1120 Fifth Avenue

Built in 1924 (completed 1925) to J.E.R. Carpenter's design for Anthony Campagna's 93rd St. & 5th Avenue Corp., 1120 Fifth is fifteen stories, limestone-clad, in the Italian Renaissance palazzo idiom that defines Carpenter at peak. The principal external distinction from its twin at 1115 Fifth — completed one year later by Carpenter for Campagna on the south side of East 93rd Street — is that 1120 Fifth carries regular rectangular first-floor windows where 1115 Fifth carries arched first-floor windows.

The block faces the former Felix Warburg mansion (1908, C.P.H. Gilbert, now The Jewish Museum) directly across the avenue — meaning 1120 Fifth's higher-floor apartments look across to one of the great surviving Gilded Age Fifth Avenue mansions, with the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir beyond. Sidewalk landscaping and a large lobby that runs parallel to the avenue complete the exterior identity.

The forty-four apartments distribute across the building's fifteen stories. Apartment configurations carry the late-1920s Park Avenue / Carnegie Hill layout discipline characteristic of Carpenter's planning approach: substantial ceiling heights, formal entry arrangements, generous proportions.

1120 Fifth operates as a full-service Carnegie Hill cooperative:

• 24-hour doorman
• Live-in resident manager
• Fitness center
• Bicycle room
• Private storage

The duplex penthouse with private terrace overlooking Central Park is the building's most-cited structural feature — the Newman / Woodward duplex penthouse that hosted Obama, Clinton, Cruise, Cher, and Belafonte across the family's 40-year tenure.

Verified across Compass building documentation and 2025 sale-context reporting:

• Pets: Pet-friendly
• Pied-à-terre: Highly restrictive — board unlikely to approve. Confirmed in the 2025 Paul Newman penthouse sale story: a separate, higher offer was declined because the buyer intended pied-à-terre use.
• Financing maximum: 50%
• Flip tax: Verify with managing agent
• Subletting: Restrictive
• Trust ownership: Subject to board approval
• LLC ownership: Not typical
• Post-closing liquidity: Substantial Carnegie Hill reserves customary
• Board interview: Required; full financial and personal-reference disclosure

The pied-à-terre restriction is the most-discussed operational fact of the building, made explicit by the 2025 PH-B sale process — a higher offer was declined for pied-à-terre intent, and the building accepted a lower offer from a primary-residence buyer.

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.

Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $2,393/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 2.1% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01505-0001). 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.

The cultural resident roster at 1120 Fifth is among the most documented in 20th-century American residential history:

• Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward — owned Penthouse B from the early 1980s until Newman's 2008 death; Woodward continued to use the apartment. The duplex with private terrace overlooking Central Park hosted Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Tom Cruise, Cher, and Harry Belafonte across the family's four-decade tenure.
• Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan (current/former).
• James Gorman — former Morgan Stanley CEO (current).

The pied-à-terre restriction is structural. Board approval is highly unlikely for pied-à-terre use; the 2025 Newman sale process made this operational reality explicit. Plan primary-residence positioning at the application stage.

The Carpenter / Campagna architect-developer pedigree is real institutional context. The Carnegie Hill twin pair with 1115 Fifth across East 93rd Street places 1120 Fifth in the most consequential pre-war Carnegie Hill Fifth Avenue cohort.

The duplex penthouse with private terrace is the building's most-cited structural feature. The Newman / Woodward duplex that hosted Obama, Clinton, Cruise, Cher, and Belafonte is the cultural anchor.

The 2025 PH-B sale is the most recent penthouse precedent. Its bidding war, with 50+ showings and 11 offers, is a measure of high-end Carnegie Hill penthouse demand.

The 50% financing maximum is moderate-restrictive. Plan for substantial down payment; verify post-closing liquidity expectations at application.

The Felix Warburg mansion / Jewish Museum / Reservoir view corridor is structurally valuable. Upper-floor apartments looking west carry one of the most-discussed exposure profiles on Carnegie Hill Fifth Avenue.

Closing timelines are cooperative-standard. Plan for 6 to 10 weeks from contract through board approval to closing.

The Newman / Woodward cultural overlay is the building's single largest marketing asset. Position accordingly.

The Carpenter architectural pedigree and the Carnegie Hill twin pair identity with 1115 Fifth support premium positioning. Both are real institutional credentials.

The 2025 PH-B bidding war is a recent demand precedent. Reference in positioning materials.

The duplex penthouse / private terrace configuration is the building's most-cited structural feature. Highlight in upper-floor inventory positioning.

Closing timelines are cooperative-standard.

If you're considering 1120 Fifth Avenue, also evaluate:

• 1115 Fifth Avenue — J.E.R. Carpenter 1925-26; the twin pair sister across East 93rd Street
• 1107 Fifth Avenue — Rouse & Goldstone / Marjorie Merriweather Post triplex penthouse; Carnegie Hill peer
• 1125 Fifth Avenue — Emery Roth 1925; one-apartment-per-floor Carnegie Hill peer
• 1136 Fifth Avenue — Carnegie Hill peer
• 1148 Fifth Avenue — Carnegie Hill peer

Sources: The Roebling Research Library (offering plans, house rules, financial statements, board minutes, internal transaction records); NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers; publicly recorded NYC building data.