- Year built
- 1960
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 54
- Floors
- 7
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $783K
- Recent range
- $540K – $2.2M
- Listing discount
- 2.9%
- Recorded transfers
- 244
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147 Third Avenue is a 1960 postwar cooperative on the corner of Third Avenue and East 15th Street, at the Gramercy / East Village / Stuyvesant Square border. The building is marketed under both 147 Third Avenue and 201 East 15th Street; both refer to the same corner building and cooperative corporation, and listings generally appear under 201 East 15th.
It is a straightforward, well-located postwar co-op — an accessible entry point in a neighborhood that pulls demand from Gramercy, the East Village, and Union Square. The value proposition is location and price rather than architectural distinction.
Architecture and building operations
The seven-story postwar red-brick building carries an elevator, in-building laundry, a bike room, and a live-in superintendent. There is no doorman.
Inventory runs to larger one- and two-bedroom layouts.
Policy framework
- Type: Cooperative — board interview required
- Pets: Verify current board policy (Gramercy postwar co-ops are typically pet-friendly with approval)
- Subletting: Restricted; verify current board policy
- Pied-à-terre: Verify current board policy
- Flip tax: Verify
- Board interview: Required
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $28,285/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $44
- Modeled exposure split equally across 54 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 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.
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
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 21, 2026 | 9H | 5 BR · 1 BA | $565,000 | -0.7% | |
| May 15, 2026 | 4C | 5 BR · 1 BA | $565,000 | -5.7% | |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 1F | 2 BR · 1 BA | $750,000 | -25.0% | |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 2C | 5 BR · 1 BA · 525 sf | $540,000 | $1,029/sf | -1.6% |
| Oct 16, 2025 | 8H | 5 BR · 1 BA | $633,999 | -2.5% | |
| Oct 10, 2025 | 8R | 1 BR · 1 BA | $690,000 | -9.8% | |
| Aug 25, 2025 | 7C | 5 BR · 1 BA | $560,000 | -2.6% | |
| Jun 24, 2025 | 7PR | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,950,000 | -2.5% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2025): a median $1,210/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 sales. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 2.7% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2026 | 1P | $580,000 |
| Jan 12, 2026 | 4H | $615,000 |
| Dec 17, 2025 | 7AJ | $1,595,000 |
| May 6, 2025 | 7H | $775,000 |
| Aug 6, 2024 | 8M | $775,000 |
| May 2, 2024 | 7E | $1,450,000 |
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 1-00897-0001). 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 $710K (17 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $11,213 to close, or 1.6% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $11,213
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
Search both addresses. The building is marketed as both 147 Third Avenue and 201 East 15th Street — one building, one cooperative.
Location is the driver. The corner sits at the intersection of Gramercy, the East Village, and Stuyvesant Square, near Union Square transit.
Service is light-touch. There is no doorman; factor that into your comparison with full-service peers.
Confirm the policy framework at diligence. Pet, sublet, and pied-à-terre terms should be verified against current house rules.
Comparable buildings
- 229 East 29th Street — 1940 prewar cooperative with flexible rules
- 60 University Place (The Wordsworth) — 1926 Greenwich Village cooperative
- 303 East 57th Street (The Excelsior) — Birnbaum 1967; postwar cooperative
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.
More Gramercy buildings
- 133 East 15th Street — 1900 co-op
- 137 East 15th Street — co-op
- 145 East 15th Street (Gramercy Arms) — 1959 co-op
- 149 East 18th Street — co-op
- 150 East 23rd Street — 2019 condominium
- 151 East 20th Street — 1950 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Gramercy — read The Roebling Team Guide to Gramercy.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
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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