- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 17
- Floors
- 18
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Per the condominium rules
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium declaration
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2020
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,276
- Listing discount
- 2.2%
- Recorded sales
- 19
- On record
- 2003–2020
14 East 96th Street is a Carnegie Hill condominium whose defining feature is its layout: seventeen residences, one to a floor, each reached by a keyed elevator that opens directly into the apartment. That configuration — private-floor arrival, whole-floor light, and no shared corridor — is the kind of arrangement usually reserved for prewar co-ops or trophy new construction, delivered here in a boutique brick tower on one of the Upper East Side's most distinguished cross streets, between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue.
The block is prime Carnegie Hill: 96th Street between Fifth and Madison is lined with mansions and fine apartment houses, steps from Central Park at one end and Madison Avenue's shops and the neighborhood's museums nearby. 14 East 96th sits at the northern edge of this enclave — a full-floor building with a garden and a roof deck, offering the privacy of one-apartment-per-floor living with the ownership flexibility of a condominium. Residences carry in-unit washer/dryers and, on the appropriate floors, private terraces and balconies.
This is a small building where every residence is a full floor. Pricing turns on floor, exposure, and outdoor space rather than on any building-wide average.
Architecture and unit composition
14 East 96th Street is a late-twentieth-century brick tower organized around the full-floor residence. Each of the seventeen apartments occupies an entire floor and is entered directly from a keyed elevator, giving residents private arrival and cross-exposure light without a shared hallway. Terraces and balconies appear on the appropriate floors, and every residence includes an in-unit washer/dryer. The building's common outdoor space — a garden and a roof deck — extends the living space beyond the apartments.
At eighteen stories and seventeen units, the building is boutique by count but substantial by residence size. The amenity set is focused rather than sprawling: private-floor elevator access, a garden, a roof deck, storage, and a bicycle room.
Building operations
14 East 96th Street operates as a boutique full-floor condominium. The keyed-elevator, one-apartment-per-floor arrangement is the defining operational feature, delivering privacy and direct arrival. Common charges reflect a small building with a garden, a roof deck, and full-floor residences; buyers should model the full monthly carry and review reserves and any capital history during due diligence, as is prudent for a condominium of this age. Prospective buyers should also confirm the specifics of the elevator and floor-access arrangement and any staffing during due diligence, since these shape the day-to-day experience of a full-floor building.
Recent sales
As a condominium, 14 East 96th Street prices on a price-per-square-foot basis, with the higher floors, best exposures, and residences carrying private outdoor space commanding the building's premiums. Turnover is light in a seventeen-unit building of full-floor homes; both resale and owner-rental activity occur, but this is an ownership condominium, not a rental building. Apartment-level context — floor, exposure, terrace or balcony, and condition — drives pricing far more than any building average, and the one-apartment-per-floor privacy is the feature most likely to distinguish 14 East 96th from conventional Carnegie Hill stacks.
Recent closings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2020 | 7 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,250 sf | $1,595,000 | $1,276/sf | -4.8% |
| Jul 30, 2018 | 10 | 2 BR · 1,303 sf | $1,750,001 | $1,343/sf | +0.0% |
| Dec 20, 2017 | 7 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,303 sf | $1,750,000 | $1,343/sf | off-mkt |
| May 11, 2016 | 15 | 2 BR · 1,300 sf | $1,670,000 | $1,285/sf | -1.8% |
| May 4, 2015 | 16 | 2 BR · 1,300 sf | $1,700,000 | $1,308/sf | +3.0% |
| Apr 4, 2013 | 10 | 2 BR | $1,375,000 | -8.0% | |
| Nov 15, 2012 | 7 | 2 BR · 1,303 sf | $1,255,000 | $963/sf | off-mkt |
| Mar 26, 2012 | 18 | 1,505 sf | $1,620,000 | $1,076/sf | off-mkt |
Market read. Most recent trades (2020) cleared a median $1,276/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 2.2% 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 1-01507-7501) 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
What to know if you’re buying
Full-floor, private-arrival living is the product. Each residence occupies a full floor and is entered directly from a keyed elevator. That privacy is the building's defining feature; confirm exactly which floor plate, exposures, and outdoor space a given unit carries.
Outdoor space varies by floor. Terraces and balconies appear on the appropriate floors and drive premiums; verify what a specific residence includes.
Condo flexibility is real. Pied-à-terre, subletting, foreign buyers, and LLC/trust ownership are permitted under the declaration; closings run on condo timelines.
Underwrite the building's age and systems. Review the reserve position and any capital history during due diligence, as with any condominium of this vintage.
Mansion tax thresholds apply. At this building's pricing, the $1M, $2M, and higher cliffs can be in play. Run pricing through the Mansion Tax Calculator.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the full floor and the privacy. One apartment per floor with keyed-elevator arrival is the marketing story; photography and staging should read the whole-floor light and the private arrival.
Pricing requires apartment-level comps. With seventeen residences, floor, exposure, and outdoor space move the number more than any neighborhood average.
Own the Carnegie Hill address. The 96th Street block between Fifth and Madison, near Central Park and the museums, is a genuine selling point; market it plainly.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 14 East 96th Street, also evaluate these nearby Carnegie Hill and Upper East Side buildings:
- 8 East 96th Street — neighboring East 96th Street building
- 16 East 96th Street — nearby East 96th Street building
- 70 East 96th Street — nearby East 96th Street condominium
- 58 East 96th Street — nearby Carnegie Hill building
- 28 East 94th Street — nearby Carnegie Hill building
The Roebling Team at 14 East 96th Street
The Roebling Team at Compass works the full Carnegie Hill and Upper East Side market, including its boutique full-floor condominiums. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers of small, one-apartment-per-floor buildings deserve building-level intelligence — layout, operational reality, and apartment-level pricing context — rather than generic market commentary.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at 14 East 96th Street, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point. We'll bring the full context this page provides plus the transactional specifics your situation requires.
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