14 East 75th Street
14 East 75th Street, New York, NY 10021
- Year built
- 1928
14 East 75th Street is among the most architecturally distinctive prewar cooperatives in the entire Lenox Hill cross-street inventory — designed in a neo-Medieval (castle-like) vocabulary that contrasts sharply with the limestone-and-Renaissance idiom dominant in contemporary 1920s construction.
The structural identity rests on three features. First, the Schwartz & Gross architectural pedigree at the firm's 1920s peak — the firm's broader body of work includes 930 Park, 90 Riverside, and 180 East 79th. Second, the neo-Medieval castle-like brown brick composition — a stylistic departure from the dominant prewar register. Third, the double-height living rooms with 14-to-16-foot ceilings — a duplex-studio vocabulary derived from the early-20th-century artist-studio building tradition (compare 130 West 56th Street, 27 West 67th Street).
The building sits directly across from the former Whitney Museum of American Art (Marcel Breuer's 1966 building, now the Frick Madison and previously the Met Breuer) — placing it at the Madison-and-75th gallery-and-museum cultural anchor. One block from Central Park.
Recent sales
Per 6sqft, recent floor-through duplex listings have asked in the $3.9-7.25 million range, consistent with $1,500-2,400 per square foot for typical inventory and significantly higher for the larger duplex sixes.
Apartment-level closing detail should be sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers.
What to know if you’re buying
The neo-Medieval double-height living room vocabulary is structurally distinguishing. Rare in the UES cross-street inventory — most prewar apartments hew to a single-height neoclassical idiom.
The Schwartz & Gross architectural pedigree is real institutional context. The firm's broader Manhattan body of work places 14 East 75th in a substantial 1920s prewar tradition.
The Madison-and-75th cultural anchor — the former Whitney Museum / Frick Madison directly across the street — is structurally valuable urban context.
The leaded glass windows, wood-burning fireplaces, and herringbone parquet floors with original custom built-ins are real institutional interior credentials. Verify line-specific configuration during walkthrough.
Sub-trophy pricing combined with architectural distinction makes the building a discovery-tier cooperative. The address hasn't priced into the Candela/Carpenter premium but trades on architectural grounds in the same conversation.
Comparable buildings
- 130 East 75th Street — Schwartz & Gross 1928; same-architect Lenox Hill peer
- 180 East 79th Street — Schwartz & Gross 1929-30; same-architect Lenox Hill peer
- 4 East 72nd Street — Hoffman 1929; nearby Lenox Hill peer
- 2 East 70th Street — Candela / Walker & Gillette 1927-28; nearby Lenox Hill peer
- 170 East 78th Street (The Morgan Studios) — 1927 artist-studio cooperative; nearby cross-street peer
The Roebling Team at 14 East 75th Street
Corey Cohen · The Roebling Team at Compass 646.939.7375 · c.cohen@compass.com
Sources: CityRealty building page; Corcoran building page (lenox-hill/2057); Friends of the Upper East Side; 6sqft; Schwartz & Gross firm history; NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission Upper East Side Historic District Designation Report (LP-1051, 1981); NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers.