The Mayfair (207 East 74th Street)

The Mayfair is a clean early-1960s white-brick building: a white-brick façade with gray-brick banding, a granite marquee, and the unadorned massing typical of the era. It is not a building that trades on ornament — its case is made by services, layouts, and location rather than by architectural flourish.

Inside, the apartments are efficient post-war plans — well-proportioned rooms, good light, and the practical layouts that have kept this generation of buildings perennially in demand among primary residents. With roughly 120 apartments across 13 floors, the building offers a deep mix of studio-through-larger layouts and a liquid resale market. Laundry is located on each floor — an unusual convenience for a co-op of this era — and the building's streamlined service profile keeps its carrying costs contained.

The Mayfair is a full-service post-war cooperative. Service includes a 24-hour doorman, a concierge, and a live-in superintendent. The standout amenity is the building-owned parking garage reserved for residents, available by waitlist — a genuine rarity that meaningfully differentiates the building. Other amenities include laundry on each floor, a bike room, and common storage. The cooperative is pet-friendly. Financing is permitted up to 65% of the purchase price — a comparatively accommodating cap — and a reported roughly 60% maintenance allocation is undated. Obtain the cooperative’s annual allocation notice; eligible tax and interest amounts and personal deductions depend on the tax year, itemization and applicable limits. The flip tax is paid by the seller. Pied-à-terre purchases are considered on a case-by-case basis, and subletting is limited, generally permitted for financial hardship or a work relocation, which keeps the building strongly owner-occupied.

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.

Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,142/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. 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 1.7% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01429-0005). 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.

This is a post-war cooperative, so a purchase clears a board package and interview, but the bar is more accessible than the pre-war avenue co-ops: financing runs to 65%, and the building is pet-friendly. The reported roughly 60% maintenance allocation has no stated tax year or supporting annual notice. Do not use it as an automatic carrying-cost reduction; confirm eligible allocated taxes and interest and your own itemization and deduction limits. Budget for standard co-op closing costs; the flip tax here is the seller's expense.

The building is oriented to primary residents — pied-à-terre purchases are permitted with conditions and weighed case by case, and subletting is reported as limited to hardship or relocation (confirm the current policy), so investors and part-time buyers should plan accordingly. The garage is a real asset: a building-owned space is rare, and a home that conveys with one, or sits near the top of the waitlist, carries added value. We help buyers read the package, benchmark the line, and structure an offer and application for the board's review; approval is the board's decision.

Lead with the practical advantages that make this generation of building so durable: full 24-hour service, a charming tree-lined block between Second and Third, laundry on every floor, and — distinctively — a building-owned resident garage. State the reported pet and 65% financing rules and supply the current annual tax-allocation notice; the undated 60% figure does not establish a personal deduction or a wider buyer pool.

Price against the Lenox Hill post-war white-brick co-op set, positioning high-floor and renovated homes — especially any that convey a garage space — at the top of the building's range. The deep, liquid resale history makes for confident comparable pricing. We position each line against its true comparable set and manage the board process from accepted offer through closing.

If you're weighing The Mayfair, also evaluate these nearby Upper East Side post-war co-ops:

• 200 East 74th Street — post-war co-op on the same block
• 340 East 74th Street — full-service East 74th Street co-op nearby
• 151 East 76th Street — Lenox Hill post-war co-op a few blocks north
• 175 East 77th Street — full-service Upper East Side co-op nearby
• 320 East 72nd Street — large full-service post-war co-op nearby