359 East 68th Street
359 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065
BBL 1014437501 · BIN 1044795
- Year built
- 1984
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 22
- Floors
- 11
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Pet-friendly — confirm current house rules at offer stage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,654
- Listing discount
- 1.4%
- Recorded sales
- 24
- On record
- 2003–2025
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at 359 East 68th 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.
359 East 68th Street — the First Avenue Condominium — is a slim boutique high-rise on the southeast corner of First Avenue and East 68th Street in Lenox Hill. Unlike much of the Upper East Side's condominium stock, this is ground-up new construction from 1984, not a conversion — purpose-built for condominium ownership. It rises 11 stories with just 22 residences, a compact full-service building on a prominent corner.
The proposition here is full-service condominium ownership at a boutique scale. The building offers a full-time doorman, an elevator, and deeded ownership with the flexibility a condominium provides. It sits across from St. Catherine's Park and about a block from the Q at the Second Avenue subway at 72nd Street. For the buyer who wants doorman convenience and condominium latitude on the far East Side without a large building, 359 East 68th is a straightforward choice.
Building operations
The condominium is fully staffed: a full-time doorman, an elevator, and superintendent service, with ground-floor commercial space at street level. The full-service model paired with only 22 residences gives the building both convenience and intimacy.
As a condominium, ownership is by deed rather than shares: purchases are subject to condominium application and a right of first refusal rather than a co-op board interview, financing is flexible, and subletting and pied-à-terre use are broadly permitted under the bylaws. The building is pet-friendly. Confirm the current pet policy, common charges, and any bylaw specifics at offer stage.
Architecture and residences
Built in 1984 as ground-up new construction — a purpose-built condominium rather than a co-op conversion — the building is a slim 11-story high-rise holding 22 residences, with ground-floor commercial space at its corner. The compact footprint and low unit count keep the building intimate and the common areas simple to operate. The residence mix spans one-bedrooms up to larger layouts, all under full-service management.
Local Law 97
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 emissions caps apply. No regulatory capital pressure from this law specifically, current or 2030.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →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.
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).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2025–30. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Recent sales
Condominium pricing is read on a price-per-square-foot basis, and 359 East 68th trades as a full-service Upper East Side condominium. Recent trades have run from one-bedrooms up to larger residences, with the $/sf varying by floor, exposure, and condition. With only 22 units, resale volume is thin. When underwriting a purchase or a list price, capture the floor, the exposure, the layout, and renovation condition rather than relying on a neighborhood average. Genuinely variable financial figures should be confirmed at offer stage.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2025 | PHB | 635 sf | $1,050,000 | $1,654/sf | off-mkt |
| Nov 5, 2021 | 8A | 2 BR · 665 sf | $2,250,000 | $3,383/sf | off-mkt |
| Nov 21, 2019 | 6B | 1 BR · 2 BA · 635 sf | $775,000 | $1,220/sf | -7.2% |
| May 4, 2018 | 3A | 1 BR · 750 sf | $835,000 | $1,113/sf | -1.6% |
| Dec 15, 2017 | 8A | 2 BR · 665 sf | $888,000 | $1,335/sf | off-mkt |
| Aug 10, 2017 | 9B | 2 BR · 635 sf | $900,000 | $1,417/sf | +0.6% |
| Jun 20, 2017 | 10A | 2 BR · 700 sf | $885,000 | $1,264/sf | -1.1% |
| Sep 27, 2016 | 6B | 1 BR · 2 BA · 690 sf | $837,000 | $1,213/sf | -11.9% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,654/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. 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 1-01443-7501). 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 359 East 68th Street, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 2 | $3,800 |
| 2 bedroom | 3 | $4,100 |
5 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease March 2025. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
Buying here? Condo closing costs with a mortgage typically run 3 to 6% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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What to know if you’re buying
This is a condominium, so the path is a condominium application and board right of first refusal rather than a co-op interview — a simpler, more flexible process, with financing and resale latitude a co-op does not offer. The reasons to buy are the full-service staffing and the flexibility at a boutique scale: a purpose-built, deeded, doorman condominium on a prominent Lenox Hill corner, across from St. Catherine's Park and about a block from the Q. Review the common charges, reserve, and any planned capital work, and confirm the bylaw points that matter to you.
What to know if you’re selling
The story is the full-service package and the flexibility. The purpose-built 1984 construction, the full-time doorman, the intimate 22-unit scale, and the corner Lenox Hill location — across from St. Catherine's Park and near the Q — sell to a buyer who wants doorman convenience and condominium latitude without a large building. Pricing is a residence-specific exercise on a $/sf basis: floor, exposure, layout, and condition drive the number more than any block average. We position the full-service condominium flexibility and benchmark against the right comparable tier of full-service Upper East Side condominiums.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 359 East 68th Street, also look at these nearby Upper East Side and Lenox Hill buildings:
- 944 Park Avenue — rare pre-war Park Avenue condominium
- 1376 York Avenue — an intimate pre-war Yorkville cooperative
- 237 East 88th Street — pre-war Yorkville condominium
- 120 East 83rd Street — pre-war cooperative near the Met
More Upper East Side buildings
- 350 East 72nd Street (Le Chambord) — 1988 condominium
- Wellington Tower (350 East 82nd Street) — 1998 condominium
- The Fontaine (353 East 72nd Street) — 1975 co-op
- 360 East 72nd Street — 1963 co-op by Philip Birnbaum & Associates
- 360 East 89th Street (Citizen360) — condominium by SHoP Architects
- Leighton House (360 East 88th Street) — 1990 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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