155 East 73rd Street
155 East 73rd Street, between Lexington and Third avenues, Manhattan · Upper East Side
Lenox Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1014080022 · BIN 1043038
- Year built
- 1923
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- Designated
- Amenities
- Part-time doorman, resident superintendent, elevator, central laundry and bicycle storage
- Financing
- Up to 75% — confirm with the managing agent
- Flip tax
- 2% — confirm with the managing agent
Every recorded sale at this building, 2002–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $948K
- Recent range
- $625K – $1.1M
- Listing discount
- 4.3%
- Recorded transfers
- 57
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155 East 73rd Street is a Colonial Revival apartment house designed by George F. Pelham in 1923. Its brick-and-limestone exterior, arched entry and terra-cotta ornament form part of the Upper East Side Historic District Extension. Inside, the cooperative is known for comparatively compact prewar layouts with beamed ceilings and original detailing.
The building replaced older row houses on a site developed for the estate of Henry Goodman. It originally contained four apartments on a typical floor, plus penthouse and basement accommodation. Cooperative ownership began in 1988, and later combinations enlarged some of the original apartments.
The building's service structure includes a part-time doorman and resident superintendent. One- and two-bedroom homes account for much of its recurring resale activity, with larger combinations and penthouse configurations appearing less often. The shared laundry and bicycle storage support an otherwise residential common-area program.
Architecture and unit composition
Pelham organized the façade into a base, middle shaft and upper section. Red tapestry brick is laid in Flemish bond, with limestone at the lower levels and terra-cotta window details above. The central entrance has an arched limestone surround, pilasters and a triangular pediment; a projecting cornice finishes the roofline.
The interiors retain nine-foot beamed ceilings, wood floors and original molding in many apartments. Fireplaces are present in several homes, including decorative examples. Kitchens and bathrooms often have windows, and some plans preserve an entrance foyer between the front door and living room.
The smaller one-bedroom inventory includes homes around 600 square feet. Larger one- and two-bedroom layouts are commonly around 950–1,050 square feet, with differences in how the dining room is used. In some plans, a former formal dining room functions as a second bedroom, den or office.
Southern and eastern exposures occur in the building. Front rooms can look toward East 73rd Street and the lower carriage-house scale of the block. Corner one-bedroom homes may put the living room and bedroom on different exposures.
Through-wall air conditioning appears in renovated apartments. The kitchen can remain a separate windowed room, preserving the original division between cooking and living space. Larger combined apartments have altered the original four-apartments-per-floor pattern, while penthouses add a separate upper-level category.
Building operations
The cooperative has part-time door coverage, a live-in superintendent, basement laundry and bicycle storage. The lobby and hallways have been renovated, and the lobby has its own heating-and-cooling system. The staffed schedule is part-time, so it should not be represented as continuous door coverage.
Completed capital work has included façade compliance work, conversion from oil to gas and replacement of the rooftop water tank.
The landmark designation covers the exterior, including the brick, limestone, terra-cotta and window pattern. Exterior changes therefore involve the historic-district framework. The property has no building-wide tax abatement and is Class 2, with no assessment-growth cap.
Policy framework
Financing up to 75% and pets are permitted, and a 2% flip tax is stated — confirm with the managing agent. Pied-à-terre use, co-purchasing, guarantors and gifts are considered individually — confirm with the managing agent.
Subletting is permitted after two years of ownership, for one to two consecutive years within a five-year period — confirm with the managing agent. This is a limited sublet policy with an ownership waiting period.
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 20, 2026 | 7B | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,000 sf | $965,000 | $965/sf | -3.0% |
| Dec 12, 2025 | 2D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $625,000 | -3.8% | |
| Nov 25, 2024 | 9B | 2 BR · 1 BA | $810,000 | -4.7% | |
| Dec 21, 2023 | 6B | 2 BR · 1 BA · 950 sf | $930,000 | $979/sf | -6.5% |
| Sep 25, 2022 | 7D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $500,000 | +0.0% | |
| Sep 15, 2022 | 3A | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | $1,050,000 | -12.1% | |
| Feb 25, 2022 | 6B | 2 BR · 1 BA · 950 sf | $775,000 | $816/sf | -2.5% |
| Nov 12, 2021 | 2B | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,000 sf | $815,000 | $815/sf | -4.1% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $965/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 2.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2003 | 1C | $359,000 |
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 1-01408-0022) 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.
At the recent median sale of $810K (3 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $11,588 to close, or 1.4% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $11,588
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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Comparable buildings
- 168 East 74th Street: A similarly scaled prewar cooperative on the neighboring block.
- 135 East 74th Street: Another modest-inventory prewar cooperative in a slightly taller building.
- 150 East 73rd Street: A same-street cooperative from the same architectural period, with a larger residential inventory.
- 125 East 74th Street: A nearby prewar co-op of comparable height and residential scale.
- 120 East 75th Street: A small prewar cooperative for comparing the service structure and older apartment plans.
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- 155 East 79th Street — 2013 condop by BKSK Architects
- 155 East 93rd Street — 1928 co-op
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The neighborhood
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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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