- Year built
- 1912
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $1.5M – $1.6M
- Listing discount
- 2.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 31
122 East 82nd Street is the kind of building buyers picture when they imagine pre-war Carnegie Hill: an intimate, full-service white-brick cooperative on a tree-lined block just off Park Avenue, with a doorman, a garden, and the proportions of a 1912 apartment house. Built in 1912 and converted to a cooperative in 1983, it offers a small, well-run community — four apartments per floor across nine stories — in one of the most coveted residential pockets on the Upper East Side.
What sets it apart is the balance it strikes. It is grand enough to deliver real pre-war architecture, a canopied entrance, and a full amenity package, but small enough to feel personal — the antithesis of an anonymous tower. For buyers who want a Park Avenue–adjacent address, the dignity of a pre-war building, and the practical comforts of a fitness room and a planted garden, 122 East 82nd Street hits a particularly desirable middle.
Architecture and unit composition
The building wears a handsome white-brick façade trimmed with terracotta decoration, fronted by a canopied entrance — a restrained, confident pre-war design typical of the better Carnegie Hill apartment houses of the 1910s. Behind the façade, the layout is generous: four apartments per floor, giving most homes light on more than one exposure and the cross-ventilation that pre-war planning prized.
The cooperative holds 34 residences (the building originally counted 36, reflecting later combinations), ranging from one- and two-bedroom homes to larger family layouts. Interiors carry the pre-war vocabulary — high ceilings, hardwood floors, and the room proportions of a building from the era — and washer/dryers are permitted within apartments, a meaningful convenience in pre-war stock.
Building operations
122 East 82nd Street runs as a full-service cooperative. A full-time doorman staffs the canopied lobby and a live-in resident superintendent manages the building, with a service standard that buyers expect on the Park Avenue corridor. The amenity package is unusually complete for a building of this size: a gym, a planted common garden for residents, a central laundry room (with in-unit washer/dryers also permitted), private storage bins, and a bicycle room.
As a cooperative, purchases are subject to board package review and an interview, and financing, sublet, and pied-à-terre terms follow the building's proprietary lease and house rules. The combination of a full-time doorman, a live-in super, and a deep amenity set across just 34 owners means service is personal and the building is closely tended; we review the current board posture and carrying costs with buyers as part of any transaction.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $15,876/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $37
Facade safety — Local Law 11
Safe to live in today — but the last inspection flagged repairs that are due on a deadline, so facade work and its cost are coming. Whether that’s a real concern depends on the scope, the timing, and how the building plans to pay for it — reserves or an assessment — which is exactly what we’d dig into for you.
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.
See the full facade history →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.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2025 | 6B | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,470,000 | -1.7% | |
| Apr 3, 2025 | 5A | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,650,000 | -2.7% | |
| Mar 11, 2022 | 2CD | 4 BR · 3 BA · 2,400 sf | $2,935,000 | $1,223/sf | -2.0% |
| Dec 16, 2021 | 4AB | 4 BR · 3.5 BA | $3,623,750 | -9.3% | |
| Oct 5, 2021 | 5A | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,600,000 | -3.0% | |
| Jul 22, 2021 | 7C | 4 BR · 2.5 BA | $4,000,000 | -3.6% | |
| Jan 31, 2019 | 6A | 3 BR | $1,560,000 | -21.8% | |
| May 31, 2015 | 7C | 2 BR | $1,775,000 | +13.4% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2022) cleared a median $1,223/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 2.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2021 | 2B | $1,100,000 |
| Jan 15, 2020 | 9A | $1,995,000 |
| Aug 30, 2018 | 3A | $1,899,000 |
| May 28, 2014 | 7D | $1,350,000 |
| Jan 31, 2011 | 7D | $785,000 |
| May 20, 2008 | 4D | $1,395,000 |
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 1-01510-0060) 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
The building's strengths — full service, amenities, and a prime block — come with the diligence appropriate to a small cooperative. Review the corporation's financials, reserve fund, and underlying-mortgage posture, since a 34-owner building concentrates costs. Confirm the exposure and light of the specific four-per-floor unit, and budget for maintenance that supports a full-time doorman and a live-in super. Expect a board package and interview. The permitted in-unit washer/dryers, the resident gym, and the garden are genuine quality-of-life advantages. The location puts the Met and Museum Mile, the 4/5/6 at 86th Street and the Q at 86th/Second Avenue, and Central Park all within an easy walk.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the full-service profile on a premier block. A doorman building with a gym, a planted garden, and permitted in-unit laundry — all on a quiet street steps from Park Avenue — is a strong, marketable combination that distinguishes a sale here from thinner-amenity pre-war stock. Foreground the four-per-floor light, the pre-war proportions, and the building's intimate scale. With few units, comparable sales are limited, so pricing should reference both the building's own trade history and the surrounding Carnegie Hill / off-Park cooperative market. The amenity set is worth stating plainly to buyers comparing against larger towers.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 122 East 82nd Street, these nearby Carnegie Hill and East 80s cooperatives form a useful comparison set:
- 108 East 82nd Street — pre-war cooperative on the same block
- 112 East 81st Street — full-service co-op one block south
- 133 East 80th Street — established East 80s pre-war cooperative
- 140 East 81st Street — full-service Upper East Side co-op nearby
The Roebling Team at 122-82 Owners Corp.
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the Upper East Side, Carnegie Hill, and the Park and Fifth Avenue corridors. We publish this profile because a full-service pre-war cooperative like 122 East 82nd Street rewards buyers and sellers who understand exactly what the building offers — the service model, the amenity set, and how it prices against both value-tier and trophy stock nearby. A focused consultation is the right place to begin.
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