1180 Second Avenue
1180 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10065
Lenox Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1014370001 · BIN 1044360
- Year built
- 1959
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 130
- Floors
- 14
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Pet-friendly; cats and one dog under 50 pounds
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf (floor-adjusted)
- $930
- Listing discount
- 2.4%
- Recorded sales
- 123
- On record
- 2003–2026
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1180 Second Avenue is a full-service postwar cooperative on a prominent Lenox Hill corner — a 1959 brick tower at the northeast corner of Second Avenue and East 62nd Street, addressed both as 1180 Second Avenue and 301 East 62nd Street. At 14 stories and 130 apartments, it pairs large, light-filled postwar layouts with a level of ownership flexibility that is unusual for a cooperative of this vintage, and its upper floors deliver open exposures and expansive city views.
The building's positioning is distinctive: a co-op that behaves flexibly. The board permits pieds-à-terre, allows subletting for three years out of five after the first year, welcomes cats and a dog under 50 pounds, and reports up to 75% financing with guarantors and no transfer tax — a policy posture that widens demand well beyond the typical primary-residence-only cooperative. Combined with a landscaped roof deck, a basement garage, low reported maintenance, and a full doorman operation, that flexibility makes 1180 Second Avenue one of the more accommodating full-service co-ops in the Lenox Hill corridor.
Architecture and building operations
Completed in 1959, 1180 Second Avenue is a 14-story postwar brick cooperative occupying the northeast corner of Second Avenue and East 62nd Street, with 130 residences. It carries a family of alternate addresses along both frontages — 1180 through 1188 Second Avenue and 301 through 305 East 62nd Street — reflecting its corner footprint. The massing gives upper-floor lines open exposures, strong natural light, and expansive city views across the surrounding blocks, and the building is well regarded for large, well-proportioned layouts.
Operations are full-service. The cooperative maintains a 24-hour doorman team and a live-in resident superintendent, a secure package room, a central laundry, private storage available for rent, and a basement parking garage offering direct building access for a fee (subject to a waitlist). Its signature common amenity is a landscaped roof deck with planters where shareholders are welcome to garden. The building is recognized for stable operations and reportedly modest maintenance.
Policy framework
- Type: Cooperative — board interview required
- Pets: Pet-friendly; cats and one dog under 50 pounds
- Pied-à-terre: Permitted
- Financing maximum: Up to 75% reported — confirm current guidance with the managing agent at offer stage
- Flip tax: Confirm structure and rate with the managing agent at offer stage
- Subletting: Permitted — three years out of five after the first year of ownership
- Trust, LLC, foreign buyers: Generally case-by-case; guarantors and co-purchasing reported as permitted — confirm at contract
- Board interview: Required
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $62,199/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $40
- Modeled exposure split equally across 130 units (the city tax-lot count). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 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. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
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. City record last verified September 2026.
Recent sales
As a cooperative, 1180 Second Avenue trades on a price-per-room and maintenance-driven basis rather than the price-per-square-foot framing used for condominiums. Value here reflects the building's generous postwar layouts, its full-service operation and roof deck, its 14-story massing with open upper-floor exposures and city views, and its Lenox Hill corner location — which, being on Second Avenue at 62nd Street, sits at a discount to the interior Park-and-Fifth blocks while remaining well connected.
The unusually flexible policy posture — pied-à-terre and subletting permitted, dog-friendly, up to 75% financing with guarantors and no transfer tax — broadens demand beyond primary-residence buyers to include part-time owners and those who value an eventual income option, which tends to support liquidity relative to more restrictive co-ops. Corner and avenue lines carry more light and street presence; floor level and orientation materially affect value. Specific closed prices should be underwritten against current recorded transfers and in-building comparables rather than neighborhood averages.
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 1, 2026 | 5E | 1 BA | $531,000 | -3.5% | |
| Apr 20, 2026 | 14A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $655,931 | -3.4% | |
| Apr 14, 2026 | 12B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $725,000 | -3.3% | |
| Feb 2, 2026 | 3G | 2 BR · 1 BA | $830,000 | -6.2% | |
| Aug 13, 2025 | 6D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 600 sf | $557,500 | $929/sf | -3.0% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | 4J | 1 BA | $543,250 | -1.1% | |
| Jun 26, 2025 | 7K | 1 BR · 1 BA · 800 sf | $750,000 | $938/sf | -6.3% |
| Dec 19, 2024 | 3F | 1 BA | $528,650 | -2.1% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2025): a median $930/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 sales. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 2.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 2012 | 11J | $355,000 |
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 1-01437-0001). 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.
At the recent median sale of $656K (8 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $11,010 to close, or 1.7% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $11,010
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
- This co-op is flexible for its type. Pied-à-terre use is permitted and subletting is allowed three years out of five after the first year — rare latitude among full-service cooperatives.
- The pet policy is friendly — cats and one dog under 50 pounds; confirm current specifics before committing.
- Financing latitude is generous — up to 75% is reported, with guarantors allowed and no transfer tax; confirm current guidance at offer stage.
- The amenity package is complete for the vintage — 24-hour doorman, live-in super, landscaped roof deck, basement garage, laundry, and storage.
- Upper floors carry the premium for open exposures, light, and city views; expect a board interview and standard co-op diligence, eased by the building's guarantor and co-purchasing latitude.
What to know if you’re selling
- Lead with flexibility. The pied-à-terre allowance, three-of-five sublet policy, dog-friendly rules, and generous financing set this building apart from its co-op peers — market them.
- Widen the buyer pool. Because the building accommodates part-time owners and future subletting, marketing can reach beyond strict owner-occupants.
- Feature the roof deck, garage, and light. The landscaped deck and open upper-floor exposures are genuine differentiators.
- Anchor pricing to recent in-building and immediate-corner comparables, adjusted for floor, exposure, and condition.
Comparable buildings
- 1440 Second Avenue (The Wilshire) — nearby full-service Lenox Hill avenue cooperative
- 310 East 70th Street — nearby full-service Lenox Hill cooperative
- 404 East 66th Street (Hardenbrook House) — nearby Lenox Hill condominium
- 304 East 65th Street (The Rio) — nearby full-service Lenox Hill condominium
- 248 East 65th Street — nearby Lenox Hill peer
More Upper East Side buildings
- 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
- 1178 Madison Avenue — 1926 co-op
- 1186 Third Avenue — 1961 co-op
- 1206 First Avenue — 1962 co-op
- 1218 Second Avenue (SIXTYFOUR / 300 East 64th Street) — 1996 condominium
The neighborhood
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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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