40 East 80th Street
40 East 80th Street, New York, NY 10075
Upper East Side
BBL 1014910048 · BIN 1046451
- Year built
- 1967
- Type
- Cooperative
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
- $509
- Listing discount
- 5.9%
- Recorded sales
- 52
- On record
- 2003–2025
40 East 80th Street is a post-war full-service cooperative one block from Central Park, on a quiet Carnegie Hill cross street between Madison and Park. In a neighborhood built almost entirely from pre-war co-ops, a 1967 tower like this one offers a distinct proposition: the higher floors, larger windows, and uniform layouts of modern construction, paired with the doorman service and prime location that define the address. At twenty-six stories on a slender footprint, the building rises well above its pre-war neighbors and delivers light and views that the older masonry stock cannot.
What truly sets the building apart, though, is its house rules. Where Carnegie Hill's pre-war boards are famous for their strictness, 40 East 80th Street runs an unusually flexible cooperative — it permits subletting, pied-à-terre ownership, co-purchasing, guarantors, and gifting, and welcomes international and investor buyers. For a buyer who wants a top-tier Upper East Side address without a forbidding board, the building is a rare and valuable combination of location and latitude.
Architecture and unit composition
40 East 80th Street is a clean post-war tower — a brick-and-masonry slab set on a mid-block 80th Street parcel between Madison and Park, with a ground-floor commercial component and residences rising above. The architecture is of its era: efficient, vertical, and engineered for light and air rather than for the ornament of the pre-war buildings around it. Its real architectural advantage is height — at twenty-six stories, the upper floors command open views and the kind of sun that the neighborhood's shorter masonry co-ops rarely offer.
With 41 residential apartments across that height, the building is intimate per floor, which keeps the common areas calm and the elevator service quick. Layouts are post-war regular — well-proportioned rooms, generous windows, and the practical floor plans that modern construction allows — an easier renovation canvas than many pre-war apartments and a comfortable fit for contemporary living.
Building operations
40 East 80th Street is run as a full-service cooperative with a full-time doorman and a live-in superintendent. On-site amenities include a bike room, a central laundry room, and private individual storage cages. The board is notably accommodating: the building is pet-friendly (larger pets welcome with board approval), and it permits subletting, pied-à-terre ownership, co-purchasing, guarantors, and gifting, and is open to investor and international buyers. On the financial side, the co-op requires a minimum 25% down payment (flexible financing above that) and charges a 2.5% flip tax paid by the purchaser at closing. That combination of full service and liberal house rules is genuinely uncommon for the Upper East Side and is the building's defining feature.
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 filing classified the facade as Unsafe — conditions requiring corrective action, which under FISP means a protective sidewalk shed and repairs. Review the subsequent filings, the repair status, and the building’s board and financial materials — we pull the repair scope and funding picture 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.
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- Flip tax
- 2.5% of gross purchase price
- Sublet policy
- Allowed (min 1 yr / max 2 yr; renewable; Board approval)
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
- Notable fees
- Closing Fee $800 ($850 w/o broker) + $0.05/share; foreign buyers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2025 | 25A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $800,000 | -11.0% | |
| May 19, 2025 | 4B | 1 BR · 1.5 BA | $550,000 | -25.7% | |
| Apr 3, 2025 | 21A | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,000 sf | $599,000 | $300/sf | +0.0% |
| Dec 7, 2022 | 8A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $1,475,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jun 30, 2022 | PHA | 3 BR · 3 BA | $1,600,000 | -3.0% | |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 10 | 4 BR · 4 BA · 2,800 sf | $1,998,000 | $714/sf | -20.0% |
| Nov 11, 2021 | 23A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $1,300,000 | -10.3% | |
| Aug 18, 2021 | 19B | 5 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,700 sf | $2,350,000 | $870/sf | -32.8% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $509/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 5.9% 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 1-01491-0048) 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 is the headline. Subletting, pied-à-terre ownership, co-purchasing, guarantors, gifting, and investor/international buyers are all permitted — a rare degree of latitude for the Upper East Side. If you want flexibility in how you own and use the apartment, this is one of the few prime co-ops that allows it.
Buy the height and the light. The post-war tower's upper floors deliver open views and sun that the surrounding pre-wars cannot — a concrete advantage in a neighborhood of shorter masonry buildings.
Know the terms. A 25% minimum down payment and a 2.5% flip tax paid by the purchaser are the headline numbers — note that the flip tax falls on the buyer here, which is worth factoring into your acquisition budget.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the flexibility and the views. A full-service co-op that permits sublets, pied-à-terres, and investor buyers — one block from Central Park, with high-floor light — reaches an audience that the neighborhood's strict pre-wars cannot. Make the rules and the outlook your headline.
Position to the buyer the building actually attracts. Pied-à-terre purchasers, investors, and international buyers all cross-shop flexible co-ops; the building's latitude is a marketing asset, not a footnote.
Benchmark to post-war full-service towers near the park. Comparable analysis belongs against other doorman post-war co-ops in Carnegie Hill and the East 80s, not against pre-war masonry buildings — the height, the views, and the rules set the building's tier.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 40 East 80th Street, also evaluate these nearby Upper East Side cooperatives:
- 201 East 80th Street — full-service Upper East Side building nearby
- 180 East 79th Street — Upper East Side cooperative to the south
- 50 East 79th Street — full-service cooperative nearby
- 175 East 77th Street — post-war full-service building nearby
- 200 East 74th Street — the white-brick Lenox Hill co-op
The neighborhood
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