36 East 72nd Street
36 East 72nd Street, New York, NY 10021
BBL 1013860046 · BIN 1041367
- Year built
- 1927
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Upper East Side Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Flip tax
- 2% of the purchase price, paid by the seller
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $3.5M – $3.5M
- Listing discount
- 7.7%
- Recorded transfers
- 16
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36 East 72nd Street belongs to the most rarefied tier of Upper East Side cooperatives. Fifteen stories, just seventeen apartments, and a position between Madison and Park on one of Lenox Hill's grandest blocks — this is a building where most floors are a single, full-floor residence, and where a sale is a genuine event. Its standing is not a matter of marketing: in 1995, The New Yorker ranked it among the top ten cooperative buildings in Manhattan, placing it in the company of the city's most exclusive addresses.
Designed in 1927 by Pleasants Pennington and Albert W. Lewis, the building is a model of late-pre-war luxury planning — large, gracious full-floor homes behind a dignified masonry elevation, built for a way of living that contemporary construction does not attempt. With only seventeen residences, it offers the privacy of a townhouse with the service of a white-glove apartment house, and it has remained one of the most quietly prestigious cooperatives in the city for nearly a century.
For buyers, the proposition is full-floor pre-war living with attended service on a Lenox Hill block; current listings and dated resales are needed to assess availability.
Architecture and unit composition
Pennington and Lewis gave the building the restrained grandeur of the best late-1920s apartment houses — a substantial, well-detailed masonry elevation that reads as serious and discreet, the architectural register of a building that prizes privacy over display. The fifteen-story frame holding only seventeen apartments is itself the architectural statement: this is space deployed for scale, not density.
The homes are accordingly grand. Most floors are full-floor residences, with the entry galleries, separated entertaining and private wings, library and staff spaces, high ceilings, and fine millwork that define the period's top tier. The apartments were built for formal entertaining and full-time family living at a scale that has become almost impossible to reproduce. As at any building of this vintage, interiors range from preserved to fully renovated, but the proportions — and the privacy of a single home per floor — are the enduring assets that place 36 East 72nd in its class.
Building operations
36 East 72nd runs as a true white-glove cooperative. A full-time doorman and attended lobby, supported by a live-in resident manager, serve seventeen residences; the available description does not establish employee counts or a comparative staffing ratio. Private storage rounds out the practical amenities; the real amenities here are the service, the address, and the near-full-floor configuration, with privacy dependent on the specific landing and plan.
Review the building's current budget, audited statements, debt, any assessments and the house rules directly as part of any purchase. What is durable and defining is the building's scale, its provenance, and the rarity of its homes — characteristics that have sustained its standing among Manhattan's premier cooperatives for generations.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of September 2026. They are shown as published, item by item; no total is added because the total depends on the transaction. Deposits are listed apart from nonrefundable charges.
- Terms
- Equal to 2% of the gross sales price
- Rate
- 2% of the purchase price
- Paid by
- Seller
Source: building management's published schedule, as of September 2026
Purchase
6 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $600 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Messenger Fees | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $65 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Recognition Agreement FeeConditionalConditions: If Financing | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $300 (if applicable) | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Managing Agent's Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When At closing | Amount $900 (Shareholder is an Individual) or $1000 (Shareholder is an Estate) | Refundable Non-refundable |
| New York State Stamp TaxPer share | Paid by Shareholder | When At closing | Amount $0.05 per share | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Fidelifacts Credit ReportConditional · Per applicant | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $871.00 per Applicant/Occupant, $1,633.13 if there are two (2) Applicants/Occupants | Refundable Non-refundable |
Refinance
2 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Messenger Fees | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $35 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Ownership transfer
4 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $600 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Background Check FeePer applicant | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $100 per applicant/occupant | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Report FeePer applicantRequired | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $75 per applicant/occupant | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Messenger Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $65 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Management updates its schedule without a public filing. The date is when management last updated the page, not when a rule changed. Confirm the current schedule with management before you apply.
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Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Attended lobby
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Live-in superintendent
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- StorageSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $29,095/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $115
- Modeled exposure split equally across 21 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. A filed Safe grade is not a guarantee of current condition: owners still maintain the facade and, where required, observe parapets each year. Future inspection timing (Local Law 49 of 2025 changed the cycle framework from October 1, 2026), repair and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
Recent sales
Recent transfers 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 | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2025 | 3S | 3 BR · 3 BA | $3,550,000 | +7.7% |
| Dec 13, 2022 | 4N | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | $2,130,000 | -14.6% |
| Aug 27, 2020 | 5SOUTH | 3 BR · 3 BA | $1,995,000 | -19.4% |
| Jul 17, 2020 | 15S | 4 BR · 3 BA | $3,000,000 | -7.7% |
| Jul 31, 2019 | 2S | 3 BR · 4 BA | $1,750,000 | -10.3% |
| Sep 16, 2014 | 10N11S | 3 BR | $5,500,000 | -6.8% |
| May 1, 2013 | 5S | 3 BR | $2,750,000 | -8.2% |
| Feb 22, 2013 | 2N | 2 BR | $2,300,000 | -7.8% |
Market read. Median listing discount 7.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2007 | 6 | $6,500,000 |
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 1-01386-0046). 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.
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What to know if you’re buying
This is a cooperative, so expect a board application and interview; confirm the building's current financing, post-closing liquidity and ownership requirements from its governing documents and application instructions. The reward is commensurate: a full-floor, white-glove pre-war home on a premier block, in a building whose scarcity and reputation are nearly impossible to replicate.
Review current availability and dated sales rather than assuming scarcity from the seventeen-residence count. Evaluate the apartment on its specific floor, light, layout and condition. We help buyers understand the building's standards and posture, underwrite the home, and prepare the required board materials without assuming approval.
What to know if you’re selling
Provenance and scarcity define the selling story. A full-floor home in a seventeen-unit, white-glove pre-war cooperative ranked among Manhattan's finest, on a premier Lenox Hill block, is a trophy asset, and it should be marketed to the small, qualified pool of buyers who seek the city's most exclusive addresses. The building's reputation, its scale, and the rarity of any available home are the headline.
Position against the premier full-floor cooperative tier rather than the broader market, and recognize that each sale here effectively sets the building's record. Discretion, presentation, and disciplined pricing all carry outsized weight: the buyer for a home like this is specific and seldom shopping, and a thoughtfully run, well-targeted process is what brings that buyer to the table.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 36 East 72nd Street, also evaluate these nearby Upper East Side cooperatives:
- 4 East 72nd Street — premier pre-war cooperative near Fifth
- 19 East 72nd Street — distinguished pre-war cooperative toward Madison
- 45 East 72nd Street — full-service cooperative on the same corridor
- 50 East 72nd Street — pre-war cooperative nearby
- 55 East 72nd Street — full-service cooperative toward Park
More Upper East Side buildings
- 35 East 85th Street — 1959 co-op
- The Carlyle (35 East 76th Street) — 1928 co-op by Sylvan Bien and Harry M. Prince
- 36 East 69th Street — 1878 co-op
- 37 East 67th Street — co-op
- 38 East 85th Street — 1925 co-op by Schwartz & Gross
- 39 East 75th Street — 1880 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Upper East Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper East Side.
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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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