188 East 75th Street
188 East 75th Street, New York, NY 10021
BBL 1014090043 · BIN 1043092
- Year built
- 1924
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 24
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Cats considered case by case; dogs not permitted (confirm current house rules at offer stage)
- Financing
- Board-set maximum; minimum down payment reported at 25%
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2023
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $950K – $950K
- Listing discount
- 1.9%
- Recorded transfers
- 39
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188 East 75th Street is an intimate pre-war cooperative in Lenox Hill, mid-block between Third and Lexington Avenues on the Upper East Side. Built in 1924 and held by the 188 E 75 Owners Corp, it is exactly the kind of small, well-run, human-scaled co-op that defines the quieter side streets of the East 70s: four apartments to a floor, a full-time superintendent, and a carrying-cost structure kept sensible by a lean staffing model.
For the buyer who wants a real pre-war Upper East Side address without the price and formality of the Fifth- and Park-Avenue cooperatives a few blocks west, the building is a straightforward proposition. It is a short walk to the shops and restaurants of Third Avenue and Lexington, close to the 6 train at 77th Street, and priced as a boutique co-op rather than a trophy building.
Building operations
The cooperative runs lean and well for its scale: an elevator, a virtual doorman with video intercom, a full-time superintendent, a laundry room, a bike room, and private storage. There is no full-time live doorman — typical and appropriate for a 24-unit pre-war co-op of this size, and a meaningful factor in keeping maintenance charges contained.
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 (a minimum down payment of 25% has been reported), and pied-à-terre, gifting, guarantor, and co-purchase arrangements are evaluated case by case — the building has historically permitted pied-à-terres, sublets, co-purchasing, parents purchasing for children, and guarantors. On pets, public information indicates cats are considered on a case-by-case basis and dogs are not permitted; confirm the current pet policy, financing maximum, any flip tax, and sublet terms with the board at offer stage.
Architecture and residences
The building was completed in 1924 as a six-story pre-war elevator apartment house, with four apartments on each floor for 24 residences in total, on a lot roughly 38 feet wide. It carries the pre-war attributes buyers seek on these blocks — an elevator building of modest scale, defined rooms, and the proportions of 1920s apartment living rather than open-plan new construction. The building's windows were recently replaced building-wide, and a renovation program in the late 1980s accompanied the cooperative conversion. (The original architect is not documented in the public record.)
The building sits between Third and Lexington — east of the Upper East Side Historic District, whose boundary runs from Fifth Avenue to Lexington — so it is not landmarked, and exterior work is not subject to landmark review. That keeps the building's improvement path simpler than for its landmarked neighbors to the west.
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).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2010–15 to 2025–30. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Recent sales
Co-op pricing is read on a per-room basis, and 188 East 75th trades as a boutique pre-war cooperative — pre-war layouts, modest carrying costs, and the value a co-op structure offers relative to condominiums. With only 24 residences, resale volume is thin: a small number of closings in an active year. Demand here is driven by the pre-war character, the quiet mid-block Lenox Hill location, and the relative value against the grander cooperatives to the west. 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, 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 | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2023 | 4CD | 2 BR · 2 BA | $950,000 | +0.0% |
| May 6, 2022 | 4B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $532,500 | -2.3% |
| Sep 3, 2021 | 1A | 1 BA | $345,000 | -10.4% |
| Jun 5, 2020 | 2A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $459,000 | -12.6% |
| Jan 10, 2019 | 2A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $475,000 | -4.0% |
| Jul 30, 2018 | 6C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $425,000 | +13.3% |
| Jul 13, 2016 | 1A | 1 BR | $360,000 | +0.0% |
| Jun 20, 2016 | 4CD | 2 BR | $959,500 | -1.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2015): a median $699/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2023. Median listing discount 2.3% 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 1-01409-0043). 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.
Buying here? Co-op closing costs typically run 2 to 3% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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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 carefully on the points that matter to you — note the pet policy (cats case by case, no dogs), the reported 25% minimum down payment, and the building's historical openness to pied-à-terres, sublets, guarantors, and parents buying for children. Review the co-op's financials, 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 Lenox Hill co-op on a quiet side street, steps from Third and Lexington and the 6 train, at a cost structure well below the trophy cooperatives a few blocks west.
What to know if you’re selling
The story is the pre-war character and the location. The 1924 architecture, the intimate four-per-floor scale, and the quiet Lenox Hill block are the differentiators — and they sell to a specific buyer who wants an Upper East Side pre-war co-op without the formality of the Fifth- and Park-Avenue tier. Pricing is an apartment-specific exercise: room count, floor, light, 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 pre-war Lenox Hill cooperatives.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 188 East 75th Street, also look at these nearby Upper East Side pre-war and boutique buildings:
- 120 East 75th Street — Upper East Side building on the same block
- 130 East 75th Street — pre-war Upper East Side building nearby
- 103 East 75th Street — Upper East Side building nearby
- 145 East 76th Street — boutique Upper East Side building nearby
- 240 East 76th Street — Upper East Side building nearby
More Upper East Side buildings
- 181 East 90th Street (The Metropolitan) — 2004 condominium by SLCE Architects
- 181 East 93rd Street — 1928 co-op
- 188 East 70th Street — 1986 condominium by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)
- 188 East 76th Street (The Siena) — 1996 condominium by SLCE Architects
- 188 East 78th Street (The Empire) — 2001 condominium by SLCE Architects
- The Royale (188 East 64th Street) — 1986 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Upper East Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper East Side.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
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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