1140 Fifth Avenue

The Fred F. French Company gave 1140 Fifth a dignified neo-Renaissance facade — limestone base, warm brick shaft, and the restrained classical detailing that defined the best Fifth Avenue apartment houses of the early 1920s. The residential entrance is set on East 95th Street, a deliberate prewar courtesy that keeps the lobby off the busy avenue. The building rises 14 stories and was conceived from the outset as a high-spec cooperative for established families.

The roughly 43 apartments are the draw: predominantly five- and six-room layouts with the period's signature features intact across many homes — wide windows admitting strong Park-side and cross light, decorative fireplaces, gracious formal dining rooms, and maid's rooms with bathrooms. Ceilings are high, foyers are generous, and many residences convey with a private storage unit. These are the proportions buyers come to Carnegie Hill to find.

1140 Fifth Avenue is a full-service cooperative known for the attentiveness of its staff. A 24-hour doorman covers the lobby, a live-in resident manager runs the building, and porters keep it immaculate — the kind of white-glove service that defines the address. Practical infrastructure includes a central laundry room, a bike room, and private storage; washer/dryers are permitted in-unit, a meaningful convenience in a prewar building.

On policy, 1140 is welcoming where it counts. Financing is permitted up to 60% of the purchase price, a 2% flip tax is collected on resale and is paid by the purchaser, and pets are allowed with board approval. The building also accommodates the ownership structures serious buyers use: pied-à-terre purchases are permitted, and trust ownership is allowed. Those terms — real financing latitude and pied-à-terre flexibility on Fifth Avenue — set 1140 apart from the most restrictive prewar houses nearby.

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.

Market read. Most recent trades (2023) cleared a median $1,278/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 6.3% 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 1-01507-0001) 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; square footage on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.

The board process is real — a full package, financials, references, and an interview — but the terms are buyer-friendly for the avenue: up to 60% financing means you need not arrive all-cash, pied-à-terre and trust ownership are permitted, and the 2% buyer-paid flip tax is a known cost to budget. Pets are welcome with approval, and in-unit washer/dryers are allowed. Evaluate apartments for light, fireplace and dining-room configuration, and whether a storage unit conveys. The location — one block from Central Park, steps from Museum Mile, and close to the 6 at 96th Street and the Second Avenue subway at 96th — is a permanent part of the value.

1140 sells on its pedigree and its flexibility: a Fred F. French prewar building one block off Central Park, with the financing latitude and pied-à-terre rules that widen the buyer pool relative to the cash-only houses on the avenue. Original prewar detail — fireplaces, formal dining, high ceilings, strong light — commands the premium, and a storage unit or a high-floor position sharpens the case. Because turnover is thin, price to the building's own most recent comparable and to the peer prewar co-ops of upper Fifth and Park rather than the broader neighborhood average. We market each home to the qualified buyer this building approves.

If you're considering 1140 Fifth Avenue, these nearby Carnegie Hill and Fifth Avenue prewar cooperatives are the natural comparison set:

• 1136 Fifth Avenue — prewar Fifth Avenue co-op a few doors south
• 1148 Fifth Avenue — Carnegie Hill prewar co-op to the north
• 1158 Fifth Avenue — upper Fifth Avenue prewar co-op
• 1049 Park Avenue — Bottomley-designed boutique prewar co-op nearby
• The Girard (125 East 84th Street) — Carnegie Hill prewar co-op on a side street

The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Carnegie Hill, the Fifth Avenue co-op market, and the prewar cooperative tier across Park Avenue and the broader Upper East Side. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers at a building like 1140 deserve building-specific intelligence — the financing and flip-tax terms, the pied-à-terre rules, and where each line sits against the upper-Fifth comparable set.

If you're weighing a purchase or sale at 1140 Fifth Avenue, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.