1030 Fifth Avenue
1030 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028
Upper East Side
BBL 1014960001 · BIN 1046809
- Year built
- 1925
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 28
- Floors
- 14
- Landmark
- Designated
- Subletting
- Not permitted — an owner-occupancy building.
Compiled by The Roebling Research Desk from the building’s offering plan, amendments, and related building documents (primary source dated 2026). Board policies can change by amendment — confirm at the offer stage.
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $3M – $18.8M
- Listing discount
- 5.2%
- Recorded transfers
- 13
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1030 Fifth Avenue sits within the densest stretch of Fifth Avenue Museum Mile cooperative inventory — the blocks between East 81st and East 86th that combine the Met Museum's main frontage at 81st–84th with the dense Carpenter / Carrère & Hastings / Warren & Wetmore pre-war cooperative tradition. The 1925 J.E.R. Carpenter commission represents the firm's mature mid-portfolio work executed at the construction-quality peak of the immediate pre-Depression era.
The Carpenter Fifth Avenue portfolio — the largest single-firm body of work on the corridor — produced the apartment-design vocabulary that defined "pre-war Fifth Avenue luxury." 1030 Fifth, completed in 1925, sits in the heart of Carpenter's peak portfolio. The building's floor-plate logic, ceiling heights, classical detailing, and overall apartment-design discipline are consistent with the mature Carpenter idiom that shaped the corridor.
The 28-apartment scale places 1030 Fifth among the tighter Carpenter Fifth Avenue cooperatives — moderate institutional density and limited annual turnover. The building's residential roster across the decades has tracked the broader Carnegie Hill / Museum Mile pattern: Upper East Side professionals, families with multi-generational New York ties, and the more international buyer pool that the Fifth Avenue Museum Mile attracts.
The 84th–85th Street positioning places 1030 Fifth at the geographic seam between the Met Museum frontage (81st–84th) and the dense Carnegie Hill cooperative tradition extending north. The Metropolitan Museum's main entrance is two blocks south; the Guggenheim Museum is four blocks north; the broader Carnegie Hill pre-war cooperative inventory (1040, 1060, 1107 Fifth) extends north.
For buyers, 1030 Fifth represents a particular tier of Fifth Avenue inventory: Carpenter architectural pedigree, 28-apartment scale producing limited turnover, and Museum Mile positioning at the heart of the cultural corridor. Pricing tracks the broader Carpenter Fifth Avenue tier — generally more accessible than the absolute Met-frontage corner peer (1010 Fifth) and the Candela apex (1040 Fifth, 998 Fifth).
Architecture and unit composition
The 28 apartments span configurations from approximately 2,500 sf 3BRs to substantially larger 4–5 BR and full-floor configurations across the 14 stories. The building's most architecturally distinctive apartments are the full-floor configurations and the upper-floor residences with longer Central Park view envelopes.
Carpenter's pre-war signatures throughout: 10–11 foot ceilings in primary rooms, formal entry galleries, library-living room combinations, primary suites with substantial closet infrastructure, service wings characteristic of 1925-era luxury apartment design.
Park-facing apartments on the western flank command direct Central Park views across to the Park's eastern boundary, the Reservoir, and the West Side beyond. The view permanence is essentially absolute.
Building operations
1030 Fifth Avenue operates as a full-service pre-war cooperative with full-time doorman, attended elevator, on-site superintendent, and private storage. The 28-apartment scale produces a moderate institutional density characteristic of mid-tier pre-war Museum Mile Fifth Avenue inventory.
Specific policy details (financing posture, flip tax structure, sublet policy specifics, pied-à-terre allowance) should be confirmed directly with property management during due diligence. The board posture follows tier-one Museum Mile Fifth Avenue norms — rigorous financial review, strong personal references, primary-residence intent the working assumption.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2025–30. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- 2% of purchase price (Buyer)
- Sublet policy
- Not Allowed
- Notable fees
- Closing Fee $800 ($850 w/o broker) + $0.05/share
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2026 | 3W | 4 BR · 4.5 BA | $18,750,000 | -1.3% |
| Aug 12, 2024 | 1W | 2 BR · 3 BA | $3,050,000 | off-mkt |
| Aug 4, 2022 | 2W | 4 BR · 4.5 BA | $12,375,000 | -6.6% |
| Dec 19, 2012 | 5W | 4 BR | $16,500,000 | +0.0% |
| May 22, 2012 | 6W | 4 BR | $15,500,000 | -7.5% |
| Apr 17, 2012 | 9 | 6 BR | $31,500,000 | -10.0% |
| Dec 8, 2008 | 11 | 5 BR | $27,500,000 | -19.1% |
| Sep 26, 2007 | 3 | 5 BR | $10,362,500 | -3.6% |
Market read. Median listing discount 3.8% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
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 1-01496-0001) 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.
Buying here? Co-op closing costs typically run 2 to 3% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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What to know if you’re buying
The Carpenter architectural pedigree is real. Buyers attentive to architectural detail should weight Carpenter's authorship and the building's place within his peak pre-war Fifth Avenue portfolio.
The Museum Mile positioning is structural. Two blocks north of the Met, four blocks south of the Guggenheim — at the heart of the cultural institution corridor.
Confirm specific policies directly with management. Financing posture, flip tax structure, sublet specifics, and pied-à-terre allowance should be obtained directly during the contract review process.
Board approval follows tier-one Fifth Avenue norms. Strong financial profile, professional accomplishment, primary-residence intent are central criteria.
Pricing tracks the Carpenter tier. More accessible than the absolute Met-frontage corner peers and the Candela apex.
View permanence is excellent. Central Park is permanent.
What to know if you’re selling
The architectural pedigree and Museum Mile positioning are marketing assets. Listing copy should reference Carpenter's authorship and the building's place within the broader Fifth Avenue pre-war cooperative canon.
Pricing requires apartment-level comparable analysis. Floor altitude, configuration, and renovation history all matter substantially.
Closing timelines are co-op standard. 6–10 weeks from contract signing to closing.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 1030 Fifth Avenue, also evaluate:
- 1040 Fifth Avenue — Rosario Candela 1929; Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis residence
- 1020 Fifth Avenue — Warren & Wetmore 1925; nearby same vintage
- 1010 Fifth Avenue — J.E.R. Carpenter 1925; same firm, same vintage
- 1060 Fifth Avenue — J.E.R. Carpenter 1928; same firm
- 944 Fifth Avenue — J.E.R. Carpenter 1925; same firm
More Fifth Avenue buildings
- 1016 Fifth Avenue — 1926 co-op
- 1020 Fifth Avenue — 1925 co-op by Warren & Wetmore
- 1025 Fifth Avenue — 1955 co-op
- 1035 Fifth Avenue — 1925 co-op by J.E.R. Carpenter
- 1040 Fifth Avenue — 1930 co-op by Rosario Candela
- 1045 Fifth Avenue — 1967 co-op by Horace Ginsbern & Associates
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Fifth Avenue — read The Roebling Team Guide to Fifth Avenue.
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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