155 East 93rd Street
155 East 93rd Street, New York, NY 10128
Carnegie Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1015220020 · BIN 1048388
- Year built
- 1928
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 74
- Floors
- 12
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- 24-hour doorman, live-in superintendent, central laundry and bicycle room, per listing records. Listing records describe recent upgrades to the elevators, lobby and hallways
- Financing
- Up to 70 percent, per listing records
- Flip tax
- 1 percent, paid by the buyer, per listing records. A flip tax is a transfer fee paid to the cooperative when an apartment sells
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at 155 East 93rd Street would likely sell for today, what it costs to sell, and what you’d walk away with — reviewed personally against condition, exposures, renovation quality, and the competition actually on the market.
Lexington Avenue is the edge of the Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District on this block. Everything west of the avenue, from 1185 Park Avenue to the Lexington row, is inside it. 155 East 93rd Street, on the east corner, is not. The result is a late-1920s doorman building with the look and layouts of its landmarked neighbors, where exterior work needs only DOB approval. For a buyer, that makes renovation planning simpler and faster. For the building, it means more freedom over windows, rooftop equipment and masonry repairs than the co-ops across the avenue have.
The main structural fact is the sponsor. The building converted in 1982 under an eviction plan. Four decades later, the sponsor entity is still selling apartments; the most recent sale on the public record is from January 2023. A continuing sponsor position affects how the board is made up. It keeps some apartments occupied by renters rather than owners. And lenders look at it when they decide whether to finance an apartment in the building. The documents on file are from the early 1990s, when the sponsor's monthly maintenance bill was about $15,500. The current number is the first thing to ask.
The second fact is the commercial space. About 4,000 square feet of ground-floor retail gives the building revenue beyond maintenance. That helps in good years and adds vacancy risk in bad ones. A buyer should look at the retail lease terms and how long they run.
Architecture and unit composition
Architectural records describe a brick building with a two-story limestone entrance surround and a canopied entrance behind a low wrought-iron fence, with a granite-paved forecourt. The rooftop water tank is exposed. The building is on a corner, so apartments on the Lexington and 93rd Street sides get light from two directions.
Combinations are steady here. DOB records 5F with 5G (2012), 4F with 4G (2018) and 6E with 6F (2021, with five replacement windows). There were also full apartment renovations, including 6D in 2017. Listing records show one-bedroom apartments among recent offerings, with combined apartments at the larger end. Because the building is outside the historic district, the 2021 window replacement needed only DOB approval. Inside the district it would also have needed LPC review.
Building operations
Department of Buildings records show a building that keeps up with its façade:
- 2012 — façade and roof. About $496,000 filed: lintel replacement, parapet flashing, brick repointing, masonry repair and terra-cotta patching and replacement.
- 2013 — heating fuel. A new metal chimney liner and a switch from No. 6 to No. 2 heating oil. No. 6 oil was banned in the city, so this was a required upgrade the building has already completed.
- 2023 — masonry. About $342,000 filed for repair and replacement of exterior masonry, including brick, architectural terra cotta, precast copings and masonry parapets.
The 2021 refinancing consolidated about $2.9 million of debt with a commercial bank, replacing cooperative-bank financing. The public record does not show the rate or maturity. The 2021 date matters: if the rate was fixed then, it was set near the bottom of the interest-rate cycle. Ask when the loan matures, because the next refinancing is likely to be at a higher rate.
The plan amendments on file also cover the building's 1980s capital work: a heating renovation, waterproofing and elevator work, paid for through shareholder assessments and a 1987 consolidated mortgage. That history is thirty years old and useful only as background.
Policy framework
Current policy here is documented only in listing records. The offering plan amendments on file cover conversion mechanics and early finances, not today's rules. Treat each item below as something to confirm:
- Flip tax: 1 percent, paid by the buyer.
- Financing: Up to 70 percent. That is conservative for a doorman building in Carnegie Hill. Plan for a 30 percent down payment.
- Pets: Case by case; cats and dogs.
- Pied-à-terre: Case by case.
- Washer/dryers: Not permitted in apartments.
