1035 Fifth Avenue
1035 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028
Upper East Side
BBL 1014960071 · BIN 1046826
- Year built
- 1925
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 81
- Landmark
- Designated
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2024
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 3BR median
- $3.8M
- Recent range
- $1.9M – $8.7M
- Listing discount
- 19.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 73
1035 Fifth Avenue is a J.E.R. Carpenter cooperative on the most coveted residential stretch in Manhattan — the Museum Mile blockfront between 84th and 85th Streets, directly across from Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Carpenter, more than any other architect, defined the Fifth Avenue luxury apartment house; his work along the avenue runs to a dozen buildings, and 1035 belongs to that lineage. Designed in the Italian Renaissance palazzo idiom Carpenter favored, the building presents a finely detailed four-story limestone base, extensive sidewalk landscaping, and a balustraded crown, integrating seamlessly into the patrician rhythm of its Fifth Avenue neighbors. It rose on the former site of a seven-story building known as the Fifth Avenue Apartments and was converted to cooperative ownership in 1954.
The location is the asset. Park-facing apartments look across Central Park's Great Lawn and reservoir landscape; the building sits within steps of the Met's front steps and the cultural spine of Museum Mile. This is among the handful of addresses where the view, the architecture, and the institutional surroundings all operate at the top of the market simultaneously.
At 81 apartments across 15 stories, 1035 Fifth is on the larger side for this stretch of the avenue — a building of substantial pre-war family apartments rather than a boutique handful of full-floor residences. A landscaped interior courtyard, onto which the lobby looks, is an unusual and gracious amenity for a Fifth Avenue building of its era. For buyers, 1035 Fifth offers Carpenter authorship, direct Central Park frontage, Museum Mile address value, and a board more flexible on pets and financing than the avenue's strictest houses.
Architecture and unit composition
The 81 apartments are pre-war family layouts, organized in the gallery-centered Carpenter manner: formal entry galleries opening to separated entertaining and private wings, with the avenue's best apartments oriented toward Central Park. Park-facing residences on the western flank carry the building's signature open-park exposures; side-street and courtyard-facing apartments offer quieter, more protected light.
Pre-war signatures throughout: high ceilings in the principal rooms, herringbone and parquet floors, substantial closet and service infrastructure, and period millwork in varying states of preservation and renovation. The palazzo composition — four-story limestone base, brick body, balustraded top, restrained classical detailing — is consistent with the era's top-tier Fifth Avenue construction. The landscaped interior courtyard provides light and outlook to inner-facing apartments and gives the lobby an uncommon sense of enclosure and quiet.
Building operations
1035 Fifth Avenue operates as a full-service pre-war cooperative at the white-glove Fifth Avenue standard — 24-hour doormen, a live-in resident manager, and a porter staff. The amenity set includes a fitness center, a bicycle room, central laundry, and a large private storage bin assigned to each apartment.
The building's policies are accommodating for a top-tier Fifth Avenue co-op. Pets are permitted, and pieds-à-terre are considered on a case-by-case basis. Financing is allowed up to 50% of the purchase price. A 2.5% flip tax is paid by the buyer at closing. Board review at this caliber of Fifth Avenue cooperative remains traditional and rigorous — prospective purchasers should plan for a thorough approval process — but the financing latitude and pet acceptance broaden the qualified-buyer pool.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
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.
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 →Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- 2.5% of purchase price (paid by Buyer, at closing)
- Notable fees
- Move In $3,000; Move Out $3,000; max financing 50%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2024 | 8B | 4 BR · 4 BA | $4,770,000 | off-mkt | |
| Jan 17, 2024 | 6C | 5 BR · 6 BA · 4,000 sf | $6,750,000 | $1,688/sf | -8.2% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 10A | 3 BR · 3.5 BA | $5,325,000 | -11.2% | |
| Aug 3, 2023 | 7E | 3 BR · 3 BA | $2,200,000 | -24.1% | |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 14C | 5 BR · 5 BA · 4,000 sf | $8,700,000 | $2,175/sf | -26.0% |
| Nov 7, 2022 | 8E | 3 BR · 3 BA | $2,590,000 | -5.8% | |
| Sep 15, 2022 | 5A | 2 BR · 3 BA | $4,250,000 | +13.3% | |
| Jul 29, 2022 | 9A | 4 BR · 4 BA | $9,750,000 | -15.2% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2024) cleared a median $1,572/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 5.7% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2014 | 8E | $2,400,000 |
| Mar 20, 2005 | 6D | $1,295,000 |
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 1-01496-0071) 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
The Carpenter authorship and Museum Mile address are the headline. Together they form a durable, top-of-market resale credential.
Park exposure is the value axis. The premium between Park-facing and interior apartments is significant and permanent.
The board is comparatively flexible. Pets are permitted, pieds-à-terre are weighed case by case, and financing runs to 50% — generous for a Fifth Avenue house.
Budget the buyer-paid flip tax. A 2.5% flip tax is paid by the buyer at closing; factor it into the all-in cost.
Apartments are pre-war family layouts. Expect generous, gallery-organized configurations; smaller formats are scarce here.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with Carpenter, the Park, and the Met. Architectural pedigree plus the Museum Mile address and Central Park frontage are the marketing core; the courtyard and balustraded crown are identifiable signatures.
Note the buyer-paid flip tax. Because the 2.5% flip tax falls on the buyer here, it affects buyer budgeting rather than your net proceeds — useful to frame correctly in negotiations.
Price at the apartment level. Exposure, floor, layout, and renovation history matter more than any building-wide average across 81 varied apartments.
Closing timelines are co-op standard. Plan on roughly 6–10 weeks from contract to closing, with allowance for a traditional board process.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 1035 Fifth Avenue, also evaluate:
- 1030 Fifth Avenue — adjacent Museum Mile pre-war co-op
- 1040 Fifth Avenue — Rosario Candela Fifth Avenue landmark nearby
- 1045 Fifth Avenue — Museum Mile co-op peer
- 1025 Fifth Avenue — nearby Fifth Avenue cooperative
- 1020 Fifth Avenue — Museum Mile pre-war peer
- 1049 Fifth Avenue — nearby Fifth Avenue co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Fifth Avenue — read The Roebling Team Guide to Fifth Avenue.
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