- 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, 2007–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $575K – $575K
- Listing discount
- 3.3%
- Recorded transfers
- 11
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.
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 | $715,000 | -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% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 1D | 1 BR · 700 sf | $600,000 | $857/sf | -4.6% |
| Sep 24, 2015 | 5C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $595,500 | +9.3% | |
| Aug 27, 2008 | 1D | 1 BR · 700 sf | $590,000 | $843/sf | -6.2% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $639/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 2.0% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2016 | 2B | $515,000 |
| Jul 25, 2013 | 1B | $510,000 |
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 — boutique Yorkville cooperative
The Roebling Team at 170 East 92nd Street
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Manhattan's pre-war cooperative and condominium market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers of boutique pre-war cooperatives deserve building-specific intelligence — the architecture and neighborhood context, the cooperative structure, the staffing and amenity reality, and where pricing sits against the right comparable tier.
If you're weighing a purchase or sale at 170 East 92nd Street, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.
The neighborhood
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