York Towers (1498 York Avenue)
1498 York Avenue, New York, NY 10075
Yorkville, Upper East Side
BBL 1015760001 · BIN 1050764
- Year built
- 1960
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 112
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $1.5M
- Recent range
- $615K – $2.7M
- Listing discount
- 4.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 107
York Towers occupies a full corner of York Avenue and East 79th Street, in the heart of Yorkville — and its appeal is straightforward and lifestyle-driven. Completed in 1960, this 20-story post-war cooperative was built for the way the East Side actually lives: a 24-hour doorman, an on-site parking garage, a roof deck, a bike room, and recently refreshed common areas, all wrapped around efficient mid-century floor plans. It is not a landmark and does not pretend to pre-war grandeur; it is a well-run, well-located full-service building that does the everyday things right.
The amenity set is the case. The on-site garage is a genuine luxury on the East Side, where street parking is a daily chore — York Towers lets a car-owning household drop the car downstairs. The roof deck gives residents open sky and an outlook over Yorkville and toward the river a few blocks east. The building permits both pets and pieds-à-terre, which broadens its appeal to dog owners and second-home buyers who would be shut out of stricter co-ops. For a buyer who values convenience — staffed lobby, parking, outdoor space, flexible rules — over period detail, York Towers is a practical, livable choice.
The location does the rest. The building sits a short walk from Carl Schurz Park and the East River Esplanade to the east, the John Jay Park pool and playgrounds nearby, and the East 79th Street retail and restaurant spine. The Second Avenue subway at East 72nd and the crosstown bus put the rest of the city within easy reach.
Architecture and unit composition
York Towers is a straightforward post-war high-rise: a masonry tower on a corner lot, with the regular, repeating window lines and modest setbacks typical of 1960 York Avenue construction. The interest is in the floor plans. The building's roughly 112 apartments span 20 floors in a mix of one-, two-, and three-bedroom layouts, with the era's hallmark efficiency — sensible room proportions, good light from the larger windows, and far less wasted hallway than the pre-war stock.
Ceiling heights are characteristic of the period rather than soaring, but the trade is square footage that lives efficiently and a building envelope that readily takes modern kitchens and baths. Higher floors and the corner exposures carry the building's light and partial-outlook premium, with some upper homes catching open eastern light toward the river. Condition varies apartment by apartment with renovation history.
Building operations
York Towers runs as a full-service post-war cooperative. The staffing model centers on a 24-hour doorman and a live-in superintendent, with the recently renovated lobby setting the tone at entry. The amenity roster — an on-site parking garage, a roof deck, a bicycle room, and central laundry — is unusually complete for a building of its era and scale, and the garage in particular sets it apart from the surrounding co-op stock.
As an established cooperative, the building operates a standard board-approval process for purchases. Its rule set is on the accommodating side: pets are permitted and pieds-à-terre are allowed, which keeps the buyer pool wide. Maintenance covers the staff, the building's amenity operations, and its reserves and capital program in the usual co-op fashion.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $41,672/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $31
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 →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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2026 | 10C | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,470,000 | -5.2% | |
| Apr 16, 2026 | 14E | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,450 sf | $1,400,000 | $966/sf | -6.4% |
| Dec 12, 2025 | 5A | 4 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,200 sf | $2,700,000 | $1,227/sf | +1.1% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 12B | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | $1,650,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jul 21, 2025 | 7E | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,185,000 | -15.1% | |
| Apr 9, 2025 | 17E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 1,000 sf | $870,000 | $870/sf | -2.8% |
| Dec 19, 2024 | 8C | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,450 sf | $1,480,819 | $1,021/sf | -5.4% |
| Jul 17, 2023 | 15G | 1 BR · 1 BA | $615,000 | +15.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,080/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 2.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2006 | 3E | $685,000 |
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 1-01576-0001) 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
This is a board-approved cooperative purchase — expect a full board package, financial review, and interview. The building's appeal to a buyer is concrete: a staffed, full-service Yorkville corner with an on-site garage, a roof deck, and flexible pet and pied-à-terre rules, at post-war pricing that buys more space than the pre-war stock. Run the financing math early, since co-op boards set financing limits and post-closing liquidity expectations. We help buyers read the building's financials, benchmark the asking price, and prepare a board package that clears cleanly.
What to know if you’re selling
The selling story here is amenity-and-location, told plainly. Lead with what the building has that its neighbors don't — the on-site garage, the roof deck, the pet and pied-à-terre flexibility — and with the Yorkville position: Carl Schurz Park and the river esplanade, the East 79th Street retail spine, and the John Jay Park pool all within a few minutes. Price to the building's own recent closings and the comparable Yorkville post-war co-ops; floor and exposure drive the spread. A clean, well-prepared listing in a full-service building like this moves to a qualified, board-ready buyer.
Comparable buildings
If you're weighing York Towers, these nearby Yorkville and East 70s–80s full-service co-ops make a useful comparison set:
- 1562 York Avenue — Yorkville co-op to the north
- 333 East 79th Street — full-service co-op on the same block
- 325 East 79th Street — East 79th Street post-war peer
The neighborhood
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