212 East 48th Street
212 East 48th Street, New York, NY 10017
Midtown East
BBL 1013210042 · BIN 1037995
- Year built
- 1924
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2000–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $524K
- Recent range
- $400K – $765K
- Listing discount
- 2.2%
- Recorded transfers
- 79
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at 212 East 48th Street would likely sell for today, what it costs to sell, and what you’d walk away with — reviewed personally against condition, exposures, renovation quality, and the competition actually on the market.
212 East 48th Street is a 1924 prewar cooperative in the heart of Turtle Bay, designed by John H. Duncan — the architect best known for Grant's Tomb — and it carries the quiet dignity of its era. A nine-story, dark-red-brick apartment house with a one-story stone base, an entrance marquee, and a handsome cornice, it is the kind of pre-Depression building that gives the side streets of Midtown East their residential character amid the office towers.
Inside the gloss, the building delivers what prewar co-op buyers prize: solid construction, full staffing, and amenities that feel generous for the building's intimate scale. A marble lobby with arched glass doors opens onto a private garden, and a landscaped roof deck crowns the building — outdoor space and prewar craftsmanship that newer Midtown buildings rarely match.
For buyers, the appeal is location and value: a full-service prewar co-op steps from Grand Central, the United Nations, and the cross-town and Lexington Avenue subways, at the more attainable end of Manhattan's prewar cooperative market.
Architecture and unit composition
Duncan's design is classic 1920s apartment architecture — a dark-red-brick facade rising nine stories from a one-story stone base, articulated with an entrance marquee and a nicely scaled cornice. It is restrained and well-proportioned, the work of an architect who built civic monuments and brought that sense of order to a residential block.
Inside, the cooperative comprises roughly four dozen apartments across the nine floors — a mid-density building where layouts reflect the prewar planning of generous foyers, separated rooms, and the room-by-room logic of the era rather than open-plan modernism. The marble-and-arched-glass lobby sets the tone, and the private garden and landscaped roof deck extend the living space outdoors.
Building operations
212 East 48th runs as a full-service prewar cooperative. A 24-hour doorman staffs the lobby, a live-in superintendent handles building needs, and residents have a central laundry, a private garden, and a landscaped roof deck. The full-time staffing and outdoor amenities are a real draw at this scale and price point.
As a cooperative, the building reviews purchasers through a board package and interview, and the board sets policy on financing, subletting, and pied-à-terre use. Here the posture is relatively accommodating for a prewar co-op: co-purchasing, pied-à-terre use, pets, and subletting (after a holding period of roughly two years) are permitted with board approval. Buyers and sellers should confirm the current financing cap, sublet terms, and any flip tax through the building's house rules and managing agent as part of a transaction.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
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
- Three (3) months maintenance (seller, at closing)
- Sublet policy
- Reasonable sublet policy; sublease fee 10% of monthly maintenance
- Pied-à-terre
- Welcome
- Notable fees
- Move-In/Out $300 each + $500 refundable deposits
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | 1D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 925 sf | $520,000 | $562/sf | +4.2% |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 2B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $520,000 | -1.0% | |
| Mar 4, 2026 | 5A | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,124 sf | $765,000 | $681/sf | +2.7% |
| Sep 26, 2025 | 5E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 750 sf | $515,000 | $687/sf | -2.8% |
| Sep 19, 2025 | 3D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 874 sf | $570,000 | $652/sf | +5.6% |
| Jul 9, 2025 | 7D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 874 sf | $645,000 | $738/sf | -0.8% |
| Apr 15, 2025 | 1B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 800 sf | $515,000 | $644/sf | -6.4% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | 8E | 1 BR · 1 BA | $660,000 | -2.2% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $623/sf across 2 sales. Median listing discount 1.6% 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.
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 1-01321-0042) 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
This is a cooperative, so plan for the co-op process: a board package, an interview, and board-set rules on financing, subletting, and pied-à-terre use. The good news is a comparatively flexible posture — co-purchasing, pied-à-terre, pets, and post-holding-period subletting are permitted with board approval. Confirm the financing cap and the exact sublet holding period before you bid. The reward is full-time staffing, a garden, a roof deck, and prewar construction steps from Grand Central — strong value in the Midtown East prewar market.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the staffing and the outdoor space. A 24-hour doorman, a private garden, and a landscaped roof deck are an unusually deep package for a building of this size and price, and the marble-and-arched-glass lobby makes a strong first impression. Benchmark to the Turtle Bay prewar co-op segment, where prewar layout, light, and full service drive value. The building's relatively flexible board policy is a selling point — be ready to articulate the financing and sublet posture, since buyers will weigh it early. The Grand Central, UN, and subway proximity anchors the location pitch.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 212 East 48th Street, also look at these nearby Midtown East and Turtle Bay options:
- 301 East 48th Street — Midtown East cooperative nearby
- 250 East 49th Street — a 24-story full-service condominium
- 309 East 49th Street — boutique Turtle Bay building
- 240 East 47th Street — a Turtle Bay condominium
- 216 East 47th Street — the Octavia, a Turtle Bay condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Midtown East — read The Roebling Team Guide to Midtown East.
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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