- Assessment: Listing records refer to a monthly assessment in addition to maintenance, in the low hundreds of dollars per apartment. What it pays for and when it ends are not documented.
Not documented: sublet terms, trust and LLC purchases, and the post-closing liquidity requirement.
Recent sales
The building trades as a prewar doorman cooperative on the Lexington Avenue side of Carnegie Hill. Combined apartments price on their own basis. As a cooperative, compare it on price per room and monthly maintenance, not price per square foot. The 1 percent buyer-paid flip tax and 70 percent financing ceiling both affect a buyer's cash at closing and belong in any comparison with neighboring co-ops.
Measured through the last complete year, 2025, Carnegie Hill prewar cooperatives east of Park Avenue have been steady. Renovated apartments in full-service buildings sell at a clear premium over apartments needing work.
Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Recent transfers at this building, sourced from NYC Department of Finance records. Apartment-level detail (line, condition, asking-price context) verified upon consultation request.
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2026 | 6A | $1,249,000 |
| Oct 17, 2025 | 9EF | $1,450,000 |
| Jan 29, 2025 | 11B | $1,400,000 |
| Apr 19, 2024 | 3G | $575,000 |
| Feb 2, 2024 | 3A | $795,000 |
| Nov 1, 2023 | 11D | $670,000 |
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01522-0020) 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.
At the recent median sale of $1.4M (3 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $27,800 to close, or 2.0% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $14,000
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $13,800
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
Ask how many apartments the sponsor still holds. ACRIS shows sponsor sales as recently as January 2023. Get the current number, whether the sponsor's apartments are rented, and whether the sponsor is current on maintenance. The answer affects your financing and the board's makeup.
Confirm the tax abatement status. The Department of Finance's building-level record shows the cooperative abatement active through tax year 2023 and inactive in the tax-year 2024 records. That could be a recording change and not a lost benefit. But if the abatement lapsed, maintenance would rise for every eligible shareholder. Ask the managing agent for the current DOF abatement letter.
Plan for 30 percent down. At a 70 percent financing ceiling, run the True Monthly Carrying Cost Calculator with that down payment, and add the current assessment to the maintenance.
Get the retail lease terms. The ground-floor rent supports the budget. Ask when the leases end and whether any space is vacant.
Ask when the 2021 loan matures. A refinancing at higher rates will show up in maintenance.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the façade record. Façade and roof work in 2012, the fuel conversion in 2013 and a masonry program in 2023 give a buyer's engineer a clear history. Have the latest Local Law 11 report ready.
Explain the landmark position. Buyers who know Carnegie Hill will assume the building is landmarked. It is not, and for anyone planning a renovation that is an advantage.
Deal with the sponsor question early. A continuing sponsor position will come up in the buyer's attorney's review. Get the managing agent's current figures and put them in the listing package.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 155 East 93rd Street, also evaluate:
- 150 East 93rd Street — the 1923 cooperative across 93rd Street at the southeast corner of Lexington, also outside the historic district
- 1435 Lexington Avenue — a prewar cooperative on the same tax block at the East 94th Street corner
- 152 East 94th Street — Boak & Paris's 1938 Art Deco doorman cooperative on the same block
- 131 East 93rd Street and 125 East 93rd Street — 1920s cooperatives on the same block west of Lexington, inside the historic district
- 1185 Park Avenue — Schwartz & Gross's 1928 cooperative at the Park Avenue end of the block; the landmark step up
- 161 East 91st Street — a 1941 cooperative two blocks south
- 49 East 96th Street — a Carnegie Hill cooperative of similar size at the north edge of the neighborhood
- 134 East 93rd Street — the late-1980s condominium on the same street; the tenure alternative
More Upper East Side buildings
- Morgan House (153 East 87th Street) — 1928 condop
- 155 East 72nd Street — 1927 co-op by Cross & Cross
- 155 East 79th Street — 2013 condop by BKSK Architects
- 156 East 79th Street — 1917 co-op by Schwartz & Gross
- 157 East 74th Street — 1985 condominium
- 158 East 72nd Street — 1928 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Upper East Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper East Side.
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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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