2 East End Avenue
2 East End Avenue, New York, NY 10075
BBL 1015760023 · BIN 1050767
- Year built
- 1910
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- About 57
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not stated
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
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, 2026 to date
- $755
- 1 sale
- Listing discount
- 5.6%
- Recorded sales
- 26
- On record
- 2003–2026
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2 East End Avenue has one of the more unusual origin stories on the Upper East Side. The ten-story building at the northwest corner of East 79th Street dates to 1910, but it did not begin life as apartments — it was a commercial structure that for decades housed an electrical testing laboratory, the kind of light-industrial operation that occupied the East End / Yorkville fringe before the neighborhood gentrified around it. In 1978, the Rockrose Development Corporation converted the building to a residential cooperative, with the conversion designed by Bernard Rothzeid & Partners.
That adaptive-reuse heritage is the building's defining characteristic. Converting a former testing laboratory into apartments produces a distinct kind of living space — typically more open, loft-influenced floor plates than a purpose-built pre-war apartment house of the same era, the legacy of a structure originally framed for industrial rather than residential proportions. For buyers who want character and volume rather than a conventional pre-war layout, that origin is a feature, not a footnote.
The location is the other half of the story. East End Avenue is the quietest, most insulated address on the Upper East Side — a short, low-traffic stretch facing Carl Schurz Park and the East River, anchored by Gracie Mansion to the north. 2 East End sits at the avenue's southern gateway at 79th Street, with a full-time doorman, two fitness rooms, and a pet-friendly policy inside a tightly held roughly-57-unit cooperative.
Architecture and unit composition
The approximately 57 apartments span ten stories within the converted 1910 structure. Because the building was adapted from a commercial laboratory rather than built as apartments, layouts tend to read differently from conventional pre-war stock — often with the more open, flexible floor plates that adaptive reuse produces. The 1978 Rothzeid conversion established the building's current residential configuration, and individual apartments have been further renovated over the decades.
Exposures toward East End Avenue and the East 79th Street corner carry the avenue's quiet, with Carl Schurz Park and the river a few steps away. As with any conversion building, apartment-level variation in layout, volume, and condition is significant and rewards close inspection.
Building operations
2 East End Avenue is a full-service cooperative, the product of the 1978 Rockrose conversion. It is run with a full-time doorman, an elevator, two fitness rooms, secure bike storage, central laundry, and additional storage. The building is pet-friendly. The two on-site fitness facilities are a notable amenity for a building of this scale, and the full-time attended lobby gives the converted structure the operating profile of a purpose-built full-service co-op.
Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not statedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Not verified
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Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Attended lobby
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Fitness room, bike storage, laundry roomSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $9,438/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $14
- Modeled exposure split equally across 57 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the inspector (QEWI) 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 — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
Recent sales
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 | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 2026 | PHG | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,350 sf | $1,775,000 | $755/sf | -5.3% |
| Oct 1, 2024 | 4B | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,200 sf | $1,925,000 | $875/sf | -11.5% |
| Apr 12, 2022 | 7A | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,150 sf | $1,750,000 | $814/sf | -20.3% |
| Sep 13, 2021 | 6F | 3 BR · 3 BA | $1,800,000 | +20.1% | |
| Feb 26, 2019 | PHD | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,100 sf | $2,250,000 | $1,071/sf | -29.7% |
| Dec 17, 2018 | 1B | 4 BR · 3 BA · 2,800 sf | $2,275,000 | $813/sf | -7.1% |
| Jun 20, 2017 | 1A | 4 BR · 2,750 sf | $2,400,000 | $873/sf | +9.1% |
| Dec 3, 2015 | 3B | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,200 sf | $2,450,000 | $1,114/sf | -5.6% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $755/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. Median listing discount 5.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2003 | 4F | $1,095,000 |
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 1-01576-0023). 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 on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
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What to know if you’re buying
The adaptive-reuse heritage defines the apartments. A former electrical testing laboratory converted in 1978 yields more open, loft-influenced layouts than conventional pre-war stock — a distinct value proposition for buyers who want volume.
The amenities punch above the building's size. Two fitness rooms, a full-time doorman, bike storage, and a pet-friendly policy in a 57-unit building are a genuine draw.
East End Avenue is the quietest UES address. Carl Schurz Park, the East River Promenade, and minimal through-traffic give the avenue a calm unmatched elsewhere on the Upper East Side.
Inspect layouts closely. Conversion buildings vary widely apartment to apartment in volume, configuration, and condition.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the origin story and the location. The 1910 former-laboratory heritage, the 1978 adaptive reuse, and East End Avenue's river-park calm are genuinely differentiated marketing assets.
Price to the specific apartment. Loft-influenced layouts price on their individual volume and renovation level; comp against the most genuinely comparable in-building and East End Avenue trades.
Closing timelines are co-op standard — generally 6–10 weeks from contract to closing.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 2 East End Avenue, also evaluate:
- 25 East End Avenue — neighboring East End Avenue cooperative
- 40 East End Avenue — East End Avenue residential alternative; verify its construction era
- 45 East End Avenue — the Emery Roth & Sons riverfront co-op
- 60 East End Avenue — East End Avenue comparable
- 120 East End Avenue — East End Avenue pre-war building
- 75 East End Avenue — a 1963 full-service Yorkville cooperative
More East End Avenue buildings
- 1 East End Avenue — 1929 co-op
- 10 East End Avenue — 1957 co-op by H.I. Feldman
- 20 East End Avenue — 2016 condominium by Robert A.M. Stern Architects
- 25 East End Avenue (The Yorkgate) — 1928 co-op by Cross & Cross
- 33 East End Avenue (River Edge House) — 1941 co-op
- 40 East End Avenue — condominium by Deborah Berke Partners
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across East End Avenue — read The Roebling Team Guide to East End Avenue.
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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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