170 East 92nd Street
170 East 92nd Street, New York, NY 10128
Carnegie Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1015200140 · BIN 1048333
- Year built
- 1920
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 20
- Floors
- 5
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Historically pet-friendly — confirm current house rules at offer stage
- Subletting
- Set by board policy — confirm at offer stage
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $639
- Listing discount
- 1.9%
- Recorded sales
- 32
- On record
- 2003–2025
170 East 92nd Street is a small pre-war cooperative in the heart of Carnegie Hill, near the corner of Third and Lexington Avenues. Built in 1920, it is a five-story elevator building with roughly 20 apartments — the kind of quiet, human-scaled co-op that keeps carrying costs sensible and the ownership base settled.
The proposition here is value and location. The building sits steps from the 92nd Street Y, Whole Foods, and the Q at the Second Avenue subway, on a block that borders the Carnegie Hill Historic District. Maintenance is reported to include basic cable and internet, and the co-op has historically permitted pieds-à-terre and pets. For the buyer who wants a genuine pre-war Carnegie Hill address at an accessible entry point — studios and one-bedrooms rather than trophy layouts — the building is a straightforward, sensibly run choice.
Building operations
The cooperative runs lean for its size: an elevator, a central laundry room, and intercom entry, with a part-time (neighborhood) superintendent and no doorman — appropriate and cost-efficient for a 20-unit pre-war building, and a meaningful factor in keeping maintenance contained. Maintenance is reported to include basic cable and internet.
As a cooperative, ownership is by shares rather than deed: purchases require board approval and a board interview, financing is capped at a board-set percentage, and pied-à-terre, sublet, gifting, and guarantor arrangements are evaluated case by case. The building has historically permitted pieds-à-terre and pets. Confirm the current pet policy, financing maximum, any flip tax, and sublet terms with the board at offer stage.
Local Law 97
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 emissions caps apply. No regulatory capital pressure from this law specifically, current or 2030.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →Recent sales
Co-op pricing is read on a per-room basis, and 170 East 92nd trades as an entry-level pre-war cooperative — modest carrying costs and the value a co-op structure offers relative to condominiums. With only about 20 residences and a studio/one-bedroom mix, resale volume is thin, and comparable data is limited. When underwriting a purchase or a list price, capture the room count, the floor, the exposure, and renovation condition rather than relying on a neighborhood average. Genuinely variable financial figures should be confirmed at offer stage.
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 | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2025 | 4C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 900 sf | $575,000 | $639/sf | -23.2% |
| Apr 9, 2021 | 1B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,050 sf | $715,000 | $681/sf | -4.5% |
| Dec 8, 2020 | 5C | 1 BR · 2 BA | $770,000 | -1.9% | |
| Nov 20, 2020 | 1D | 1 BR · 2 BA | $750,000 | -2.0% | |
| Jul 31, 2019 | 1C | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 700 sf | $745,000 | $1,064/sf | +0.8% |
| Jul 17, 2018 | 2A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 700 sf | $400,000 | $571/sf | -4.8% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 1D | 1 BR · 700 sf | $600,000 | $857/sf | -4.6% |
| Nov 21, 2016 | 2B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $515,000 | +0.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $639/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 1.9% 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 1-01520-0140) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a cooperative, so the path is a board package and interview, a financing cap set by the board, and underwriting of the building's financials and house rules. Read the rules on the points that matter to you — the pet policy, pied-à-terre allowance, financing maximum, and sublet terms — and review the co-op's reserve and any planned capital work given the building's age. The reasons to buy are the address and the value: a real pre-war Carnegie Hill co-op at a cost structure well below the doorman condominiums nearby.
What to know if you’re selling
The story is the pre-war character and the price point. The 1920 architecture, the intimate 20-unit scale, and the central Carnegie Hill location — steps from the 92nd Street Y and the Q — sell to a specific buyer who wants a pre-war address without a trophy budget. Pricing is an apartment-specific exercise: room count, floor, light, fireplace, and condition drive the number more than any block average. We position the building's flexible ownership policies, prepare the buyer for the co-op process, and benchmark against the right comparable tier of boutique pre-war cooperatives.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 170 East 92nd Street, also look at these nearby Upper East Side and Carnegie Hill buildings:
- 120 East 83rd Street — pre-war cooperative near Central Park
- 237 East 88th Street — pre-war walk-up condominium in Yorkville
- 944 Park Avenue — rare pre-war Park Avenue condominium
- 1376 York Avenue — an intimate pre-war Yorkville cooperative
The neighborhood
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