- Year built
- 2001
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 154
- Floors
- 34
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Permitted under condominium rules (breed / weight limits and fees may apply)
- Financing
- Condominium — low minimum down payment; no co-op-style financing cap
- Flip tax
- None documented as a condominium; confirm any current transfer fee at offer stage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,021
- Listing discount
- 3.6%
- Recorded sales
- 182
- On record
- 2003–2026
Chartwell House is the full-service, pet-friendly Yorkville condominium of upper Second Avenue — a 34-story red-brick tower built in 2001 at the corner of East 91st and East 92nd Streets, developed by Capital Real Estate with Fisher Brothers and designed by H. Thomas O'Hara. It takes its name from Winston Churchill's English country home, and its original marketing leaned into the reference — a bulldog as mascot, doing double duty as a signal that this was a building where dogs were genuinely welcome. That posture still defines the building's character today.
What makes it matter to buyers is the combination it offers at an accessible Yorkville price point: true condominium ownership flexibility, a deep full-service amenity plant, and a one-bedroom-dominant unit mix that makes the building a natural entry point to Upper East Side ownership. Where much of Yorkville's pre-war housing stock is co-op with the financing and board thresholds that come with it, Chartwell House delivers a doorman, a fitness center, a landscaped roof deck, and a residents' lounge inside a condominium structure — no board package for approval, no financing cap, pied-à-terre and investment use permitted.
The location has been repriced by the Second Avenue Subway. The Q train's 96th Street station connected this stretch of Yorkville to the Lexington Avenue line and the rest of the city in a way that reshaped how buyers underwrite the corridor. For a first-time owner, a downsizer, or an investor who wants condominium flexibility and full-service living without the constraints of a co-op, Chartwell House is a direct answer.
Architecture and unit composition
The building is a red-brick tower of 2001 vintage — a straightforward, well-proportioned H. Thomas O'Hara design whose 34-story height delivers open city and, on the upper floors, East River sightlines from the north and east exposures. The massing is contemporary rather than pre-war in character, and the double-paned windows and modern building systems are part of the appeal for buyers who want the quiet and efficiency of newer construction.
The roughly 154 residences run one-bedroom-dominant, with a spread of studios and larger two- and three-bedroom homes on the higher and corner lines. Interiors carry the building's turn-of-the-millennium finish standard — granite kitchen countertops, stainless appliances, solid maple cabinetry, and marble baths. Because the building is a stacked tower with repeating lines, same-line, same-configuration comparables are the correct pricing unit rather than a blended per-foot average across all 154 apartments; the C-line and other corner lines with river exposure trade on their own set.
Building operations
Chartwell House operates as a full-service condominium: 24-hour doorman and concierge, a renovated fitness center, a residents' lounge with a full catering kitchen, a children's playroom, a landscaped roof deck with city and East River views, bike storage, and central laundry. Common charges reflect the staffing and amenity maintenance a full-service tower requires; carrying costs are modest relative to the trophy corridors but real, and buyers should confirm the specific unit's common charge and property-tax carry, review the reserve position, and ask about any assessment during diligence. Central laundry rather than in-unit washer/dryers is the operational detail most worth confirming line by line.
Recent sales
Chartwell House trades as an accessible, full-service Yorkville condominium where the doorman, the amenity plant, the pet-friendly rules, and the condominium flexibility drive value — in a corridor the Second Avenue Subway has repriced. Pricing runs unit-by-unit and is best read on a price-per-square-foot basis within a given line: studios and one-bedrooms carry the volume of activity, while the higher-floor and river-exposed corner lines command a premium and trade on their own comparable set. Recorded sales auto-populate from public records; unit-level history and current same-line comparables are maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence. Same-line, same-configuration comparables — not a blended per-foot average across a 154-unit tower — are the correct analytical unit.
