215 East 80th Street
215 East 80th Street, New York, NY 10075
Yorkville, Upper East Side
BBL 1015267502 · BIN 1085215
- Year built
- 1962
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 146
- Floors
- 14
- Pets
- Dogs permitted up to 40 pounds for owners; subtenants may not keep dogs — confirm current rule
- Financing
- Up to roughly 80 percent reported — confirm against the offering plan
- Flip tax
- Not documented — confirm against the offering plan at contract
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 (floor-adjusted)
- $1,230
- Listing discount
- 3.2%
- Recorded sales
- 159
- On record
- 2003–2026
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at 215 East 80th 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.
215 East 80th Street is the value-tier full-service condominium of Yorkville — a 14-story white-brick postwar building between Second and Third Avenues, converted from a rental to condominium ownership and run today with a full staff and amenity set at a carry that its own marketing describes as among the lowest common charges on the Upper East Side. That is the building's entire proposition: a doorman, a gym, a garage, a playroom, and a residents' lounge, for meaningfully less monthly than the corridor's amenity-heavy towers.
It is not an architectural statement — it is efficient postwar white brick, without balconies or a distinctive design — and it does not pretend to be. What it offers instead is the combination that a large segment of Yorkville buyers actually want: full-service living, condominium flexibility, and a low, predictable carry, in a well-located mid-block building steps from the neighborhood's shopping and transit.
For buyers, 215 East 80th is the sensible-money slot in the corridor: the amenities and the flexibility of a condominium without the premium carry, in a building whose value lives in its operating economics rather than its façade.
Architecture and unit composition
The building is classic white-brick postwar: a 14-story apartment house with a red-marble entrance surround under a marquee, consistent fenestration, and sidewalk landscaping, without balconies. The roughly 146 residences run from junior one-bedrooms through three-bedrooms, some convertible to four, blending, in the building's own framing, a boutique feel with the economies of a larger building. It was built around 1962–1963 as a rental and later converted; the offering plan and conversion year control on any specific unit. Because the building is a condominium, apartments are valued on a per-square-foot basis.
Building operations
215 East 80th Street runs as a full-service condominium: a 24-hour doorman, a live-in resident manager, a fitness center (including a Peloton), a children's playroom, a residents' lounge and party room with a kitchen, an on-site garage, central laundry, a bike room, and additional private storage. The building is consistently cited for having among the lowest common charges on the Upper East Side. The offering plan, house rules, and financial statements are held in The Roebling Research Library and available to clients during diligence.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $27,404/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $16
- Modeled exposure split equally across 145 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 filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer 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 — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
Recent sales
The building's resale market is a carry-and-value market. Buyers reach it wanting full-service amenities and condominium flexibility without the premium monthly cost of the corridor's amenity towers, and the low common charges are the headline that drives absorption. Because the building is architecturally plain, the pricing work is done by floor, layout, condition, and the carry math rather than by design cachet. The pet rule — dogs allowed for owners up to 40 pounds but not for subtenants — is a genuine screening item worth confirming early.
Recent closings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | 12J | 2 BR · 1 BA · 984 sf | $1,700,000 | $1,728/sf | -5.3% |
| Aug 11, 2026 | 5A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 884 sf | $999,999 | $1,131/sf | -7.0% |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 7L | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,663 sf | $1,995,000 | $1,200/sf | -9.1% |
| Jun 23, 2026 | 5F | 1 BR · 1 BA · 759 sf | $758,000 | $999/sf | -8.1% |
| May 20, 2026 | PHH | 1 BR · 1 BA · 1,085 sf | $1,200,000 | $1,106/sf | off-mkt |
| Feb 19, 2026 | 6D | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,328 sf | $1,850,000 | $1,393/sf | +0.0% |
| Jan 8, 2026 | 5K | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,274 sf | $1,795,000 | $1,409/sf | +0.0% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | 2D | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,324 sf | $1,750,000 | $1,322/sf | -2.5% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,230/sf (floor-adjusted) across 6 sales. 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 3.2% 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 1-01526-7502). 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
Closed rents at 215 East 80th Street, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 13 | $4,700 |
| 2 bedroom | 4 | $4,600 |
18 closed 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 $1.7M (9 sales since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $70,864 to close, or 4.2% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $17,000
- Mortgage recording tax: $24,544
- Title insurance: $7,650
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $21,670
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
The low carry is the point — verify it and underwrite it. The building's low common charges are its defining advantage; confirm the current figures and the reserve position for the specific unit. Run the True Monthly Carrying Cost Calculator.
Confirm the pet rule and financing. Dogs are permitted for owners up to 40 pounds but not for subtenants, and financing is reported up to roughly 80 percent — verify both against the house rules and offering plan before offering.
Condominium flexibility applies. No co-op-style board approval, and pied-à-terre and sublet use are generally permitted. Confirm any transfer fee at contract. Run the Buyer Closing Cost Calculator.
Price to layout and condition. With a plain façade and no balconies, floor, layout, and finish do the pricing work. Use same-line comparables.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the carry. The low common charges are the building's strongest selling point — put the number front and center, because it is what differentiates this building from the amenity towers nearby.
Sell the full-service package at the price. A doorman, gym, garage, and lounge at this carry is the value story; market it plainly.
Anchor to the line. Same-line, same-condition history is the right comparable set; we maintain it.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 215 East 80th Street, also evaluate:
- The Cielo (450 East 83rd Street) — Perkins Eastman glass condominium in Yorkville; the design-and-finish step-up
- The Waterford (1776 Second Avenue) — full-service Yorkville condominium with a top-floor amenity club
- 389 East 89th Street — recent-conversion Yorkville condominium with a rooftop terrace
- 400 East 84th Street — Yorkville condominium of similar scale
- Hampton House (404 East 79th Street) — full-service Yorkville condominium with a rooftop pool
- 205 East 85th Street — Yorkville building nearby for buyers weighing options
More Upper East Side buildings
- 215 East 72nd Street — 1929 co-op
- 215 East 73rd Street — 1930 co-op by Emery Roth
- 215 East 79th Street — 1947 co-op by Boak & Paris
- One Carnegie Hill, 215–217 East 96th Street — 2005 condop by Ismael Leyva Architects
- The Duplex Condos, 215 East 81st Street — 1974 condominium
- 216 East 75th Street — 1986 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Upper East Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper East Side.
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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