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131 East 81st StreetRecorded sales & closing prices
131 East 81st Street, between Park and Lexington Avenues · Upper East Side
20 recorded transfers, 2005–2026. Sortable and searchable below.
- 2BR
- $1.73M
- Recent range
- $1.39M – $2M
- Listing discount
- 3.7%
- Monthly carry/sf
- $1.76
- Recorded transfers
- 20
Not enough recent activity to price (shown for completeness, not quoted): 1BR — last traded 2010; 4BR+ — last traded 2019.
The complete recorded-sale history for 131 East 81st Street, compiled from NYC Department of Finance transfer records, with apartment-by-apartment detail from The Roebling Research Library. Priced by apartment type — the honest unit for a co-op, where square footage isn’t officially recorded.
Latest closings
The 2BR trajectory
Every recorded 2BR. The building trades thinly year to year, so the story is the long arc, not any single year: 2BRs traded at roughly $1.35M in 2006–09 and about $1.73M in recent sales.
Each dot is one recorded sale, by close date and price; the line is the median for each year. Click any dot to jump straight to that sale below.
Every recorded sale
Sort any column; filter by unit or keyword. Prices are the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Apartment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | 9 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 4 rm | $1,995,000 | +0.0% |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 4A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 4 rm | $1,900,000 | +2.7% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 15 | 2 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | $1,385,000 | — |
| Nov 4, 2025 | PH15 | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 4 rm | $1,385,000 | -7.4% |
| Oct 12, 2023 | 10 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 5 rm | $1,565,000 | -10.6% |
| Dec 21, 2022 | PHA | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 5.5 rm | $2,950,000 | -15.6% |
| Mar 4, 2022 | 9 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 5 rm | $1,825,000 | +4.3% |
| Oct 28, 2019 | 2A | 4 BR · 4 BA · 8 rm | $2,975,000 | -9.8% |
| Mar 29, 2017 | 14A | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 4 rm | $1,250,000 | +2.0% |
| Oct 23, 2014 | 10 | 2 BR · 4.5 rm | $1,579,184 | -1.0% |
| Jun 9, 2014 | 9 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 4 rm | $1,700,000 | -2.9% |
| Feb 28, 2013 | 15 | 2 BR · 4 rmnon-market transfer (excluded from $/sf & trends) | $915,000 | — |
| Jun 6, 2012 | 9 | 2 BR · 2 BAoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | $1,542,000 | — |
| Sep 5, 2010 | 15 | 1 BR · 3 rm | $965,000 | -3.0% |
| Jul 7, 2008 | PHA | 2 BR · 5 rm | $2,525,000 | -4.7% |
| Aug 15, 2007 | 8 | 2 BR · 4 rm | $1,700,000 | -2.9% |
| Apr 22, 2007 | 6 | 2 BR · 4 rm | $1,295,000 | — |
| Nov 14, 2006 | 5 | 2 BR · 4 rm | $1,350,000 | -3.2% |
| Mar 7, 2006 | 15 | 1 BR · 3 rm | $965,000 | -3.0% |
| Mar 1, 2005 | 9 | 2 BR · 2 BAoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | $1,200,000 | — |
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01510-0015) and verified listing data. Co-op apartments are priced by unit type (bedroom count) rather than per square foot — square footage isn’t officially recorded for co-ops, and room counts carry some agent-entry inconsistency, so bedroom type is the reliable spine. Non-arms-length transfers and storage/parking are excluded; line and floor premiums are time-controlled to today’s pricing. Where transaction volume is too thin to support a figure, none is shown.
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