1154 First Avenue
1154 First Avenue, New York, NY 10065
BBL 1014587501 · BIN 1072681
- Year built
- 1910
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 16
- Floors
- 5
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Per the condominium rules (confirm specifics at offer stage)
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium declaration
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at 1154 First Avenue would likely sell for today, what it costs to sell, and what you’d walk away with — reviewed personally against condition, exposures, renovation quality, and the competition actually on the market.
1154 First Avenue is a boutique prewar condominium in Lenox Hill, on First Avenue near East 63rd Street — a low-rise walk-up building of 16 residences with ground-floor commercial space, converted to condominium ownership. It is one of the more accessible ways to own a genuine condominium on the Upper East Side: a small, prewar building where the appeal is condo flexibility and a convenient location rather than full-service amenities.
The location is practical and enduring. The building sits steps from Weill Cornell Medicine and the surrounding Upper East Side medical corridor, within an easy walk of Marymount Manhattan and Hunter College, and close to the East Side's transportation and retail. For buyers — often including those tied to the nearby hospitals and universities — who want ownership and flexibility at an entry point below the neighborhood's full-service prices, the building's boutique walk-up structure is the draw.
The building is for buyers who value condo flexibility, a Lenox Hill address, and proximity to the medical and university corridor, and who don't require doorman-tower services.
Architecture and unit composition
1154 First Avenue is a prewar low-rise masonry walk-up of roughly five stories, holding 16 residences along with ground-floor commercial space typical of an avenue location. The plan is compact and efficient — a boutique building where the residences run across the smaller and mid-size layouts characteristic of a prewar walk-up condominium. As a walk-up, floor level carries particular weight in value here, alongside exposure, light, and renovation condition.
The building reads as intimate and residential, with the ground-floor commercial component part of its avenue setting. Apartment-level factors drive pricing far more than any building average, and the low-density, prewar character is central to the appeal.
Building operations
1154 First Avenue operates as a boutique, low-overhead condominium — a walk-up building without the staffing of a doorman tower. Common charges reflect the minimal services and the building's scale, which is part of what keeps the entry point accessible. Buyers should model the full monthly carry, confirm the current service level, and review the building's financials and any capital history during due diligence, as is prudent for a boutique prewar condominium. The ground-floor commercial component is part of the building's economics and worth understanding at diligence.
Local Law 97
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 emissions caps apply. No regulatory capital pressure from this law specifically, current or 2030.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →Recent sales
As a condominium, 1154 First Avenue prices on a price-per-square-foot basis, with floor level (particularly in a walk-up), exposure, light, and renovation condition supporting value. Turnover is modest for a boutique building of this size; both resale and owner-rental activity occur, but it is an ownership condominium. Apartment-level context — layout, floor, exposure, and condition — drives pricing far more than any building average, and the Lenox Hill and medical-corridor location supports pricing for residences that present well.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01458-7501). 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.
Buying here? Condo closing costs with a mortgage typically run 3 to 6% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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What to know if you’re buying
It's a genuine condominium at an accessible entry point. Condo flexibility — pied-à-terre use, subletting, foreign and LLC/trust ownership, simpler financing — in a boutique building priced below full-service towers.
It's a walk-up — floor level matters. In a building without an elevator, floor level meaningfully affects value and appeal; factor it into any purchase.
The location suits the medical and university corridor. Steps from Weill Cornell and close to Hunter and Marymount Manhattan — practical for buyers tied to the nearby institutions.
This is a low-density, minimal-service building. Boutique scale and low common charges rather than doorman-tower amenities.
Mansion tax thresholds apply. At this building's pricing, the $1M cliff can be in play on larger residences. Run pricing through the Mansion Tax Calculator.
Variable board financial policy — confirm at offer stage. Financing percentages, sublet terms, and pet specifics should be confirmed in writing before you commit.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the condo flexibility and the location. The ownership structure, the accessible entry point, and the medical-corridor convenience are the story; marketing should foreground them.
Position the floor honestly. In a walk-up, floor level is a real factor; pricing and marketing should reflect it.
Pricing requires apartment-level comps. With 16 residences, floor, exposure, layout, and condition all move the number.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 1154 First Avenue, also evaluate these nearby Upper East Side buildings:
- 1076 First Avenue — nearby First Avenue building
- 1206 First Avenue — nearby First Avenue building
- 1344 First Avenue — nearby First Avenue building
- 1355 First Avenue — nearby First Avenue building
More Upper East Side buildings
- 1122 Madison Avenue — condominium by Hill West Architects
- 1131 Third Avenue — 1961 co-op
- 1150 Third Avenue (167 East 67th Street) — 1960 co-op
- The Frost House (1156 Third Avenue) — 1965 condominium
- The Bellemont (1165 Madison Avenue) — 2022 condominium by Robert A.M. Stern Architects
- York River House (1175 York Avenue) — 1958 condop by H.I. Feldman
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Upper East Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper East Side.
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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