215 East 73rd Street
215 East 73rd Street, between Third and Second Avenues, Manhattan · Upper East Side
Lenox Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1014280009 · BIN 1043990
- Year built
- 1930
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 71
- Floors
- 10
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Full-time doorman, resident superintendent, courtyard, fitness room, playroom, central laundry and storage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2001–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,448
- Listing discount
- 2.5%
- Recorded sales
- 117
- On record
- 2001–2026
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215 East 73rd Street is an Emery Roth apartment house developed by Bing & Bing as part of Eastgate. The original architectural drawings identify a ten-story building on the north side of the street. Its textured brick façade, canopied entrance and apartments with fireplaces and sunken living rooms place it firmly within the developer's prewar residential work.
The cooperative includes compact studios as well as larger multi-bedroom homes and combined apartments. This is an important distinction within a building of 71 residences: the entrance and services are shared, but the interior scale varies considerably. Some upper homes have terraces, adding a separate outdoor category to the inventory.
The amenities extend beyond a staffed lobby to a courtyard and fitness facilities. Electricity is included in monthly maintenance, a specific operating feature that affects comparisons with apartments where electricity is billed directly to the occupant.
Architecture and unit composition
The masonry uses projecting bricks and irregular stone accents to give the façade texture. The entrance is covered by a canopy, with planting along the sidewalk frontage. Its design combines the ordered window pattern of an apartment house with detailing associated with Georgian and Tudor residential architecture.
Inside, sunken living rooms and beamed ceilings occur across the inventory. The change in floor level can distinguish the main sitting room from an entrance or dining area without enclosing the spaces. Fireplaces form a focal point in some rooms, and their position can influence where seating and storage fit.
Studios and one-bedroom homes provide the smaller layouts. Larger apartments include separate dining areas, multiple bathrooms and bedroom arrangements that place rooms on different sides of the living space. Combined homes introduce another layer of variation, with circulation and room sizes shaped by the original neighboring plans.
Upper-level terrace apartments have a different relationship to the building's exterior. Outdoor areas can wrap portions of the apartment, giving several rooms access to light or views from the setback. Terrace area is separate from the enclosed space and brings additional surfaces into the apartment's upkeep arrangements.
A fireplace being there doesn't mean it's in working condition today. Where a working fireplace is part of the purchase, the flue and the cooperative's present requirements are specific to that installation. Decorative treatment, mantel condition and actual permitted use are separate features.
The block contains buildings from the same development campaign, but each apartment house has its own physical form. At this address, the original ten-story drawings and current PLUTO count provide the clearest description of the principal structure. Interior combinations and penthouse configurations account for some of the variety encountered when comparing homes.
Building operations
A full-time doorman and resident superintendent support the entrance and day-to-day building operation. The courtyard supplies common outdoor space within the block. The fitness room, playroom and central laundry occupy common areas and serve the cooperative as a whole.
Electricity's inclusion in maintenance makes the monthly charge broader than a payment covering building services and real estate taxes alone. An owner comparing carrying costs should keep that included utility in the same calculation as the corresponding separate bill at another property. Any charges associated with unusual equipment remain a matter for the building's current rules.
Storage is available within the building. Approved in-unit laundry adds an option to the central laundry room, but an existing installation and a proposed new installation can involve different alteration approvals. The relevant policy is permission subject to approval, not an unrestricted right to place equipment anywhere in a plan.
The cooperative has no building-level tax abatement identified, and its class 2 assessment is not protected by the small-building growth caps. The present structure also exceeds the residential FAR shown for its zoning. That is a description of an existing prewar building, not a claim that its established apartment area is unlawful.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2026 | 2A | 3 BR · 3 BA · 1,369 sf | $1,830,000 | $1,337/sf | +4.6% |
| May 13, 2026 | 3A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $1,315,000 | -4.4% | |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 1G | 1 BA · 606 sf | $435,000 | $718/sf | -12.8% |
| Nov 7, 2025 | 9G | 1 BA | $540,000 | -1.8% | |
| May 21, 2025 | 5G | 1 BA | $546,000 | -5.7% | |
| Jan 24, 2025 | 6B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 775 sf | $785,000 | $1,013/sf | -7.6% |
| Sep 19, 2024 | 4A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $1,296,725 | -11.5% | |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 9D | 1 BA | $400,000 | -5.9% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,448/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 2.5% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2003 | 9C | $1,495,000 |
| Oct 15, 2003 | PHA | $1,675,000 |
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 1-01428-0009) 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.
At the recent median sale of $785K (6 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $11,494 to close, or 1.5% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $11,494
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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Comparable buildings
- 210 East 73rd Street — A close Eastgate peer for comparing the same development tradition across the street.
- 225 East 73rd Street — A nearby prewar cooperative in a taller structure with a larger inventory.
- 235 East 73rd Street — An Eastgate comparison with later construction and different upper-floor configurations.
- 220 East 73rd Street — Another prewar cooperative on the block for comparing layouts and building scale.
- 225 East 74th Street — A lower-rise prewar cooperative one block north.
More Upper East Side buildings
- 212 East 95th Street — 2008 condominium
- 213 East 71st Street — 1910 co-op
- 215 East 72nd Street — 1929 co-op
- 215 East 79th Street — 1947 co-op by Boak & Paris
- 215 East 80th Street — 1962 condominium
- One Carnegie Hill, 215–217 East 96th Street — 2005 condop by Ismael Leyva Architects
The neighborhood
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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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