201 East 25th Street (The Peter James)
201 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010
BBL 1009060001 · BIN 1019821
- Year built
- 1965
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $707K
- Recent range
- $472K – $1.4M
- Listing discount
- 2.6%
- Recorded transfers
- 170
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201 East 25th Street — The Peter James — is a full-service post-war cooperative on the northeast corner of Third Avenue and East 25th Street, straddling the Kips Bay and Gramercy submarkets. Built in 1965 to a design by Leo Stillman, it is a straightforward, well-run post-war building whose case rests less on architectural flourish than on service, flexibility, and location.
The building's appeal is practical. It offers a 24-hour doorman, central air conditioning, an attended garage, and a landscaped roof deck with open skyline views — Empire State, Chrysler, One Vanderbilt, and the East River all read from the top of the building. It sits a short walk from the 6 train, Baruch College, and the restaurants and services of the Third Avenue corridor, on the eastern edge of Gramercy where the neighborhood shades into Kips Bay.
What sets The Peter James apart among co-ops is its flexibility. The building's ownership policies are accommodating: pets, pied-à-terre use, co-purchasing, guarantors, and subletting are all permitted, with financing to roughly 80%. For a board-governed cooperative, that combination widens the buyer pool well beyond the stricter pre-war boards nearby.
Architecture and residences
Leo Stillman's 1965 design is an 18-story post-war red-brick mid-rise — a utilitarian mid-century building whose value is in its systems and services rather than ornament. Central air conditioning, a doorman lobby, and an attended garage are the kind of everyday conveniences that post-war construction delivers and much of the surrounding pre-war stock does not.
The 164 cooperative apartments span studios through three-bedrooms, with some combined homes on the upper floors. The most coveted apartments are the higher-floor homes with open exposures — the roof deck's skyline outlook hints at what the top-floor units capture — and the larger combined layouts that top the building's range.
Building operations and ownership
The Peter James runs as a full-service cooperative: a 24-hour doorman, an on-site superintendent, central air conditioning, an attended garage, a landscaped roof deck, laundry on alternating floors, and free bike storage.
As a cooperative, ownership is board-governed. A purchase requires board approval — an application package and interview. But the building's policies are notably flexible for a co-op: pets are welcome, and pied-à-terre use, co-purchasing, guarantors, and subletting are all permitted, with financing to roughly 80%. Co-op ownership also carries the usual tax advantages — a meaningful share of the monthly maintenance is typically tax-deductible. Buyers should confirm the current sublet terms, any flip tax, and financing policy in the building's house rules during diligence, as co-op boards set and revise these terms.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $66,856/yr
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $183,378/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $34 – $93
- Modeled exposure split equally across 164 units (the city tax-lot count). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
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 2005–10 to 2020–25. 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.
Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- 1.75% of gross sales price (seller, at closing)
- Sublet policy
- Allowed; corporate sublet fee 30% of monthly maintenance
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
- Notable fees
- Buyer app $600 ($1,000 trust); co-applicant/guarantor $250; background $125/applicant; closing $800 ($850 no broker); financing $300
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2026 | 7F | 1 BR · 1 BA | $699,000 | +0.0% | |
| Apr 17, 2026 | 5F | 1 BR · 1 BA | $715,000 | -1.4% | |
| Jan 8, 2026 | 7G | 1 BR · 1 BA | $743,322 | -0.8% | |
| Dec 3, 2025 | 9H | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,250 sf | $1,400,000 | $1,120/sf | -9.7% |
| Sep 25, 2025 | 4C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $615,000 | -4.7% | |
| Aug 21, 2025 | 19D | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,300,000 | -13.3% | |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 3D | 2 BR · 1 BA | $698,000 | -2.9% | |
| Jun 12, 2025 | 5G | 1 BR · 1 BA | $565,000 | -1.7% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2025): a median $1,141/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 2.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2021 | 4D | $948,323 |
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 1-00906-0001). 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.
Closed rents at The Peter James, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 5 | $5,010 |
Also $85 per sq ft per year (3 leases that report square footage). 7 closed sublet leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease July 2026. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
At the recent median sale of $699K (10 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $11,171 to close, or 1.6% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $11,171
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
This is a board-governed post-war cooperative — but one of the more flexible ones, which is a large part of its appeal. Budget for a board package and interview, and confirm the current financing cap, sublet policy, and any flip tax early, since these terms shape both your purchase and your future exit. For buyers who value co-op flexibility — the ability to hold as a pied-à-terre, sublet, or co-purchase — this building is accommodating.
Make floor, exposure, and condition the center of your diligence. The higher-floor homes with open skyline outlooks are the building's premium inventory; confirm a given apartment's exposure, layout, and renovation state, and weigh the full-service amenity set — doorman, garage, roof deck, central A/C — against your needs. For a buyer who wants a flexible, well-run full-service co-op on the Gramercy / Kips Bay border, this is a strong option.
What to know if you’re selling
The building's flexibility is your marketing core. Pets, pied-à-terre use, co-purchasing, guarantors, and subletting — all permitted — widen the buyer field well beyond stricter neighboring boards. The full-service package, the attended garage, the central air conditioning, and the roof deck's skyline views are concrete differentiators worth naming.
Price to room count, floor, exposure, and condition. Higher-floor homes with open views and the larger combined layouts should be benchmarked against the building's best comparable sales and the broader Gramercy / Kips Bay post-war co-op set, while renovated kitchens and baths earn clear premiums. A resale clears through the board approval process — plan the timeline accordingly.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 201 East 25th Street, also evaluate these nearby Gramercy and Kips Bay cooperatives:
- 305 East 24th Street — a full-service post-war co-op nearby
- 245 East 25th Street — a cooperative on the same block
- 205 East 22nd Street — a Gramercy-edge cooperative
- 155 East 34th Street — a full-service Murray Hill / Kips Bay building
- 300 East 23rd Street — a nearby Gramercy-area building
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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