140 East 81st Street

The Englewood is a twelve-story prewar building in the classic Upper East Side mold: a limestone base grounding a brick shaft, with decorative detailing and a landscaped setback at the sidewalk that softens the streetwall. Inside, the apartments deliver the prewar fundamentals buyers seek — high ceilings, hardwood floors, and original details including beamed ceilings and moldings in many lines.

The 82 residences run the prewar range from efficient one-bedrooms to family-sized layouts, including combined and penthouse homes near the top of the building. Because the building has reinvested in its common areas, the experience is current — a maintained lobby, a modern fitness room, and the rare planted garden — while the apartments retain their prewar bones. It is a building that reads as both old and well-kept, the combination most Carnegie Hill buyers are after.

The cooperative is run as a full-service, owner-occupied building with a full-time doorman and a live-in superintendent. Day-to-day, residents have a central laundry room, a bike room, private storage, the fitness room, and the courtyard garden — an amenity set scaled generously for an 82-unit prewar house.

The defining operational fact is financial: The Englewood carries no flip tax and runs notably low monthly maintenance, the marker of disciplined long-term management and a healthy underlying balance sheet. That structure makes the building unusually efficient to own and uncomplicated to sell.

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.

Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,747/sf across 2 sales. Median listing discount 3.0% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01509-0051) 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.

This is a traditional cooperative, so a purchase clears a board package and interview, and the building applies sensible house rules. The financing posture is conservative — the cooperative permits up to 75% financing — so plan your down payment accordingly. There is no flip tax, which directly lowers the all-in cost of a transaction here relative to most Upper East Side co-ops.

On lifestyle rules, the building is pet-friendly, with the customary limit of one dog per apartment, and pieds-à-terre are welcome — both policies that widen the building's appeal and are genuinely useful to dog owners and part-time New Yorkers. Washer/dryers are permitted in apartments, a meaningful convenience in a prewar building. The combination of low maintenance, no flip tax, and accommodating rules makes The Englewood one of the more buyer-friendly prewar cooperatives in the neighborhood.

The location is the practical payoff: Central Park and Museum Mile are a short walk west, the 4/5/6 and Q trains are close by with easy crosstown bus connections, and the surrounding blocks offer the established Carnegie Hill and Yorkville restaurant, café, and grocery row — including the gourmet markets the neighborhood is known for — within a couple of blocks.

The selling story is value and ease. Lead with the three facts that distinguish this building from its prewar peers: no flip tax, low maintenance, and a genuine amenity package — a fitness room, courtyard garden, bike room, and storage — in a 1928 building close to Central Park. Those points convert directly into buyer confidence and net proceeds.

Position the apartment within the Carnegie Hill prewar market east of Park rather than against the trophy Fifth and Park Avenue houses; the value proposition is the selling point, not a liability. Be ready to highlight the pet-friendly and pied-à-terre policies and the in-unit washer/dryer allowance, all of which expand the buyer pool. With steady, moderate turnover and a well-managed balance sheet, a properly priced and prepared listing here finds its buyer efficiently.

If you're considering The Englewood, evaluate these nearby Carnegie Hill and Upper East Side cooperatives:

• 112 East 81st Street — prewar cooperative on the same block
• 108 East 82nd Street — Carnegie Hill cooperative one block north
• 175 East 82nd Street — full-service cooperative nearby
• 201 East 80th Street — Upper East Side cooperative peer
• 140 East 83rd Street — prewar Carnegie Hill cooperative two blocks north

The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the Upper East Side, Carnegie Hill, and the broader Park-facing Manhattan market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers at value-oriented prewar cooperatives deserve building-specific intelligence — the maintenance structure, the no-flip-tax advantage, the house rules, and where pricing sits against the neighboring prewar stock.

If you're considering a purchase or sale at The Englewood, a focused consultation is the right starting point — we'll walk the comparison set, the board posture, and your numbers with you.