off in this segment — a well-renovated, well-staged apartment, especially a duplex, stands out clearly and supports pricing at the top of its comparable set.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 103 East 75th Street, also evaluate these nearby Upper East Side buildings:
- 130 East 75th Street — pre-war cooperative on the same block
- 14 East 75th Street — pre-war cooperative toward Fifth
- 200 East 74th Street — full-service cooperative nearby
- 33 East 74th Street — nearby condominium in adapted historic buildings
- 173 East 79th Street — boutique pre-war cooperative in Carnegie Hill
More Upper East Side buildings
- 70 East 93rd Street — 1890 co-op
- 70 East 96th Street — 1929 co-op by Rosario Candela
- 71 East 77th Street — 1927 co-op by Caughey & Evans
- 103 East 84th Street — 1917 co-op by Emery Roth
- 106 East 85th Street — 1916 co-op
- 108 East 66th Street — 1926 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Upper East Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper East Side.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
How to read the facts on this page. Items attributed to an offering plan describe the building as it was offered at that filing — unit mix, square footage, the amenity program as planned. They are not a statement about how the building operates today. Tax and compliance figures are sourced separately to current City records and carry their own dates. House rules, staffing and fee policy can change by board resolution without any public filing: treat every policy line here as a starting point for diligence and confirm it with the managing agent. Where this page compares one building or neighborhood to another, that is our analysis of the recorded record — it names the measure, the period and the sample it rests on, and it is an observation about medians rather than a prediction about any particular apartment.
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