Recent closings 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 12, 2026 | 31C | 4 BR · 3 BA · 2,047 sf | $2,215,000 | $1,082/sf | -7.5% |
| Apr 13, 2026 | 10B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 912 sf | $990,000 | $1,086/sf | -9.2% |
| Apr 2, 2026 | — | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 843 sf | $805,000 | $955/sf | -5.2% |
| Mar 13, 2026 | 2B | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 843 sf | $800,000 | $949/sf | -5.8% |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 30C | 4 BR · 3 BA · 2,047 sf | $2,300,000 | $1,124/sf | -4.0% |
| Sep 25, 2025 | 19B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 912 sf | $1,047,000 | $1,148/sf | -9.0% |
| Feb 14, 2025 | 14A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 759 sf | $850,000 | $1,120/sf | -5.0% |
| Dec 4, 2024 | 2E | 1 BA · 657 sf | $537,500 | $818/sf | -20.4% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,021/sf across 3 sales. Median listing discount 3.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2013 | 15A | $740,000 |
| Jul 30, 2013 | 20A | $750,000 |
| Oct 19, 2004 | 31A | $1,195,000 |
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 1-01554-7501) 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
What to know if you’re buying
Buy the line, not the building average. In a stacked one-bedroom-dominant tower, the studio and one-bedroom lines, the corner lines, and the high-floor river-exposed units each trade on distinct comparable sets. Price the specific line, and confirm the current common charge, the reserve position, and any assessment on the unit. Run the True Monthly Carrying Cost Calculator.
Condo flexibility is real. Pied-à-terre and investment use, subletting, and financing without a co-op board's thresholds are all available under the declaration — a meaningful contrast to the co-op stock that dominates much of Yorkville. There is no board package for approval and no co-op-style financing cap.
The building is genuinely pet-friendly. Pets are permitted under the house rules; breed and weight limits and any fees are worth confirming for the specific animal, but this is a building built around welcoming dogs.
Confirm the laundry and finish picture. Central laundry rather than in-unit machines is the operational detail to verify, and the 2001 finish standard means some units are original and some renovated. Underwrite the specific unit's condition.
The Second Avenue Subway is priced in — but it is real. Q access at 96th Street repositioned this corridor. Underwrite the location as transit-connected.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with flexibility and full service. A full-service doorman condominium with a genuine amenity plant and pet-friendly rules, at a Yorkville price, is the marketing headline — especially for buyers priced out of, or unwilling to navigate, the neighborhood's co-ops.
Price the line on its own set. The studio, one-bedroom, and corner-line homes each trade on a distinct comparable universe. Don't blend them into a single building average; a clean same-line, per-square-foot comp is the sharper number.
Sell the transit and the condominium story. The Q at 96th Street and the condominium's pied-à-terre, sublet, and financing flexibility are the facts that reach the widest buyer pool, including investors and pied-à-terre buyers a co-op would exclude.
Closing timelines are condo-fast. 30–45 days from contract to closing; foreign and investor buyers are welcome under the declaration.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering Chartwell House, also evaluate:
- Carnegie Park (200 East 94th) — the Related-developed, RAMSA-amenitized condominium a few blocks north with a private park and pool; the amenity step-up
- 180 East 88th Street — the slim new-development condominium tower nearby; the architectural-statement alternative
- 131 East 93rd Street — the Carnegie Hill address to the west; the neighborhood alternative
- 15 East 91st Street — the Carnegie Hill option on the same cross street; the pre-war contrast
The Roebling Team at Chartwell House
The Roebling Team at Compass works Carnegie Hill, Yorkville, and the Second Avenue corridor of the Upper East Side as a core practice area. We publish this profile because a stacked, full-service condominium demands line-level, unit-by-unit analysis — the same-line comparable set, the price-per-square-foot within a line, and the carry math — not a blended tower average.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at Chartwell House, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point. We'll bring same-line comparables, the full carrying-cost picture, and the diligence priorities specific to a full-service Yorkville condominium.
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Upper East Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper East Side.
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