- Year built
- 1929
4 East 72nd Street is one of the most architecturally refined boutique cross-street cooperatives in Lenox Hill — a 1929 commission by F. Burrell Hoffman, Jr., the architect best-known for Vizcaya (the James Deering estate in Miami, 1916, in collaboration with Paul Chalfin). The structural identity rests on three features.
First, the Hoffman / Vizcaya architectural pedigree — Hoffman's principal reputation is as a Mediterranean-revival country-house designer, making 4 East 72nd an unexpected Manhattan limestone luxury apartment commission from a country-house architect. Second, the 18-unit boutique configuration — typically one full-floor or near-full-floor unit per floor with select duplex configurations. Third, the gilded ironwork facade — Hill & Lawrence's HLRES summary describes "an exquisitely detailed façade with wrought-iron window grilles, arched double-height windows, Art Deco friezes, and a balustraded roofline. The delicate ironwork, much of it with gilded accents, and fine limestone masonry comprise one of the most refined residential façades in the city."
Harold Stanley, co-founder of Morgan Stanley, lived at 4 East 72nd Street.
Recent sales
- Apartment 4A — asked $8.4 million in a recent Brown Harris Stevens listing
Building consistent with $3,500-4,500+ per square foot at the full-floor level. Apartment-level closing detail should be sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers.
Robert Khederian's Substack architectural-history series has published a substantive analysis of the 10th-floor configuration as a case study in prewar luxury floor-plan vocabulary.
What to know if you’re buying
The F. Burrell Hoffman, Jr. / Vizcaya architectural pedigree is real institutional context. Hoffman's Mediterranean-revival country-house reputation makes 4 East 72nd a uniquely distinguished Manhattan limestone luxury apartment commission.
The 18-unit boutique configuration is at the smallest scale of institutional Lenox Hill cooperative inventory.
The gilded ironwork facade is structurally distinguishing. HLRES characterizes it as "one of the most refined residential façades in the city."
The Harold Stanley / Morgan Stanley founder resident anchor is real institutional context.
The mid-block East 72nd placement is on one of the three most architecturally distinguished Lenox Hill cross-streets.
Plan for institutional board review standards consistent with boutique trophy UES cooperatives.
Comparable buildings
- 2 East 70th Street — Candela / Walker & Gillette 1927-28; nearby Lenox Hill peer
- 1 East 66th Street — Candela 1947; nearby Fifth Avenue peer
- 45 East 66th Street — Harde & Short 1906-08; nearby UES peer
- 19 East 72nd Street — same-block Lenox Hill peer
- 810 Fifth Avenue — Carpenter 1926; nearby Fifth Avenue peer
The Roebling Team at 4 East 72nd Street
Corey Cohen · The Roebling Team at Compass 646.939.7375 · c.cohen@compass.com
Sources: CityRealty building page; HL Realty (4 East 72nd cooperative); Brown Harris Stevens (4 East 72nd #4A); Robert Khederian Substack ("Large Floorplan Prewar New York City Upper East Side"); New York Social Diary ("Generations of East 72nd Street"); 4 East 72nd cooperative property records; NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers.