127 East 64th Street
127 East 64th Street, New York, NY 10065
BBL 1013997501 · BIN 1042413
- Year built
- 1907
- Type
- Condominium
- Floors
- 5
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Upper East Side Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Maximum financing
- 80% of the purchase price
- Doorman
- Virtual doorman
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at 127 East 64th Street 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.
127 East 64th Street is a townhouse in a historic district that trades as a condominium. Compare its architecture, outdoor space and purchase requirements with specific whole-house and apartment alternatives. Here, a 20-foot neo-Federal townhouse between Park and Lexington is divided into a handful of full-floor and duplex residences with condominium transfer mechanics: no co-op board interview, financing up to 80% of the purchase price under the building's documented terms, and trust, LLC and pied-à-terre rules to confirm in the current declaration and bylaws. The number of comparable townhouse condominiums requires a defined geographic inventory.
The architecture is documented to an unusual standard because the building sits in the Upper East Side Historic District. Per the LPC's designation report, the house was built in 1907–08 to designs by Pickering & Walker for Ellen W. Turnbull, replacing an 1876–77 brownstone from the ten-house speculative row that developer John McCool ran from No. 115 to No. 133 in 1876. Pickering & Walker worked in the neo-Federal vocabulary here as they had at 113 East 65th Street the year before — buff brick, stone trim, arched second-floor windows, a dormered cornice — part of the early-20th-century wave that re-faced Victorian brownstone blocks in Georgian and Federal dress. The designation report also records the later layers: a 1919 rear extension and bay window by Kenneth M. Murchison — the Beaux-Arts-trained architect better known for his railroad terminals and as impresario of the Beaux-Arts Balls — and a 1926 penthouse addition.
For buyers today, the relevant history is simpler: a five-story elevator house, three residences, on one of the most consistently elegant blocks in the East 60s, with the facade protected by the historic district around it.
Architecture and unit composition
The house presents five stories of neo-Federal buff brick behind a pilastered central entrance, with the 1926 penthouse set above the cornice line. Inside, city records carry four condominium units; in practice the building operates as three residences, with combinations documented in listing records. The scale is genuinely house-like: the largest configuration — a duplex marketed at roughly 4,000 square feet with three bedrooms, six baths, and twelve rooms per listing records — spans what were originally two units, and listing records describe a multilevel residence of approximately 3,750 square feet with three private outdoor areas; confirm its floor arrangement and legal boundaries against the current plans. Listing records describe nearly 12-foot ceilings, original moldings, fireplaces, and the rear exposures over the garden line created by the Murchison extension. A keyed elevator opens privately; laundry is in-unit.
Building operations
There is no staff. The building runs on a keyed elevator, a virtual doorman system per listing records, and a unit-owner board of, effectively, three. The staffing and residence count do not establish low common charges; review actual charges and reserves, and underwrite the operation deliberately: package logistics, maintenance contracting, and capital decisions all run through a tiny ownership group, and a single major facade or mechanical project is shared three or four ways. Because the building sits in the Upper East Side Historic District, exterior alterations generally require LPC permission; some ordinary maintenance is exempt. DOB-permitted interior work also requires LPC permission, with the review path determined by the scope. The condominium's offering plan and by-laws should be obtained and reviewed during diligence; policy specifics are thinly documented publicly.
Financing and purchase requirements
- Maximum financing
- 80% of the purchase priceSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Virtual doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Virtual or video entry
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of Buildings elevator records
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
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 limits apply to a building on its own. It is still covered if it shares a tax lot or condominium board with buildings totaling over 50,000 sq ft; confirm on DOB’s covered-buildings list.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 2023 | 1 | 3 BR · 5.5 BA · 3,750 sf | $6,200,000 | $1,653/sf | -9.5% |
| May 14, 2009 | 3E | 2 BR · 1,763 sf | $2,500,000 | $1,418/sf | -9.4% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2023) cleared a median $1,653/sf (recorded) across 1 sale.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01399-7501; 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.
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What to know if you’re buying
The condo structure is the distinguishing feature. Townhouse living with condominium mechanics — no co-op board interview and financing to 80% of the purchase price — is an uncommon format on the Upper East Side. Confirm trust and pied-à-terre structures in the declaration, bylaws and house rules with your attorney.
Underwrite the micro-building reality. Three residences share every roof, boiler, and facade decision. Your attorney should review the condominium's financials, reserve posture, and any planned capital work with particular care — there is no large shareholder base to absorb surprises.
Verify the conversion documents. The condominium's declaration history is not firmly documented in public records (the building carries an unusually low Manhattan condo number, while city planning records reflect a 1988 apportionment). The offering plan and by-laws settle unit boundaries, roof and terrace rights, and elevator obligations — obtain them early.
Confirm the Landmarks review path. Exterior alterations generally require LPC permission, and DOB-permitted interior work also needs LPC permission, often through a Certificate of No Effect. Eligible work may receive staff approval; some ordinary maintenance is exempt. Review the actual window, rear-extension, roof or interior scope and alteration history when budgeting time.
Price the outdoor space and the quiet. The block sits in a limited-height district between Park and Lexington — review the applicable height controls and nearby development potential; zoning alone does not guarantee light or long-term value. Run the Mansion Tax Calculator at this price tier; residences in this building trade in the upper brackets.
What to know if you’re selling
Market the format before the finishes. The buyer who pays the premium here is buying townhouse scale without townhouse obligations and condo mechanics without a tower. Name the structural facts — Pickering & Walker, 1907, historic-district protection, three residences, keyed elevator — with precision.
Expect a thin but motivated buyer pool. This is a niche product at a niche price point; comparables come from townhouse-condo conversions and small-house sales across the East 60s and 70s, not from apartment-building lines. Pricing discipline matters more than speed-to-market tactics.
Prepare the documents in advance. Assemble the offering plan, by-laws, financials and alteration history before marketing to support diligence; preparation does not establish the cause of most delays or guarantee a faster closing.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 127 East 64th Street, also evaluate:
- 32 East 64th Street (The Verona) — the block-adjacent grand pre-war co-op; the full-service alternative with a board
- 160 East 65th Street (The Phoenix) — the nearby full-service co-op alternative at apartment scale
- The Touraine (132 East 65th Street) — boutique new-construction condominium one block north; the modern-product comparison
- 11 East 68th Street (The Marquand) — pre-war condominium conversion; the larger-scale condo-flexibility peer
- 33 East 74th Street — landmarked townhouse-row condominium conversion; the closest like-for-like format
- Manhattan House (200 East 66th Street) — the landmark full-service condo alternative east of Third
- East 60s–70s single-family townhouse stock between Park and Lexington — the whole-house alternative for buyers weighing format against price
More Upper East Side buildings
- 125 East 93rd Street — 1924 co-op by George F. Pelham
- The Girard, 125 East 84th Street — 1928 co-op
- 126 East 86th Street (ARLOPARC) — 2024 condominium
- 129 East 69th Street — 1916 co-op
- 129 East 82nd Street — 1916 co-op
- 130 East 63rd Street — condop
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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