160 East 65th Street (The Phoenix)
160 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065
- Year built
- 1968
The Phoenix is one of the most architecturally distinguished postwar cooperatives in the entire Upper East Side inventory — an Emery Roth & Sons commission with a central garden designed by Paul Rudolph, the brutalist-modernist architect whose principal New York works include 23 Beekman Place (his own residence) and the Lower Manhattan Expressway studies.
The structural identity rests on three features. First, the Roth & Sons / Paul Rudolph architect collaboration — the Phoenix is one of the only Rudolph-designed exterior spaces accessible to a residential cooperative population anywhere in New York. Second, the architectural concrete construction — "one of the earliest residential buildings to use architectural concrete," a structurally and aesthetically distinctive choice in 1968 when most postwar UES coops were built in brick. Third, the 180-unit shareholder community operational sweet spot — large enough to support full amenity infrastructure (doorman, concierge, garage, bike room) without crossing into the impersonal large-tower register.
Recent sales
Apartment-level closing detail should be sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers.
What to know if you’re buying
The Paul Rudolph garden is structurally distinguishing. One of the only Rudolph-designed exterior spaces accessible to a residential cooperative population anywhere in New York.
The Emery Roth & Sons architectural concrete construction is real institutional context. Among the earliest residential buildings in Manhattan to use the material.
The 180-unit operational scale supports comprehensive amenity infrastructure. Doorman, concierge, garage with preferential shareholder rates, bike room.
The transit-accessible location — 4/5/6 at 59th, F at 63rd, Q at 63rd — is structurally valuable.
Hunter College adjacency anchors the broader Midtown East / Lenox Hill border context.
For buyers prioritizing postwar modernist architectural integrity (rather than prewar pastiche), the Phoenix is one of two or three structural answers in the entire UES inventory.
Comparable buildings
- 50 East 89th Street (Park Regis) — Emery Roth & Sons 1974; same-architect Carnegie Hill peer
- 45 East 89th Street — Lehrecke 1969 condop; nearby Carnegie Hill postwar peer
- 1 East 66th Street — Candela 1947; nearby Fifth Avenue peer
- 4 East 66th Street — nearby UES peer
- The Carlton House (21 East 61st) — nearby UES peer
The Roebling Team at The Phoenix
Corey Cohen · The Roebling Team at Compass 646.939.7375 · c.cohen@compass.com
Sources: CityRealty building page; HL Realty building reference; Brown Harris Stevens listings; Compass; Apartments.com / Homes.com; NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers.