York Towers (1498 York Avenue)

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; what a kitchen or bath renovation can take depends on current systems and the alteration rules. 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.

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 — offers specific facilities to compare with nearby cooperatives; confirm parking availability, access and fees.

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.

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.

Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,080/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 2.8% 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 1-01576-0001). 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.

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, with apartment size, condition and price to compare against dated sales in both pre-war and post-war buildings. 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 complete board package.

The selling story here is amenity-and-location, told plainly. Lead with the building’s documented features — 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.

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 East 79th Street
• 325 East 79th Street — East 79th Street post-war peer