164 East 72nd Street
164 East 72nd Street, New York, NY 10021
Lenox Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1014060046 · BIN 1042822
- Year built
- 1925
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $1.3M
- Recent range
- $805K – $3.5M
- Listing discount
- 5.5%
- Recorded transfers
- 63
164 East 72nd Street is an intimate 1925 prewar cooperative in the heart of Lenox Hill, on the East 72nd Street spine between Lexington and Third — one of the most convenient residential addresses on the Upper East Side. It sits a few minutes from the Lexington Avenue and Second Avenue subways, the 72nd Street crosstown to Central Park, and the dense restaurant-and-retail life of Third Avenue, with Central Park a short walk west. It is a quiet, full-service building in the middle of everything.
The building's defining trait is its scale. Across fifteen stories it holds only 44 apartments — just three per landing — which makes it one of the more intimate full-service houses in the area, with the privacy and hush that low-density floor plates provide. It pairs that intimacy with an unusually welcoming board posture for the Upper East Side: pets, pied-à-terre buyers, and a relatively accommodating financing policy are all part of the building's appeal.
Architecture and unit composition
The building is prewar Manhattan in its dependable mid-1920s register: brick over a classical base, limestone detailing, and a fifteen-story massing built for permanence. With three apartments per floor, the plans are generous and private, and the upper floors enjoy open light over the low-rise townhouse fabric of the surrounding Lenox Hill blocks.
Inside, the residences carry the prewar hallmarks buyers prize — high ceilings, hardwood floors, entry galleries, separate dining, and well-proportioned rooms — running from comfortable layouts to true family-sized homes. The building also has a genuine rarity for a mid-block house: a private landscaped garden for residents, a green oasis behind the building that sets it apart from its neighbors. With 42 residences and a hands-on staff, the cooperative stays personal.
Building operations
164 East 72nd is a full-service cooperative: full-time door staff, a live-in superintendent, a private resident garden, central laundry, basement storage, and a bike room. The cooperative is pet-friendly and welcomes pied-à-terre purchasers — flexibility prized buyers rarely find together in a prewar East Side co-op. Financing is permitted to 75% of the purchase price, an accommodating cap by Upper East Side standards that broadens the buyer field. A transfer fee may apply at closing under house policy. Subletting is permitted under board terms after an initial owner-occupancy period.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent). Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library.
See the full facade history →Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- 2% of purchase price (Buyer)
- Sublet policy
- Corporate purchase/lease not allowed; co-purchasing allowed
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
- Notable fees
- Managing Agent's Fee $900 (individual)/$1,000 (estate); NYS stamp tax $0.05/share; App Processing $450 (no financing)/$550 (financing); Fidelifacts $871/applicant; Max financing 75% purchase / 50% refi
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2025 | 3B | 2 BR · 2 BA | $2,150,000 | -5.5% |
| Oct 8, 2025 | 13A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | $2,762,000 | -6.4% |
| Sep 4, 2025 | 13C | 2 BR · 2 BA | $805,000 | -35.6% |
| Sep 23, 2024 | PHC | 3 BR · 4.5 BA | $4,655,625 | +3.5% |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 11A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | $2,850,000 | -4.8% |
| Jul 24, 2023 | 3A | 3 BR · 3.5 BA | $3,550,000 | -3.9% |
| Aug 11, 2022 | 7B | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,920,000 | -8.6% |
| Feb 7, 2022 | 13A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | $2,950,000 | -9.2% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2018): a median $1,550/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount 4.0% 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 1-01406-0046) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a board-approval cooperative, but a comparatively accommodating one: the 75% financing cap, the welcome to pets and pied-à-terre buyers, and the building's intimate scale all widen the door. Still, plan a thorough package and underwrite to solid post-closing liquidity. Budget any transfer fee into your closing math. The reward is a private, full-service prewar home — with a resident garden — in the most central pocket of Lenox Hill, minutes from the park and two subway lines. We pressure-test your package against the board's expectations before you submit.
What to know if you’re selling
The marketing case is intimacy and flexibility: three apartments per landing, a private resident garden, full service, and a board that welcomes pets and pied-à-terre buyers with a 75% financing cap — a combination that genuinely broadens the buyer pool here. Inventory is thin, so a well-prepared listing draws a focused, qualified audience; preparation, light staging, and accurate pricing against the live comparable set convert that into an accepted offer. Price to recent Lenox Hill prewar closings of similar size and condition. The Roebling Team prepares the board-package narrative alongside the listing so an accepted offer clears review cleanly.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 164 East 72nd Street, also evaluate these nearby Lenox Hill and Upper East Side cooperatives:
- 114 East 72nd Street — prewar cooperative on the same block
- 19 East 72nd Street — prewar East 72nd Street cooperative
- 50 East 72nd Street — full-service East 72nd Street cooperative
- 4 East 72nd Street — prewar Upper East Side cooperative peer
- 315 East 72nd Street — East 72nd Street cooperative nearby
The neighborhood
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