Chartwell House (1760 Second Avenue)

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.

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

Recent closings at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. Prices are the transfer amounts recorded with the NYC Department of Finance; apartment-level detail is checked against the building’s own file in The Roebling Research Library before publishing.

Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,059/sf (floor-adjusted) across 5 sales. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 2.4% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01554-7501). Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified in The Roebling Research Library. 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.

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.

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.

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