229 East 79th Street
229 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10075
Yorkville, Upper East Side
BBL 1015250015 · BIN 1048513
- Year built
- 1930
- 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.
- 2BR median
- $1.1M
- Recent range
- $700K – $3.2M
- Listing discount
- 5.4%
- Recorded transfers
- 103
229 East 79th Street is a full-service prewar cooperative in the heart of Yorkville, the part of the Upper East Side where genuine prewar architecture still trades at a relative discount to the Fifth, Park, and Madison Avenue corridors. Built in 1930, the building rises fifteen stories with only six residences per floor — a low-density layout that keeps the building quiet and gives many apartments cross-light and corner exposures — and it runs as a 24-hour-doorman house with a live-in resident manager and a planted roof deck.
The building's appeal is straightforward: it offers the prewar essentials buyers prize — proportioned rooms, hardwood floors, and original detailing — in a setting that is convenient, well-served, and more attainable than the gold-coast blocks to the west. With the Second Avenue subway a few minutes away and the full Yorkville retail and grocery row at the door, it is a building for buyers who want prewar quality and everyday livability without trophy-tier pricing.
For a 1930 cooperative, the amenity set is contemporary in the ways that matter most to residents: a furnished, landscaped roof deck with Wi-Fi for warm-weather use, plus the full-service staffing and operations of a substantial prewar house.
Architecture and unit composition
The building presents a refined prewar face — a brick shaft over a limestone base, carved stone detailing, beveled-glass entrance doors, and a canopied, greenery-framed entrance — the vocabulary of the East Side's late-1920s and 1930 apartment construction. The fifteen-story massing and the six-per-floor plan are the building's structural advantage: fewer neighbors per landing, more exposures per home, and a layout that supports well-scaled one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments.
Inside, the residences carry prewar character — generous ceiling heights, hardwood floors, and original moldings and details in many lines — with kitchens and baths updated to varying degrees across the building's life. The combination of the low unit count per floor and the through-light many homes enjoy is the reason apartments here hold their appeal across cycles.
Building operations
229 East 79th Street operates as a full-service cooperative. A 24-hour doorman staffs the lobby and a live-in resident manager oversees the building, supported by staff that keeps the common areas in good order. Residents have a central laundry room, private storage, and the building's signature amenity — a furnished and landscaped roof deck wired for Wi-Fi, a genuine outdoor amenity in a neighborhood where private terraces are scarce.
The cooperative is run as a stable, owner-occupied building with sensible, well-defined house rules and a conservative financial posture — the profile of a long-tenured Yorkville co-op.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $9,661/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $10
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 before the next inspection cycle. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
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.
See the full facade history →Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2026 | 7C | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,075,000 | +0.0% | |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 7AB | 4 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,200 sf | $2,810,000 | $1,277/sf | -3.1% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 4E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 900 sf | $765,000 | $850/sf | -7.3% |
| Feb 2, 2024 | 9BC | 3 BR · 3 BA | $3,225,000 | -7.9% | |
| Jan 18, 2024 | 15B | 1 BR | $700,000 | -6.5% | |
| Aug 2, 2023 | 8F | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,100,000 | -4.3% | |
| May 19, 2023 | 15D | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,260,000 | -9.7% | |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2AB | 4 BR · 3 BA · 2,000 sf | $2,595,000 | $1,298/sf | -3.7% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2025): a median $1,047/sf across 2 sales. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 2.7% 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 1-01525-0015) 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 traditional cooperative with a board package and interview. The financial parameters are clear: the building permits up to 70% financing and requires a 30% down payment, and a 2% flip tax applies at sale — standard prewar terms that buyers should build into their numbers.
On house rules, pets are allowed with board approval, and pieds-à-terre are considered on a case-by-case basis — both accommodating positions that broaden the building's appeal, though each goes through the board. Guarantors are permitted with approval. The overall posture is that of a sensible, primary-residence cooperative that reviews flexibility rather than forbidding it.
The location is the everyday advantage. The Second Avenue subway (Q) and the Lexington Avenue 4/5/6 are both within reach, with crosstown bus service close by; Central Park is a walk west; and the surrounding Yorkville blocks deliver one of the East Side's densest concentrations of restaurants, cafés, and gourmet grocers — including the specialty markets the neighborhood is known for — within a block or two of the door.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the building's structural strengths: a full-service prewar cooperative with a 24-hour doorman, a live-in resident manager, and a landscaped roof deck, on a quiet Yorkville block with the Second Avenue subway and a deep retail row nearby. The six-per-floor layout and the cross-light many apartments enjoy are concrete selling points worth naming.
Be transparent about the financial terms — 70% financing, 30% down, and a 2% flip tax — and frame the pet and pied-à-terre policies as accommodating-with-approval, which keeps the buyer pool wide. Position the apartment within the Yorkville prewar market rather than against the gold-coast houses to the west; the value relative to comparable prewar quality is the selling argument. With steady turnover and a stable operation, a well-prepared, well-priced listing here transacts efficiently.
Comparable buildings
If you're weighing 229 East 79th Street, these nearby Yorkville and Upper East Side cooperatives belong on the same list:
- 180 East 79th Street — prewar cooperative one block west
- 50 East 79th Street — full-service cooperative on the same street
- 325 East 79th Street — Yorkville cooperative nearby
- 333 East 79th Street — Upper East Side cooperative peer
- 255 East 77th Street — full-service cooperative two blocks south
The neighborhood
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