1530 Third Avenue

The exterior is SOM's contribution: a pale, ordered grid that brings light into the apartments through oversized windows, with deep loggias carved into the side elevations to give residents private outdoor space and to break the massing. It is a calm, modern building that holds its own against the heavy retail and transit energy of the 86th Street corner.

The 24 residences are large by new-construction standards, averaging around 2,280 square feet — the kind of three- and four-bedroom layouts that suit families who want to own rather than rent in Yorkville. New construction here means contemporary ceiling heights, modern mechanical and air systems, and an efficient, well-lit floor plate designed from the ground up. The building also carries 150 feet of retail frontage on 86th Street, anchoring it to the corridor's shopping life.

For a 24-unit building, the amenity program is well-judged: a package room, a library, a game room, a resident lounge, and a private garden — a social-and-service suite scaled to a boutique condominium rather than a sprawling tower. The location does heavy lifting. The building sits directly atop the 86th Street transit hub, with the Q (Second Avenue subway) and the 4-5-6 at Lexington both within a short walk, and the crosstown bus at the door. Central Park and Carl Schurz Park are each a few blocks off, and 86th Street's full run of retail, grocery, restaurants, and services is at street level and immediately around. For a buyer who prioritizes convenience — subway, shopping, schools, and parks all within minutes — few corners in the neighborhood are better connected.

As a new condominium, 1530 Third Avenue has no co-op board admissions process — purchases run through the condominium's application and right-of-first-refusal process rather than a board package and interview. Financing, leasing and ownership-entity rules — including pied-à-terre, trust, LLC and investment purchases — should be confirmed in the current declaration, bylaws and house rules. For a Yorkville buyer who wants ownership without a co-op board, that is the building's core appeal.

It is not yet complete. The sponsor markets the building as Maison171 at 171 East 86th Street with an estimated 2027 completion, a developer estimate rather than a delivery date; the Attorney General accepted the condominium offering plan (CD250179) in February 2026 and lists no effective date, and no certificate of occupancy appears in Department of Buildings records. Distinguish sales availability, construction progress and lawful occupancy before you commit. The residences are offered under a condominium plan filed with the New York State Attorney General; closing mechanics, common charges, and tax treatment follow that plan, and we help buyers read it, benchmark the pricing, and structure the deal.

Recent sales

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01515-0033; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). 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.

New construction and the SOM name are the marketing core. A boutique, architect-designed condominium at a transit hub is differentiated product in a corridor of prewar co-ops and aging rentals — that scarcity is the durable selling point. Benchmark to recent Upper East Side new-development condominiums, not the prewar co-op stock nearby; the comparable set is other new condo inventory along Third, Second, and the Second Avenue subway line. Closing mechanics are condominium-standard — a resale clears through a right-of-first-refusal rather than a board. Resale advice waits on closings: the building is still in its sponsor sales period, and city records show no condominium unit lots or first-owner closings yet; with only 24 residences, resale inventory will be thin once closings begin, and pricing advice should be updated against actual closings.

If you're considering 1530 Third Avenue, also evaluate nearby Upper East Side inventory:

• 1186 Third Avenue — full-service building on the same corridor
• 1230 Third Avenue — Third Avenue building nearby
• 320 East 86th Street — full-service building near the 86th Street hub
• 345 East 86th Street — large Yorkville building nearby