120 East 83rd Street
120 East 83rd Street, New York, NY 10028
Upper East Side
BBL 1015110062 · BIN 1047632
- Year built
- 1925
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 20
- Floors
- 5
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- No dogs — confirm current house rules at offer stage
- Financing
- Up to 80% permitted — confirm at offer stage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Studio median
- $304K
- Recent range
- $255K – $545K
- Listing discount
- 3.5%
- Recorded transfers
- 38
120 East 83rd Street is a small pre-war cooperative on the Upper East Side, mid-block between Park and Lexington Avenues at the Carnegie Hill edge. Built around 1925, it is a five-story elevator building with roughly 20 apartments — the kind of quiet, human-scaled co-op that keeps carrying costs sensible and the ownership base settled.
A note on the record: an earlier data source showed the building's year built as 1957. That is inaccurate — the building is a pre-war structure dating to the 1920s, and we treat it as such throughout this profile.
The proposition here is value and location. The building sits near the 4/5/6 at 86th Street, Central Park, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and it offers accommodating ownership terms: financing to 80%, and pieds-à-terre, LLCs, guarantors, and overseas buyers all considered. For the buyer who wants a genuine pre-war Upper East Side address at an accessible entry point — studios and one-bedrooms rather than trophy layouts — the building is a straightforward, sensibly run choice.
Building operations
The cooperative runs lean for its size: an elevator, a basement laundry room, a planted courtyard/garden, and superintendent service, with no doorman — appropriate and cost-efficient for a 20-unit pre-war building, and a meaningful factor in keeping maintenance contained.
As a cooperative, ownership is by shares rather than deed: purchases require board approval and a board interview, and financing is permitted up to 80%. The building considers pied-à-terre use, LLC purchases, guarantors, and overseas buyers — accommodating terms for a co-op — but does not permit dogs. Confirm the current pet policy, financing maximum, any flip tax, and sublet terms with the board at offer stage.
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 →Management & transfer contacts
- Sublet policy
- Sublet Fee 10% of monthly maintenance
- Notable fees
- Cooperative Fee $500; Fee for financing $400; Closing Document Preparation $300; max financing 80%
Recent sales
Co-op pricing is read on a per-room basis, and 120 East 83rd trades as an entry-level pre-war cooperative — modest carrying costs and the value a co-op structure offers relative to condominiums. Recent share sales have landed in the ~$270,000 to $475,000 range across its studios and one-bedrooms. With only about 20 residences, resale volume is thin. When underwriting a purchase or a list price, capture the room count, the floor, the exposure, and renovation condition rather than relying on a neighborhood average. Genuinely variable financial figures should be confirmed at offer stage.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | 4B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $460,000 | -3.2% | |
| May 20, 2026 | 3D | 1 BA | $405,600 | +8.2% | |
| May 29, 2025 | 2B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $430,000 | -4.2% | |
| Sep 25, 2024 | 2D | 1 BA | $272,500 | -8.9% | |
| May 24, 2024 | 2A | 1 BA | $335,000 | -1.5% | |
| Nov 21, 2023 | 2B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $385,000 | -3.5% | |
| Apr 25, 2023 | 1D | 1 BA | $255,000 | -8.6% | |
| Jul 22, 2021 | 4A | 1 BA · 500 sf | $358,000 | $716/sf | -5.5% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2021): a median $716/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 3.2% 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.
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 1-01511-0062) 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
This is a cooperative, so the path is a board package and interview, a financing cap (here, up to 80%), and underwriting of the building's financials and house rules. The building's terms are accommodating — pieds-à-terre, LLCs, guarantors, and overseas buyers are all considered — but note that dogs are not permitted. Review the co-op's reserve and any planned capital work given the building's age. The reasons to buy are the address and the value: a real pre-war Upper East Side co-op near Central Park and the Met, at a cost structure well below the doorman condominiums nearby.
What to know if you’re selling
The story is the pre-war character, the accommodating ownership terms, and the price point. The 1920s architecture, the intimate 20-unit scale, the planted garden, and the location near the 4/5/6, Central Park, and the Met sell to a specific buyer who wants a pre-war address without a trophy budget — and the flexibility on financing, LLCs, guarantors, and overseas buyers widens the pool. Pricing is an apartment-specific exercise: room count, floor, light, and condition drive the number more than any block average. We position the building's flexible ownership policies, prepare the buyer for the co-op process, and benchmark against the right comparable tier of boutique pre-war cooperatives.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 120 East 83rd Street, also look at these nearby Upper East Side buildings:
- 944 Park Avenue — rare pre-war Park Avenue condominium
- 170 East 92nd Street — pre-war Carnegie Hill cooperative
- 237 East 88th Street — pre-war Yorkville condominium
- 1376 York Avenue — an intimate pre-war Yorkville cooperative
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Upper East Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper East Side.
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