- Year built
- 1928
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- Designated
1133 Fifth Avenue is one of the most quietly distinguished addresses in Carnegie Hill — a 1928 cooperative developed by Bing & Bing, the most discerning of the era's apartment-house builders, and designed by Emery Roth, the architect whose towers and apartment houses did more than anyone's to define the look of pre-war Manhattan. The pairing alone places the building in elevated company: Bing & Bing commissioned the city's best architects and finished their buildings to a standard that has aged into permanence.
What makes 1133 unusual is its scale. The 14-story building holds only 17 apartments, several of them full-floor or near-full-floor homes — an intimacy that is rare even on Fifth Avenue. Roth dressed it in a neo-Federal vocabulary of red brick above a limestone base, with the disciplined classical detailing and the carefully proportioned crown that mark his residential work. It sits directly across from Central Park, on the stretch of Fifth that runs along Museum Mile and the Carnegie Hill side streets, and it reads as exactly what it is: a small, serious, park-front cooperative built for permanence.
For buyers, the appeal is the combination that almost cannot be reproduced today — a Bing & Bing / Emery Roth pedigree, Central Park frontage, an exceptionally small shareholder body, and the structural integrity of a 1920s building that has been maintained as a white-glove cooperative since its 1948 conversion.
Architecture and unit composition
Roth's design is a study in restraint. Rather than the ornamented towers of his hotel work, 1133 Fifth presents a calm neo-Federal face to the park — brick massing over a limestone base, classical surrounds, and a quiet, well-resolved crown that holds the skyline without straining for it. The four-square Bing & Bing planning underneath produced apartments with the proportions buyers still chase: gracious entrance galleries, generous public rooms, high ceilings, and the layered service areas of pre-war construction.
With only 17 residences across 14 floors, the building is built around large homes. Several floors are full-floor or near-full-floor layouts, and the park-facing residences carry the Central Park and reservoir views that are the address's defining luxury. These are apartments measured in formal rooms rather than bedroom counts — the kind of pre-war footprint that new construction rarely matches.
Building operations
1133 Fifth runs as a full-service cooperative. A full-time doorman and attended lobby, attended elevators, and a live-in resident manager anchor the staffing, with a private fitness room, a bicycle room, and a dedicated storage bin for each apartment among the building's amenities. For a 17-unit building, the staff-to-resident ratio is unusually high — the practical luxury of a small white-glove house.
The building is pet-friendly. As a small, financially conservative Fifth Avenue cooperative, the board maintains the deliberate posture typical of the address: a thorough admissions process, conservative financing limits, and the carefully controlled subletting policy that keeps the shareholder body owner-occupied. Prospective purchasers should expect a full board package and interview.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $26,604/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $130
Facade safety — Local Law 11
An active hazard: the building must keep a sidewalk shed up and make repairs now — expect construction, disruption, and a likely special assessment. We’d get you the repair scope and the building’s funding plan up front, so you go in knowing exactly what’s underway and what it’s likely to cost.
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 6, 2026 | 7A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,800 sf | $5,250,000 | $1,875/sf | -4.5% |
| Nov 18, 2016 | 14 | 4 BR | $14,500,000 | -19.4% | |
| Dec 21, 2012 | 7B | 1 BR · 1,000 sf | $1,580,000 | $1,580/sf | off-mkt |
| Dec 19, 2012 | 10 | 4 BR | $14,000,000 | -11.9% | |
| Dec 16, 2009 | 6 | 4 BR | $10,400,000 | -12.6% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,875/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 11.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 2024 | 8/9 | $30,600,000 |
| Jun 2, 2021 | PH | $26,500,000 |
| Nov 30, 2016 | SVT2 | $500,000 |
| Apr 30, 2009 | 12 | $10,250,000 |
| Oct 27, 2006 | 8A | $24,000,000 |
| May 30, 2006 | 12 | $10,900,000 |
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 1-01506-0003) 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
A purchase here is a pre-war cooperative purchase at the conservative end of the market. Financing is limited — like its Fifth Avenue peers, the building expects a substantial cash position and caps borrowing well below what a condominium would allow. The board process is comprehensive: a detailed financial package and a personal interview are standard, and the board values demonstrated liquidity beyond the purchase. Pets are welcome, and subletting is restricted in keeping with an owner-occupied house of this size. Buyers drawn to 1133 are typically those who want a large, park-front pre-war home with a named architectural pedigree and are prepared for a co-op's scrutiny in exchange for its stability.
What to know if you’re selling
The pedigree is the headline. Bing & Bing and Emery Roth, Central Park frontage, and a 17-unit shareholder body are durable, scarce selling points — lead with them. Scarcity works in the seller's favor: with so few apartments, a well-prepared listing faces little internal competition, and the address's Carnegie Hill / Museum Mile setting draws a specific, qualified buyer. Price to the park-front pre-war tier, benchmarking against the best small cooperatives on upper Fifth rather than the broader Carnegie Hill market. Prepare the buyer for the board — presenting a financially strong, board-ready purchaser is the single biggest determinant of a smooth closing here.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 1133 Fifth Avenue, also evaluate these nearby upper-Fifth and Carnegie Hill cooperatives:
- 1148 Fifth Avenue — pre-war Fifth Avenue cooperative a block north
- 1115 Fifth Avenue — Carnegie Hill park-front cooperative
- 1120 Fifth Avenue — pre-war cooperative on the Museum Mile stretch
- 1107 Fifth Avenue — landmark Fifth Avenue cooperative nearby
- 1158 Fifth Avenue — pre-war Carnegie Hill cooperative peer
The Roebling Team at 1133 Fifth Avenue
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the Fifth Avenue and Carnegie Hill cooperative market — the small, pedigreed pre-war houses where pricing turns on architecture, floor, view, and board posture as much as square footage. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers evaluating an address this scarce deserve building-specific intelligence rather than generic comparables.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at 1133 Fifth, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point — we'll walk the building, the comparison set, and the board dynamics with you.
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