1148 Fifth Avenue
1148 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128
Carnegie Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1015070069 · BIN 1047439
- Year built
- 1922
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 59
- Floors
- 14
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Subletting by shareholders
- Requires confirmation
- Pied-à-terre
- Permitted with conditions
- Flip tax
- 2% of the purchase price, paid by the seller
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
- Subletting
- Requires confirmation
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.
- 3BR median, 2023–2024
- $4M
- 2 qualifying sales
- Recent range
- $3.8M – $5.7M
- Listing discount
- 5.1%
- Recorded transfers
- 44
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1148 Fifth Avenue stands between East 95th and East 96th Streets on the northern part of Fifth Avenue’s Carnegie Hill frontage.
LPC records identify 1148 Fifth as a neo-Georgian apartment house designed by Walter B. Chambers and built in 1922–23 for Mary B. Jennings. It is not part of J.E.R. Carpenter's Fifth Avenue portfolio, although Carpenter's 1150 Fifth stands across East 96th Street.
City records list 59 residential units at 1148 Fifth (60 in all); the LPC designation report describes the original plan as eight- and nine-room apartments for forty-eight families. For scale, city records list 70 residential units at 1010 Fifth and 13 at 1020 Fifth. Recorded sales have averaged about two a year since 2015. Review the current budget, audited statements, debt and any assessments.
The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum is six blocks south on Fifth Avenue. The Jewish Museum is four blocks south at 92nd and Fifth. The Guggenheim Museum is seven blocks south at 89th and Fifth. The Metropolitan Museum is fourteen blocks south at 82nd and Fifth. East 96th Street, at the north end of the block, is the conventional northern edge of the Upper East Side.
Compare 1010 Fifth and 1020 Fifth using matched size, layout, floor, condition and dated sales. Architect and location alone do not establish a comparable price.
Architecture and unit composition
City records list 59 residential units, in 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.
Pre-war signatures typical of early-1920s luxury apartment design: 10–11 foot ceilings in primary rooms, formal entry galleries, library-living room combinations, primary suites with substantial closet infrastructure, service wings. Confirm each apartment's ceiling heights and layout against its plans.
Park-facing apartments on the western flank command Central Park views across the avenue to the Park's eastern boundary, the Park's Reservoir and Conservatory Garden, and the West Side beyond; what a given apartment sees depends on its floor and position.
Building operations
1148 Fifth Avenue operates as a full-service pre-war cooperative with full-time doorman, attended elevator, on-site superintendent, and private storage. City records list 59 residential units.
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, along with the building's current liquidity and occupancy requirements and application instructions.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of September 2026. They are shown as published, item by item; no total is added because the total depends on the transaction. Deposits are listed apart from nonrefundable charges.
- Terms
- Equal to 2% of the gross arms-length sales price
- Rate
- 2% of the purchase price
- Paid by
- Seller
Source: building management's published schedule, as of September 2026
Purchase
7 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $750 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Check Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $175 per prospective purchaser, guarantor, AND prospective adult non shareholder resident | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Moving Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Closing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $500 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Recognition Agreement Fee | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $250 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Transfer Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When At closing | Amount $950 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moving Deposit | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $2,500 | Refundable Refundable |
Refinance
2 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $400 | Refundable Not stated |
| Recognition Agreement Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $150 | Refundable Not stated |
Ownership transfer
2 items
Transfer: trust
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trust Transfer Application Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Coop Attorney Review Fee | Paid by Buyer | When Upon approval | Amount To be determined | Refundable Not stated |
Management updates its schedule without a public filing. The date is when management last updated the page, not when a rule changed. Confirm the current schedule with management before you apply.
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Sublet and pied-à-terre policy
A condominium owner leasing a unit and a co-op shareholder subletting are different rules, and a building-wide rule is different from a restriction on one apartment. This is the building's rule; confirm it for the specific apartment.
- Subletting by shareholders
- Requires confirmationSources differ. Confirm with building management.
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- Permitted with conditionsCase by case, board discretionSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Maintenance, per room
- $877 per room a monthMedian of 3 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
Maintenance as recorded with each sale. A co-op's maintenance already covers the building's real estate taxes and the building's own mortgage, if it has one; add your own loan payment for the monthly outlay. A summary of recorded sales, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Live-in superintendent
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- StorageSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $25,721/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $36
- Modeled exposure split equally across 59 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 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. A filed Safe grade is not a guarantee of current condition: owners still maintain the facade and, where required, observe parapets each year. Future inspection timing (Local Law 49 of 2025 changed the cycle framework from October 1, 2026), repair and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs 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 data last refreshed October 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- 2% of gross arms-length sales price
- Sublet policy
- Requires confirmation
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.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2026 | PARLOR | 4 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,700 sf | $3,400,000 | $1,259/sf | -20.0% |
| May 5, 2025 | 8B | 4 BR · 3.5 BA | $5,735,000 | -4.3% | |
| Sep 9, 2024 | 2A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $3,800,000 | -5.0% | |
| Jul 13, 2023 | 3A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $4,125,000 | -5.2% | |
| Jun 13, 2023 | 10B | 4 BR · 4 BA | $4,687,500 | -10.7% | |
| Aug 1, 2022 | 11C | 4 BR · 2 BA · 3,000 sf | $3,500,000 | $1,167/sf | +0.0% |
| Oct 20, 2021 | 10C | 4 BR · 3.5 BA | $4,100,000 | -5.7% | |
| Jul 23, 2021 | 9A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $3,500,000 | -4.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,259/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. Median listing discount 5.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2012 | 7A | $4,300,000 |
| Nov 14, 2003 | 6B | $3,200,000 |
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 1-01507-0069). 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.
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What to know if you’re buying
The location is northern Carnegie Hill. Compare recent sales with the Met-frontage buildings (1010 and 1020 Fifth) by size, floor and condition rather than assuming a price difference; park views depend on the apartment.
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 review sets the bar. Confirm the building's current financing, liquidity, ownership, occupancy and subletting requirements from its governing documents and application instructions.
Park views depend on the apartment. Views vary by floor, position and exposure; the Fifth Avenue corridor is largely built out, but no view is protected without a recorded instrument.
Renovation is constrained by historic district status. The board reviews scope and quality with attention to preservation of original detail.
What to know if you’re selling
Pricing requires apartment-level comparable analysis. Floor altitude, configuration, and renovation history all matter substantially.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 1148 Fifth Avenue, also evaluate:
- 1107 Fifth Avenue — Rouse & Goldstone 1925; nearby same vintage
- 1060 Fifth Avenue — J.E.R. Carpenter 1927–28; different architect
- 1040 Fifth Avenue — Rosario Candela 1929; Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis residence
- 1020 Fifth Avenue — Warren & Wetmore 1925; same vintage
- 1010 Fifth Avenue — Fred F. French Company 1925; different architect
- 1185 Park Avenue — Schwartz & Gross 1929; nearby Carnegie Hill peer
More Fifth Avenue buildings
- 1133 Fifth Avenue — 1928 co-op by Emery Roth
- 1136 Fifth Avenue — 1925 co-op by George F. Pelham
- 1140 Fifth Avenue — 1921 co-op by Fred F. French Company
- 1150 Fifth Avenue — 1924 co-op by J.E.R. Carpenter
- 1158 Fifth Avenue — 1924 co-op by C. Howard Crane
- 1165 Fifth Avenue — 1925 co-op by J.E.R. Carpenter
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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