14 East 90th Street
14 East 90th Street, New York, NY 10128
Carnegie Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1015010056 · BIN 1046978
- Year built
- 1928
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 50
- Floors
- 12
- Subletting
- Not permitted — an owner-occupancy building.
Compiled by The Roebling Research Desk from the building’s offering plan, amendments, and related building documents (primary source dated 2026). Board policies can change by amendment — confirm at the offer stage.
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 3BR median
- $3M
- Recent range
- $2.2M – $12M
- Listing discount
- 4.8%
- Recorded transfers
- 57
14 East 90th Street is J.E.R. Carpenter's only Carnegie Hill cross-street commission — a 1928 neo-Renaissance cooperative completed at the peak of the architect's prewar luxury residential output. Carpenter's broader Manhattan body of work includes 810, 907, 988, 1030, 1070, 1120, 1150, and 1165 Fifth Avenue and 580, 625, 640, 655, 812, and 950 Park Avenue — placing 14 East 90th in the most consequential pre-war residential cohort.
Everything proceeds from the Carpenter neo-Renaissance composition — twelve stories of brown brick with quoins, housing 50 residential apartments. What that scale would not normally support is the building's comprehensive amenity infrastructure for a 50-unit prewar: a gym, children's playroom, mini-basketball court, caged storage, three-step-down lobby, and sidewalk landscaping rarely found at the cross-street tier. Reinforcing both is a prime location adjacent to the Church of the Heavenly Rest and Trevor Day School, one block from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum garden, and steps from Engineers' Gate at Central Park.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $35,103/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $59
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
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 →Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- 2% of purchase price (Buyer, at closing)
- Sublet policy
- Not allowed
- Notable fees
- App processing $600 ($1,000 trust) +$250/co-applicant; move-in $2,000; financing fee $300; closing fee $800 ($850 w/o broker)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | 12D | 4 BR · 3 BA | $4,100,000 | +5.1% | |
| Jul 7, 2025 | 5A | 4 BR · 4.5 BA | $6,375,000 | -5.6% | |
| Jun 24, 2025 | 10A | 3 BR · 4.5 BA · 4,749 sf | $12,000,000 | $2,527/sf | -4.0% |
| May 16, 2025 | 4E | 3 BR · 3 BA | $2,200,000 | -8.3% | |
| Sep 20, 2024 | PHW | 3 BR · 3 BA | $10,500,000 | -12.5% | |
| Sep 19, 2023 | 7E | 3 BR · 3 BA | $2,995,000 | -7.8% | |
| Jul 6, 2023 | 6A | 4 BR · 3.5 BA | $6,180,000 | -3.4% | |
| Oct 19, 2022 | 11A | 5 BR · 5 BA | $9,975,000 | +0.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $2,485/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 4.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2005 | 3A | $2,875,000 |
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 1-01501-0056) 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 J.E.R. Carpenter architectural pedigree is real institutional context. The architect's broader Park / Fifth Avenue corpus places 14 East 90th in a substantial pre-war luxury residential tradition.
The amenity infrastructure is comprehensive for a 50-unit prewar. Gym, children's playroom, mini-basketball court — uncommon for the cross-street scale.
The prime Carnegie Hill location with Church of the Heavenly Rest, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, and Central Park adjacency anchors the urban context.
Verify specific policy framework with managing agent at diligence stage. The boutique prewar Carnegie Hill posture applies.
Closing timelines are cooperative-standard. Plan for 6 to 10 weeks from contract through board approval to closing.
Comparable buildings
- 4 East 88th Street — 1922 Georgian Revival; nearby Carnegie Hill cross-street peer
- 19 East 88th Street — Dowling 1937 Art Deco; nearby Carnegie Hill peer
- 17 East 89th Street — Ajello 1924; nearby Carnegie Hill peer
- 15 East 91st Street — Schultze 1947; nearby Carnegie Hill peer
- 21 East 87th Street — Roth 1927; nearby Carnegie Hill peer
Sources: The Roebling Research Library (offering plans, house rules, financial statements, board minutes, internal transaction records); NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers; publicly recorded NYC building data.
The neighborhood
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