1440 Second Avenue
1440 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10021
Lenox Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1014500001 · BIN 1045135
- Year built
- 1966
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 138
- Floors
- 19
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Up to two cats with board approval; no dogs
Every recorded sale at this building, 2002–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $613K
- Recent range
- $449K – $1.8M
- Listing discount
- 3.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 102
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The Wilshire is a full-service postwar cooperative on a prominent Lenox Hill corner — a 1966 brick tower at the northeast corner of Second Avenue and East 75th Street, held by 301 East Tenants Corp and addressed both as 1440 Second Avenue and 301 East 75th Street. At 19 stories and 138 apartments, it is one of the taller full-service co-ops in the immediate area, with upper floors delivering open exposures and a landscaped roof deck that adds genuine common amenity.
The building's positioning is straightforward: strong value among full-service Lenox Hill co-ops, with 24-hour service, a fitness room, an on-site garage, and a roof deck at pricing that runs well below the trophy corridor. The trade-off is a more traditional policy posture — the cooperative restricts subletting and pied-à-terre ownership and permits cats but not dogs — which makes The Wilshire best suited to primary-residence buyers who want a well-run, amenity-equipped home rather than investment flexibility.
Architecture and building operations
Completed in 1966, The Wilshire is a 19-story postwar brick cooperative occupying the northeast corner of Second Avenue and East 75th Street, with 138 residences. Its avenue frontage carries ground-floor retail, typical of a corner co-op of this era, while the residential entrance is set on the building's addressed corner. The massing gives upper-floor lines open exposures and light across the low-scale surrounding blocks.
Operations are full-service. The building maintains a 24-hour doorman and a live-in resident manager, a fitness room, an on-site parking garage, a central laundry, and storage, together with a landscaped roof deck that serves as the building's signature common space. It is consistently regarded as one of the better values among full-service Upper East Side cooperatives for the level of service and amenity it delivers.
Policy framework
- Type: Cooperative — board interview required
- Pets: Up to two cats with board approval; no dogs
- Pied-à-terre: Restricted / not permitted
- Financing maximum: Confirm current guidance with the managing agent at offer stage
- Flip tax: Confirm structure and rate with the managing agent at offer stage
- Subletting: Restricted / not permitted
- Trust, LLC, foreign buyers: Generally case-by-case; co-purchasing, gifting, and guarantors reported as permitted — confirm at contract
- Board interview: Required
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $83,016/yr
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $175,131/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $50 – $106
- Modeled exposure split equally across 138 units (the city tax-lot count). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2020–25. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Recent sales
As a cooperative, The Wilshire trades on a price-per-room and maintenance-driven basis rather than the price-per-square-foot framing used for condominiums. Value here reflects the building's postwar layouts, its full-service operation and roof deck, its 19-story massing with open upper-floor exposures, and its Lenox Hill corner location — which, being east of Third Avenue and on an avenue frontage, sits at a discount to the interior Park-and-Fifth blocks.
The restrictive policy posture — no subletting, no pied-à-terre, cats-only — narrows demand to primary-residence buyers, which tends to keep pricing disciplined and accessible relative to more permissive buildings. Corner and avenue lines carry more street presence and light but also more avenue exposure; floor level and orientation materially affect value. Specific closed prices should be underwritten against current recorded transfers and in-building comparables rather than neighborhood averages.
Recent transfers at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. Prices are the transfer amounts recorded with the NYC Department of Finance; apartment-level detail is checked against the building’s own file in The Roebling Research Library before publishing.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2026 | 14J | 1 BA | $449,000 | +0.0% | |
| Feb 12, 2026 | 2G | 1 BR · 1 BA | $600,000 | -9.8% | |
| Sep 9, 2025 | 4EF | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,775,000 | -4.1% | |
| Jul 9, 2025 | 14A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 800 sf | $575,000 | $719/sf | -5.7% |
| May 15, 2025 | 5C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 750 sf | $610,000 | $813/sf | +1.8% |
| Feb 3, 2025 | 14D | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,465,000 | -2.0% | |
| Nov 19, 2024 | 10B | 1 BA · 550 sf | $515,673 | $938/sf | -6.1% |
| Sep 9, 2024 | 8A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $615,000 | -12.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2025): a median $749/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 sales. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 3.2% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 2012 | 10F | $601,000 |
| Dec 9, 2009 | 14G | $285,000 |
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 1-01450-0001). Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified in The Roebling Research Library. 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.
At the recent median sale of $600K (7 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $10,800 to close, or 1.8% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $10,800
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
- This is a primary-residence building. Subletting and pied-à-terre use are restricted; buyers seeking flexibility or an income hold should look elsewhere.
- The pet policy is limited — up to two cats with board approval, no dogs. Confirm before committing if pets are a factor.
- The amenity package is complete for the vintage — 24-hour doorman, live-in resident manager, fitness room, on-site garage, roof deck, laundry, and storage.
- Upper floors carry the premium for open exposures and light; weigh avenue-facing lines against quieter orientations.
- Expect a board interview and standard co-op diligence; co-purchasing, gifting, and guarantors are reported as permitted, which can help qualify.
What to know if you’re selling
- Position on value and service. The Wilshire's full-service operation, garage, and roof deck at accessible pricing are its core selling points.
- Target the primary-residence buyer. With subletting and pied-à-terre restricted, marketing should speak to owner-occupants rather than investors.
- Set the pet expectation up front to avoid late-stage friction — cats permitted, no dogs.
- Anchor pricing to recent in-building and immediate-corner comparables, adjusted for floor, exposure, and condition.
Comparable buildings
- 310 East 70th Street — nearby full-service Lenox Hill cooperative
- 404 East 66th Street (Hardenbrook House) — nearby Lenox Hill condominium
- 304 East 65th Street (The Rio) — nearby full-service Lenox Hill condominium
- 188 East 76th Street — nearby Upper East Side peer
- 308 East 72nd Street — nearby Lenox Hill peer
More Upper East Side buildings
- 1435 Lexington Avenue — 1925 co-op by George and Edward Blum
- 1437 Third Avenue (Le Trianon) — 1985 condominium by Liebman & Liebman
- 1438 Third Avenue (Maison East) — 1985 condominium
- 1474 Third Avenue (The New Yorker) — 1981 condominium
- 1498 Second Avenue (Lenox House, 301 East 78th Street) — 1963 co-op by SLCE Architects
- York Towers (1498 York Avenue) — 1960 co-op
The neighborhood
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How to read the facts on this page. Items attributed to an offering plan describe the building as it was offered at that filing — unit mix, square footage, the amenity program as planned. They are not a statement about how the building operates today. Tax and compliance figures are sourced separately to current City records and carry their own dates. House rules, staffing and fee policy can change by board resolution without any public filing: treat every policy line here as a starting point for diligence and confirm it with the managing agent. Where this page compares one building or neighborhood to another, that is our analysis of the recorded record — it names the measure, the period and the sample it rests on, and it is an observation about medians rather than a prediction about any particular apartment.
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