1255 Fifth Avenue
1255 Fifth Avenue, northeast corner of East 107th Street, Manhattan — Fifth Avenue
Upper Carnegie Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1016137501 · BIN 1051516
- Year built
- 1925
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 49
- Floors
- 8
- Amenities
- Doorman, concierge, live-in superintendent, roof deck, fitness room, laundry on each floor and bicycle storage
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
- Doorman
- Doorman (hours not stated)
Every recorded sale at this building, 1987–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2026 to date
- $911
- floor-adjusted, 2 sales
- Listing discount
- 2.9%
- Recorded sales
- 51
- On record
- 1987–2026
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1255 Fifth Avenue is a prewar condominium directly across from Central Park at East 107th Street. The eight-story building has an unusually varied inventory: small studios, lofted apartments, combined homes and rooftop duplexes all trade within the same address. Its conversion in the mid-1980s created condominium ownership behind a substantial beige-brick façade.
The corner location gives the building frontage on both Fifth Avenue and East 107th Street, close to the Conservatory Garden and Harlem Meer. West-facing apartments look toward the park; side and rear orientations have different outlooks. The park frontage is a physical feature of the building, while a park view remains specific to the apartment's windows and floor.
The residential scale is moderate, with full-time service and shared exercise and roof space. Commercial condominium lots occupy part of the property as well. Apartments have been combined over time, producing homes much larger than the original smaller layouts that still make up part of the inventory.
Architecture and unit composition
A rusticated two-story base anchors the beige-brick exterior. Pedimented windows and a balustraded horizontal band give the lower façade its formal character. Above the masonry building, a later glass rooftop addition marks the penthouse level and introduces a different window pattern.
The conversion produced more vertical variety than a conventional repeated apartment plan. Some homes have mezzanines or sleeping lofts, while others use a single level. Ceiling height, staircase placement and the usable dimensions of an upper area are particularly relevant when comparing these layouts. The mezzanine should be evaluated as the actual space shown on the approved plan.
Private outdoor space includes balconies and terraces, with larger terraces at some upper-level residences. Penthouse duplexes can combine an internal stair, a solarium and outdoor areas on more than one side. These configurations have a different interior-to-exterior balance from the compact studios and one-bedrooms below.
Combined apartments add another substantial category. The sales history includes homes above 2,000 square feet as well as apartments close to 500 square feet. At the larger end, combinations can extend the living space across several window bays and introduce multiple exposures. The resulting plans do not follow one building-wide bedroom-to-size ratio.
Building operations
The service arrangement includes a doorman, concierge and live-in superintendent. Laundry rooms on the residential floors reduce reliance on a single basement laundry facility. Bicycle storage, a fitness room and a shared roof deck round out the common facilities.
The residential and commercial portions are separately assessed condominium lots. Apartment tax bills belong to the residential lots; the commercial lots have their own assessment classification. No building-wide abatement appears on the current tax records.
The rooftop addition and private terraces create exterior components associated with particular homes. For those purchases, the allocation of responsibility for the addition, glazing and terrace assemblies is a building-specific issue. The condominium's treatment of those components matters to owners contemplating replacement or alterations.
Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Common charges + taxes, per room
- $722 per room a monthMedian of 3 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Common charges + taxes, per square foot
- $2.42 per square foot a monthMedian of 3 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Common charges alone, per square foot
- $5.83 per square foot a monthMedian of 4 listings since October 2023 that give the annual taxSource: listing records, refreshed October 2026
- Real estate taxes alone, per square foot
- $0.52 per square foot a monthMedian of 4 listings since October 2023 that give the annual taxSource: listing records, refreshed October 2026
Common charges plus real estate taxes, combined into one monthly figure the way New York condominium listings show them. Add a mortgage payment for the monthly outlay. The split into common charges and taxes comes from the listings that also give the annual tax, a different sample, so the two lines need not add up exactly to the combined median; a tax abatement can hold taxes below the full amount until it expires. A summary of recorded sales and listings, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Doorman (hours not stated)Source: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Concierge
- YesSource: recent listing records
- Live-in superintendent
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of Buildings elevator records
- Amenities noted
- Fitness room, roof deck, bike storage, laundry roomSource: 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
- $23,213/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $39
- Modeled exposure split equally across 49 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; condominium owners are typically charged by each unit's common-interest percentage.
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 filing classified the facade as Unsafe — conditions requiring prompt corrective action. The owner must install any public protection the inspector specifies (a sidewalk shed, construction fence or structural netting, depending on the condition) and make the repairs. Review the subsequent filings, the repair status, and the building’s board and financial materials — we pull the repair scope and funding picture for you.
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 2020–25. 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.
Recent sales
Recent closings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | 3B | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,374 sf | $2,150,000 | $906/sf | -6.5% |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 3A4B | 2,362 sf | $2,150,000 | $910/sf | — |
| Aug 18, 2026 | 5E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 603 sf | $695,000 | $1,153/sf | -12.9% |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 4C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 677 sf | $870,000 | $1,285/sf | — |
| Apr 17, 2025 | 5B | 1 BA · 509 sf | $550,000 | $1,081/sf | -5.2% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | 7J | 4 BR · 3 BA · 2,332 sf | $2,200,000 | $943/sf | -8.1% |
| Sep 28, 2022 | PHA | 1,671 sf | $2,900,000 | $1,735/sf | — |
| Feb 1, 2022 | 6C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 677 sf | $850,000 | $1,256/sf | -2.9% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $911/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 sales. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 2.9% 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 1-01613-7501; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
Closed rents at 1255 Fifth Avenue, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 4 | $4,075 |
5 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease August 2026. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
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At the recent median sale of $1.51M (6 sales in the past 24 months, since November 12, 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $64,344 to close, or 4.3% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $15,100
- Mortgage recording tax: $21,801
- Title insurance: $6,795
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $20,649
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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Comparable buildings
- 1212 Fifth Avenue — A prewar condominium on the same avenue, with a taller building form and comparable residential scale.
- 1200 Fifth Avenue — Another park-front prewar condominium, providing a comparison for Fifth Avenue exposure and condominium tenure.
- 478 Central Park West — A prewar condominium near the park's north end with a similarly modest building height.
- 467 Central Park West — A larger prewar condominium inventory on the opposite side of Central Park.
- The Gatsby — A prewar condominium conversion of similar residential scale, with a taller profile and an interior-block setting.
More Fifth Avenue buildings
- 1170 Fifth Avenue — 1926 co-op by J.E.R. Carpenter
- 1200 Fifth Avenue — 1928 condominium by Emery Roth
- 1212 Fifth Avenue — 1925 condominium by George and Edward Blum
- 1215 Fifth Avenue (Brisbane House) — 1926 co-op by Schultze & Weaver
- 1270 Fifth Avenue — 1957 co-op
- 1280 Fifth Avenue (One Museum Mile) — 2008 condominium by Robert A.M. Stern Architects
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Fifth Avenue — read The Roebling Team Guide to Fifth Avenue.
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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