156 East 79th Street
156 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10075
BBL 1014130050 · BIN 1043254
- Year built
- 1917
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark status
- Requires confirmation
- City records and our profile differ. Confirm with building management.
- Pets
- Pets permitted with conditions; species not stated
- Washer/dryer
- Permitted with conditions
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median, 2023–2025
- $903K
- 4 qualifying sales
- Recent range
- $835K – $4.1M
- Listing discount
- 7.1%
- Recorded transfers
- 33
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156 East 79th Street is a long-established Lenox Hill cooperative — a 1917 pre-war building by Schwartz & Gross, built by the Tishman organization, on a quiet mid-block stretch of 79th Street between Lexington and Third. Schwartz & Gross were among the most prolific apartment-house architects of pre-war New York, responsible for some of the era's most enduring buildings on both the East and West Sides, and 156 East 79th carries their characteristic combination of solid masonry, generous room counts, and well-judged proportion.
The building's appeal is its bones. The original plan ran to roughly two large eight-room apartments and a seven-room apartment per floor — substantial homes by any measure — and while some have since been combined or split, the underlying scale remains. It is a boutique pre-war co-op.
For buyers, 156 East 79th offers what the neighborhood does best: a gracious pre-war apartment with real ceiling height and entertaining flow, inside a full-service cooperative, on a quiet residential block steps from Madison Avenue and the Lexington Avenue subway.
Architecture and unit composition
The building presents a restrained pre-war face: a gray granite base, a canopied two-story arched entrance, and a masonry shaft detailed in the dignified, unfussy manner Schwartz & Gross brought to the era's better apartment houses. It sits comfortably mid-block, neither monumental nor modest — exactly the register of its surroundings.
Inside, the apartments are the draw. The original configuration — large eight- and seven-room homes, often two or three to a floor — produced layouts with formal foyers, separate living and dining rooms, and distinct entertaining and bedroom wings. Many apartments retain pre-war detail: high ceilings, hardwood floors, and decorative moldings. Because some homes have been combined into larger spreads and others subdivided, the building offers genuine variety, from full-floor and near-full-floor residences to more compact pre-war layouts.
Building operations
156 East 79th is a full-service cooperative with a 24-hour doorman, porters, and a live-in resident manager. A central laundry room, individual basement storage, and bicycle storage are available to shareholders.
On house rules, the cooperative is pet-friendly and permits the installation of a washer/dryer in-unit with board approval. Confirm the building's current financing limit, liquidity, pied-à-terre, occupancy and subletting requirements from its governing documents and application instructions. As with all co-ops, the board package and interview are substantive.
Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted with conditions; species not statedOn house rules, the cooperative is pet-friendly and permits the installation of a washer/dryer in-unit with board approval. The building's pet-friendly stance and willingness to permit in-unit washer/dryers with approval are practical advantages.Source: The Roebling Team's building profile
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Permitted with conditionsBoard approvalSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Maintenance, per room
- $1,188 per room a monthMedian of 5 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Maintenance, per square foot
- $3.17 per square foot a monthMedian of 3 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
Maintenance as recorded with each sale. A co-op's maintenance already covers the building's real estate taxes and the building's own mortgage, if it has one; add your own loan payment for the monthly outlay. A summary of recorded sales, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Attended lobby
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Live-in superintendent
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Bike storage, storage, laundry roomSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $46,475/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $65
- Modeled exposure split equally across 60 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the inspector (QEWI) identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2020–25. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
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.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2025 | 13C | 2 BR · 2 BA | $835,000 | -12.1% | |
| May 22, 2024 | 6B | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 3,000 sf | $4,100,000 | $1,367/sf | +2.6% |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 10A | 2 BR · 2 BA | $930,000 | -2.1% | |
| Jan 10, 2024 | 12B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,325 sf | $875,000 | $660/sf | -12.1% |
| Dec 13, 2023 | 4A | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,100 sf | $1,600,000 | $762/sf | -19.9% |
| Apr 11, 2023 | 1CE | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,950 sf | $1,425,000 | $731/sf | +1.8% |
| Aug 17, 2022 | 8A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $2,292,500 | -18.0% | |
| Jun 1, 2022 | 6 | 3 BR · 3 BA | $2,300,000 | -6.1% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2024): a median $819/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 sales. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount 5.0% 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.
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 1-01413-0050). 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.
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What to know if you’re buying
Buying here is buying into a pre-war cooperative. Expect a complete board package and interview, and confirm the financing limit and any occupancy requirements from the application instructions. The building's pet-friendly stance and willingness to permit in-unit washer/dryers with approval are practical advantages.
The location is a quiet Lenox Hill block that puts Madison Avenue's boutiques and restaurants, the Lexington Avenue 6 train at 77th Street, the Q at 72nd or 86th, and Central Park all within a short walk. We help buyers evaluate the building's financials, assess condition and layout against price, and assemble a complete board package.
What to know if you’re selling
The marketing core here is pre-war scale and a respected Schwartz & Gross pedigree. Selling well means presenting an apartment's proportions, light, and condition to qualified buyers, and pricing against recent Lenox Hill pre-war trades.
Limited inventory works in a seller's favor. Combined full-floor homes should be benchmarked separately from smaller layouts. We market these apartments to buyers prepared for the board process and manage the package through the board's review.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 156 East 79th Street, also evaluate nearby Upper East Side cooperatives, checking construction era individually:
- 136 East 79th Street — pre-war Lenox Hill cooperative on the same block
- 50 East 79th Street — Upper East Side co-op nearby; verify construction era
- 180 East 79th Street — full-service East 79th Street cooperative
- 229 East 79th Street — Upper East Side cooperative to the east
- 825 Fifth Avenue — pre-war Fifth Avenue cooperative nearby
More Upper East Side buildings
- 155 East 73rd Street — 1923 co-op by George F. Pelham
- 155 East 79th Street — 2013 condominium by BKSK Architects
- 155 East 93rd Street — 1928 co-op
- 157 East 74th Street — 1985 condominium
- 157 East 75th Street — 1881 co-op
- 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.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
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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