2 East 70th Street
2 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021
Lenox Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1013840069 · BIN 1041322
- Year built
- 1927
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 17
- Floors
- 14
- Subletting
- Not permitted — an owner-occupancy building.
Compiled by The Roebling Research Desk from the building’s offering plan, amendments, and related building documents (primary source dated 2026). Board policies can change by amendment — confirm at the offer stage.
Every recorded sale at this building, 2005–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $3.5M – $14.9M
- Listing discount
- 4.3%
- Recorded transfers
- 13
2 East 70th Street is, in qualitative terms, one of the half-dozen most-desirable cross-street cooperatives in Manhattan. The 1927-1928 commission by Rosario Candela with Walker & Gillette for Anthony Campagna sits directly across from the Frick Collection, anchoring what The building is widely regarded as "perhaps New York's most impressive sidestreet."
At its core is the Candela / Walker & Gillette architect collaboration — Walker & Gillette's broader UES body of work includes the Goelet residence and substantial luxury residential commissions, and their partnering with Candela on a single building is uncommon enough to produce a genuinely hybrid composition. That pedigree governs just 17 apartments, simplex and duplex units across 14 floors that rank among the smallest cross-street cooperatives in Manhattan. Sustaining it all is the Frick Collection direct frontage: the Frick reopened April 2025 after the multi-year Annabelle Selldorf expansion, the East 70th Street art-gallery row (Berry-Hill, Knoedler's former home, Hirschl & Adler) continues east, and Madison and 70th retail sits one block north.
Robert A.M. Stern, Gregory Gilmartin, and Thomas Mellins, in New York 1930, called the building's construction "the most dramatic signal that an era had abruptly ended."
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $36,112/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $158
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 before the next inspection cycle. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
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.
See the full facade history →Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- 3% of purchase price
- Sublet policy
- Not Allowed
- Notable fees
- Application Processing $600 ($1,000 trust); Co-applicant/guarantor $250 each; Financing Fee $300; Closing Fee $800 ($850 without broker) + $0.05/share
Recent sales
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2025 | 4A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $14,900,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jul 9, 2024 | 8B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,350 sf | $3,500,000 | $2,593/sf | +7.7% |
| Apr 6, 2022 | 9ASR7 | 3 BR · 3.5 BA | $11,000,000 | -24.1% | |
| Jul 17, 2013 | 4 | 2 BR | $9,100,000 | -6.7% | |
| Mar 20, 2013 | 4A | 3 BR | $13,250,000 | -1.9% | |
| Nov 16, 2010 | 9 | 4 BR | $11,750,000 | -21.4% | |
| Sep 27, 2010 | MAIS | 3 BR | $13,500,000 | -10.0% | |
| Jun 17, 2005 | 6 | 2 BR | $5,995,000 | -13.7% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2024): a median $2,593/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 8.3% 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 1-01384-0069) 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
The Frick Collection direct frontage is structurally distinguishing. No peer UES cross-street cooperative carries the same architectural-cultural adjacency.
The Candela / Walker & Gillette architect collaboration is a rare institutional credential. Real architectural-history depth.
The 17-shareholder boutique configuration is at the smallest scale of institutional UES cooperative inventory.
The Stern / Gilmartin / Mellins New York 1930 reading positions the building in the canonical scholarly literature on the 1920s Manhattan luxury construction cycle.
Plan for the most institutional board review standards in the city. Multi-decade reference history, substantial philanthropic profile, primary-residence orientation customary.
The East 70th Street art-gallery row continuation east and the Madison-and-70th retail context anchor the broader cultural setting.
Comparable buildings
- 1 East 66th Street — Candela 1947; same-architect Fifth Avenue cross-street peer
- 4 East 72nd Street — Hoffman 1929; immediate Lenox Hill peer
- 45 East 66th Street — Harde & Short 1906-08; nearby UES peer
- 810 Fifth Avenue — Carpenter 1926; nearby Fifth Avenue trophy peer
- 834 Fifth Avenue — Candela 1931; same-architect Fifth Avenue trophy 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.
The neighborhood
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