The Premier (333 East 69th Street)
333 East 69th Street, New York, NY 10021
Lenox Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1014440015 · BIN 1044820
- Year built
- 1963
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 118
- Financing
- Up to 65% permitted
- Flip tax
- None
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $830K
- Recent range
- $760K – $1.7M
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 94
The Premier at 333 East 69th Street is one of the genuinely important post-war apartment buildings on the Upper East Side — an architecturally significant 1963 design by Mayer, Whittlesey & Glass, with William J. Conklin as the designing architect, that earned the American Institute of Architects' First Honor Award for its planning and design. In a category often dominated by anonymous white-brick and red-brick towers, The Premier stands apart: a deliberately composed modernist façade of concrete grid with brick infill, recessed balconies, and protected open pavilions that animate the elevation with light and shadow.
The building's most distinctive planning gesture is its base. The lower two floors hold 16 duplex maisonettes with private street entrances and gardens — a townhouse-within-an-apartment-house idea that gives the building a rare residential texture at street level and a coveted apartment type above it. Above the maisonettes, the unit mix runs roughly one-third one-bedrooms and two-thirds two-bedrooms, served by a slate of amenities unusual for a mid-century co-op: a roof deck, an on-site parking garage, a bike room, cold storage, central laundry, and a glass-enclosed recreation room.
Built as a rental and converted to cooperative ownership in 1987, The Premier sits on a quiet, tree-lined Lenox Hill block between First and Second Avenues, a short walk from the Second Avenue subway at 72nd Street and the Lexington Avenue lines, with the East River esplanade and the Lenox Hill / Hospital for Special Surgery medical corridor close by. For buyers who value design pedigree, flexible board policy, and a full-amenity post-war operation, it occupies a distinctive niche on the East Side.
Architecture and unit composition
Conklin's design for Mayer, Whittlesey & Glass is the building's defining feature: a concrete structural grid expressed on the façade, infilled with brick, and punctuated by recessed balconies and the protected open pavilions that give the elevation its sculptural quality. The award-winning composition reads as deliberately modernist in a neighborhood largely defined by pre-war and conventional post-war construction.
The 118 apartments are anchored by the 16 ground- and second-floor duplex maisonettes, several with private gardens — among the most sought-after configurations in the building. Above them, the mix is roughly one-third one-bedrooms and two-thirds two-bedrooms, and many apartments feature the building's recessed balconies. Layouts reflect 1963-era post-war planning: efficient, light-filled, and well-suited to single owners, couples, and small families.
Building operations
The Premier operates as a full-service post-war cooperative with a 24-hour doorman, a live-in superintendent, a roof deck, an on-site parking garage, a bike room, cold storage, central laundry, private storage, and a glass-enclosed recreation room. Residents and brokers consistently describe the building's service, management, and financial stewardship in favorable terms, and maintenance has been characterized as reasonable for the amenity set.
Board policy is comparatively flexible for the Upper East Side: the building carries no flip tax, permits pets, and allows pied-à-terre ownership, subletting, and co-purchasing with board approval. Financing is permitted up to 65%. The combination — design pedigree, a deep amenity package, an on-site garage, and accommodating policy — makes The Premier one of the more smoothly run and broadly marketable post-war co-ops in Lenox Hill.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
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.
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
- Sublet policy
- Allowed; sublet fee 15% of per annum maintenance or 15% of per annum sublet rent, whichever higher
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
- Notable fees
- No W/D in units; short-term rentals not allowed
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2025 | 7F | 1 BR · 1 BA | $997,000 | +0.2% | |
| Apr 29, 2025 | TH1 | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | $1,475,000 | -17.8% | |
| Apr 17, 2025 | 10J | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,420,000 | -5.0% | |
| Dec 5, 2024 | 11E | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,550,000 | -3.1% | |
| Sep 10, 2024 | 6J | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,200,000 | +0.0% | |
| Aug 5, 2024 | 11A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $860,000 | +7.6% | |
| Jul 19, 2023 | 11B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $760,000 | -1.9% | |
| Jul 17, 2023 | 8H | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,400 sf | $1,700,000 | $1,214/sf | +6.3% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2023): a median $1,274/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount 1.4% 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 1-01444-0015) 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
The design pedigree is real and marketable. An AIA First Honor Award building by Mayer, Whittlesey & Glass is a genuine differentiator in the post-war category.
The maisonettes are a distinctive asset. The 16 duplex units with private entrances and gardens are among the building's most sought-after configurations.
The policy posture is owner-friendly. No flip tax, pets welcome, and pied-à-terre, subletting, and co-purchasing permitted with approval; financing to 65%.
Amenities are unusually complete for a mid-century co-op. Roof deck, garage, bike room, recreation room, and cold and private storage.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the architecture and amenities. Listing copy should foreground the AIA-honored Conklin design, the full amenity slate, and — for maisonette sellers — the private-entrance duplex format.
The no-flip-tax, flexible-policy package is a selling point. Emphasize the broader buyer pool that the absence of a transfer fee, plus pied-à-terre and sublet flexibility, supports.
Closing timelines are co-op standard — generally 6–10 weeks from contract signing to closing.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering The Premier, also evaluate:
- 315 East 72nd Street — post-war Upper East Side co-op nearby
- 301 East 69th Street — Lenox Hill building on the same block line
- 233 East 69th Street — Lenox Hill co-op nearby
- 200 East 74th Street — post-war Upper East Side co-op
- 315 East 70th Street — Lenox Hill co-op nearby
- 360 East 72nd Street — full-service post-war Lenox Hill co-op
The neighborhood
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