3 East 71st Street
3 East 71st Street, New York, NY 10021
Lenox Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1013860006 · BIN 1041353
- Year built
- 1944
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $1.6M
- Recent range
- $1.1M – $6.1M
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 61
3 East 71st Street occupies one of the most cultured corners of Lenox Hill — a mid-1940s Emery Roth cooperative directly across the street from the Frick Collection and a half-block from Central Park and Fifth Avenue. Roth, the architect behind a remarkable share of New York's finest apartment houses, designed it in the transitional moment between prewar and postwar construction, and the building carries the best of both: prewar-quality scale and detail in a slightly cleaner, mid-century envelope.
The appeal is location and bones. Upper floors look out over the Frick's formal gardens, Central Park, and the Midtown skyline; the apartments are large and well-proportioned, many with wood-burning fireplaces; and the building's policy posture is accommodating for the avenue. For the buyer who wants an Emery Roth co-op steps from the Park and the museums — with pied-à-terre flexibility and financing latitude — 3 East 71st is a standout.
Architecture and unit composition
Roth gave 3 East 71st a dignified two-story limestone base with a pink-granite entrance surround, set beneath a warm beige-brick shaft — a facade that bridges prewar gravity and postwar economy. The 13-story building reads as a refined Lenox Hill apartment house, scaled to its blue-chip block between Fifth and Madison.
The roughly 46 apartments offer a variety of configurations, including impressive duplex residences. Many homes carry wood-burning fireplaces, high ceilings, and the generous, well-zoned layouts that define a Roth building. The upper floors are the prizes, with sweeping outlooks over the Frick's gardens, Central Park to the west, and the skyline to the south — views protected, in part, by the low-rise institutional and townhouse context immediately around the building.
Building operations
3 East 71st is a full-service cooperative. A 24-hour doorman covers the lobby, and a live-in resident manager runs the building with porter support. For a building of this vintage, the amenity set is generous: a fitness center, a central laundry room, bike storage, and private storage units.
The board's policy posture is notably welcoming for prime Lenox Hill. The cooperative permits pied-à-terre purchases, allows pets, and accommodates diplomatic buyers. Financing is permitted, generally in the 40–50% range with board approval, and a 4% flip tax is collected on resale and is paid by the purchaser. Those terms — pied-à-terre and diplomatic flexibility opposite the Frick — distinguish 3 East 71st from the more restrictive Fifth Avenue houses a block away, while the board maintains the standards the address commands.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $3,350/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $6
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 →Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- 4% of purchase price, due from Purchaser
- Sublet policy
- Not Allowed
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed (case by case)
- Notable fees
- Individual Sale $900; Estate Sale $1,000; Recognition Agreement $300 if financing
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 31, 2026 | 11 | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | $3,850,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jan 14, 2026 | 10 | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | $5,088,000 | -4.9% | |
| Dec 22, 2025 | 2E | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,100,000 | +15.8% | |
| Dec 10, 2025 | 4E | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,100,000 | +0.0% | |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 9E | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,520,000 | +1.3% | |
| Feb 19, 2025 | 11 | 4 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,940 sf | $6,125,000 | $2,083/sf | +11.5% |
| Oct 9, 2024 | 12D | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | $1,799,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jul 24, 2023 | 10D | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,712,500 | -4.6% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2025): a median $2,083/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 4.6% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2004 | 4B | $3,400,000 |
| Aug 25, 2004 | 9A | $1,650,000 |
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 1-01386-0006) 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
The board process is real — a full package, financials, references, and an interview — but the terms are accommodating: pied-à-terre and diplomatic purchases are permitted, pets are allowed, and financing up to roughly 50% is available with board approval. Budget the 4% buyer-paid flip tax into your underwriting; it is higher than the 1–2% common elsewhere and materially affects total cost. Evaluate apartments for view (the Frick-and-Park outlook on the upper floors is the building's signature), fireplace, and layout. The location — across from the Frick, a half-block from Central Park and Fifth Avenue, near the 6 at 68th Street and the Q at 72nd — is permanent value.
What to know if you’re selling
3 East 71st sells on its address and its flexibility: an Emery Roth co-op opposite the Frick and steps from the Park, with pied-à-terre and diplomatic rules that broaden the buyer pool relative to the cash-only houses nearby. The Frick-and-Central-Park view, a working wood-burning fireplace, high floor, and duplex configuration are the differentiators that set a strong price within the building. Sellers should account for the 4% flip tax in their net-proceeds analysis. Because turnover is thin, price to the building's own most recent comparable and to the peer prime-Lenox-Hill co-ops nearby. We market each home to the qualified, internationally-minded buyer this building attracts.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 3 East 71st Street, these nearby Lenox Hill and Fifth Avenue cooperatives are the natural comparison set:
- 2 East 70th Street — prewar co-op a block south, near Fifth
- 10 East 70th Street — full-service co-op on the same blue-chip stretch
- 834 Fifth Avenue — one of Fifth Avenue's grandest prewar co-ops nearby
- 845 Fifth Avenue — Park-facing co-op a few blocks south
- 19 East 72nd Street — full-service co-op two blocks north
The neighborhood
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