- Year built
- 1929
- Type
- Cooperative
- 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
- $1.4M
- Recent range
- $625K – $2.3M
- Listing discount
- 3.7%
- Recorded transfers
- 100
151 East 83rd Street is a full-service prewar cooperative in the heart of the Upper East Side, on the quiet block between Lexington and Third just south of Carnegie Hill. Built in 1929 and converted to a cooperative in 1986, it is an eleven-story building of 77 residences — substantial enough to support real staffing and amenities, and positioned in one of the most consistently in-demand pockets of the East Side, within easy reach of the Lexington and Second Avenue subways, the Museum Mile, and Central Park.
The building's appeal is the combination of prewar character and livable amenity at an accessible scale. The red-brick facade with limestone spandrels and a canopied limestone entrance reads as a building of quality, and the residences carry features buyers genuinely prize — working fireplaces in select homes, large penthouse-level terraces, and a landscaped interior garden that gives the building a private green core unusual for a mid-block co-op. For a buyer who wants a real Upper East Side prewar with full service and a touch of charm, without the trophy pricing of the avenues, 151 East 83rd is a strong candidate.
Architecture and unit composition
The building is a confident example of 1929 apartment-house design: an eleven-story red-brick elevation detailed with decorative limestone spandrels and a four-story limestone surround framing the canopied entrance, the kind of facade treatment that signals a building constructed to a higher standard than the era's plainest stock. Behind it, the 77 residences span the prewar range, from efficient studios and one-bedrooms that make the building accessible through larger family layouts — with the gracious ceilings, entry foyers, and hardwood floors of the period throughout.
The differentiating features are the extras: working fireplaces in a number of homes, the large terraces on the upper floors, and the landscaped interior garden, a genuinely scarce amenity that gives ground- and lower-floor residents a quiet outdoor outlook and the building a private heart. Light and layout vary line to line, so exposure and floor matter materially when comparing units.
Building operations
This is a full-service cooperative — a full-time doorman and a live-in resident manager, with a porter staff maintaining the building, its garden, and its public spaces — supported by central laundry, a bike room, and private storage. The cooperative was formed in the 1986 conversion. Purchases clear through a standard cooperative board application and interview; buyers should review the building's financing and policy posture and reserve position as part of diligence, as at any well-run prewar co-op.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $14,649/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $16
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The facade passed its last inspection with no required repairs — nothing to budget for here, and no facade assessment on the horizon for roughly five years.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2026 | 5E | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,312,500 | +1.0% | |
| Nov 25, 2025 | PHB | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,821,925 | +1.5% | |
| Oct 16, 2025 | 6D | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,360,000 | +5.0% | |
| Sep 17, 2025 | 4GH | 3 BR · 3 BA | $1,875,000 | -3.8% | |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 5F | 1 BR · 1 BA | $830,000 | +4.4% | |
| Apr 18, 2024 | 6B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $675,500 | -1.4% | |
| Feb 22, 2024 | 10F | 1 BR · 1 BA | $625,000 | -3.7% | |
| Mar 14, 2023 | 8B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 803 sf | $795,000 | $990/sf | -6.4% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2023) cleared a median $986/sf across 2 sales. Median listing discount 3.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2026 | 2E | $1,295,000 |
| Aug 22, 2023 | 5GH | $2,300,000 |
| Nov 9, 2022 | 3D | $1,400,000 |
| Apr 19, 2022 | PHB | $1,595,000 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 8F | $699,000 |
| Jun 5, 2020 | 5F | $699,000 |
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 1-01512-0025) 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
The case is full-service prewar living in a prime East 80s location, at an accessible scale, with character features — fireplaces, terraces, a landscaped garden — that most mid-block co-ops can't offer. The variables to weigh are floor, light, and which extras a given line carries, since those drive both livability and resale value here. Plan for a cooperative board application and interview, and read the building's financials, reserve posture, and house rules before you commit. We help buyers benchmark the line, weigh the features, and prepare a board package that clears the first time.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the building's differentiators — the full-service staffing, the interior garden, and any fireplace or terrace the apartment carries — and price to the building's recent comparable lines and the East 80s prewar set. Those character features are what separate a home here from the generic East Side co-op inventory, so make them central to the presentation. A clean, complete board package keeps the deal on schedule. We position resales here against the comparable prewar cooperatives of the East 80s, where the building most directly competes.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 151 East 83rd Street, also evaluate the prewar cooperative stock of the East 80s:
- 140 East 81st Street — prewar cooperative nearby
- 108 East 82nd Street — full-service prewar co-op
- 140 East 83rd Street — prewar cooperative on the same block-line
- 124 East 84th Street — prewar cooperative to the north
- 112 East 81st Street — full-service prewar co-op
The Roebling Team at 151 East 83rd Street
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the Upper East Side — Carnegie Hill, the East 80s, and the broader Park-facing market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers evaluating a prewar cooperative deserve building-specific intelligence: the architecture, the value of the building's character features, the board's actual posture on financing and policy, and where a given apartment sits against the comparable set.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at 151 East 83rd, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.
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