1838 Second Avenue
1838 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10128
BBL 1015577501 · BIN 1073762
- Year built
- 1987
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 18
- Floors
- 10
Every recorded sale at this building, 2005–2018
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf (floor-adjusted)
- $1,066
- Listing discount
- 0.9%
- Recorded sales
- 15
- On record
- 2005–2018
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1838 Second Avenue — organized as the Cameo Court Condominiums — is a corner condominium at Second Avenue and East 95th Street in Yorkville, on the Upper East Side. Built in 1987, it carries 18 residential units over ground-floor retail across ten stories, and it sits below East 96th Street, squarely within the Upper East Side rather than East Harlem.
Its condominium status is well documented: the ownership entity of record is Cameo Court Condominiums, the tax parcel is a condominium billing lot, and individual units carry their own condominium lots with recorded deed transfers — including a larger residence that has traded in the multimillion-dollar range. The building's value proposition is straightforward: for-sale ownership on the far east edge of the Upper East Side, minutes from the Second Avenue Subway.
Architecture and building operations
1838 Second Avenue is a ten-story masonry corner building of 1987, roughly 13,600 square feet gross, with commercial space at its Second Avenue base. It occupies a compact corner lot with dual frontage on Second Avenue and East 95th Street. Unit types range from efficient one-bedrooms in the high-500-to-680-square-foot range to a notably larger loft-style residence. Operations: A modest, mid-rise condominium rather than a full-service tower; the ground floor carries retail, and the building's scale keeps common operations lean. Elevator service is consistent with the building's ten-story height.
Policy framework
- Type: Condominium
- Pets: Permitted
- Pied-à-terre: Permitted
- Subletting: Permitted
- Financing: Standard condominium LTV
- LLC/trust/foreign buyers: All permitted
- Right of first refusal: Procedural only
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 →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
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. City record last verified September 2026.
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.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2018 | 2B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 700 sf | $700,000 | $1,000/sf | -12.4% |
| May 10, 2018 | 8B | 2 BR · 700 sf | $848,000 | $1,211/sf | off-mkt |
| Apr 4, 2018 | 3A | 1 BR · 619 sf | $713,000 | $1,152/sf | off-mkt |
| Jan 6, 2015 | 10A | 1 BR · 700 sf | $725,000 | $1,036/sf | -3.2% |
| Jun 29, 2010 | 7B | 2 BR | $550,000 | -2.7% | |
| Apr 28, 2008 | 8B | 2 BR | $701,000 | +0.3% | |
| Jul 27, 2007 | 9B | 2 BR · 700 sf | $634,500 | $906/sf | off-mkt |
| Feb 28, 2007 | 7A | 2 BR · 1 BA · 650 sf | $601,000 | $925/sf | +0.3% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2018) cleared a median $1,066/sf (floor-adjusted) across 3 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 0.9% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2013 | 8B | $649,000 |
| Feb 23, 2007 | 8A | $625,000 |
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 1-01557-7501). 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.
Buying here? Condo closing costs with a mortgage typically run 3 to 6% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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Comparable buildings
- 180 East 88th Street — nearby Yorkville condominium peer
- 180 East 79th Street — nearby Upper East Side condominium peer
- 131 East 93rd Street — nearby Upper East Side peer
- 40 East End Avenue — nearby Yorkville / East End peer
- 170 East 78th Street — nearby Upper East Side peer
Sources: The Roebling Research Library (offering plans, house rules, financial statements, board minutes, internal transaction records); NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers; publicly recorded NYC building data.
More Upper East Side buildings
- The Newbury (1659 Second Avenue) — 1971 co-op
- 1681 Second Avenue — 1966 co-op
- East River Tower (1725 York Avenue) — 1971 co-op
- Chartwell House (1760 Second Avenue) — 2001 condominium by H. Thomas O'Hara Architects
- 1776 Second Avenue (The Waterford) — 1987 condominium by Beyer Blinder Belle
- Ruppert Yorkville Towers (1601–1641 Third Avenue) — 1974 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Upper East Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper East Side.
How to read the facts on this page. Items attributed to an offering plan describe the building as it was offered at that filing — unit mix, square footage, the amenity program as planned. They are not a statement about how the building operates today. Tax and compliance figures are sourced separately to current City records and carry their own dates. House rules, staffing and fee policy can change by board resolution without any public filing: treat every policy line here as a starting point for diligence and confirm it with the managing agent. Where this page compares one building or neighborhood to another, that is our analysis of the recorded record — it names the measure, the period and the sample it rests on, and it is an observation about medians rather than a prediction about any particular apartment.
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