- Year built
- 1913
45 East 82nd Street is the P.S. 6 playground-facing prewar cooperative — a 1913 building whose front-facing apartments look directly into the playground of P.S. 6 (the Lillian Devereux Blake School), one of the most-sought public elementary schools in NYC.
The structural identity rests on three features. First, the P.S. 6 playground adjacency — among the most important structural buyer features any UES cross-street coop can offer for family buyers prioritizing zoned-school access. Second, the twin-building Madison Avenue block-pair configuration — Carter Horsley flags 45 East 82nd as "nearly identical" to its twin at 40 East 83rd Street, the same 1958 conversion and 56-unit count, with the two buildings developed as a paired Madison Avenue block-pair. Third, the 1913 early-prewar vintage — placing the building in the earliest cohort of institutional UES apartment houses.
Recent sales
- Apartment 6E — recently asked at $6.2 million (Brown Harris Stevens), consistent with the building's tier-two prewar pricing.
Apartment-level closing detail should be sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers.
What to know if you’re buying
The P.S. 6 playground adjacency is structurally distinguishing. For family buyers prioritizing zoned-school access, the most direct expression of that priority in the UES.
The 1913 early-prewar vintage places the building in the earliest cohort of institutional UES apartment houses.
The twin-building configuration with 40 East 83rd is real architectural-history context. Carter Horsley confirms the paired Madison Avenue block-pair development.
The Metropolitan Museum Historic District designation provides exterior protection.
The reserved amenity layer — no sidewalk landscaping, health club, or garage — should be evaluated against buyer expectations.
Comparable buildings
- 40 East 83rd Street — same-developer twin; immediate same-block UES peer
- 200 East 83rd Street — nearby UES peer
- 8 East 83rd Street — nearby UES peer
- 180 East 79th Street — Schwartz & Gross 1929-30; nearby UES peer
- 1045 Madison Avenue (The Benson) — nearby Madison Avenue peer
The Roebling Team at 45 East 82nd Street
Corey Cohen · The Roebling Team at Compass 646.939.7375 · c.cohen@compass.com
Sources: CityRealty (Carter Horsley review, 2011); CityRealty building page; Brown Harris Stevens (45 East 82nd #6E); NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission Metropolitan Museum Historic District Designation Report (LP-1083, 1977); Compass listing; NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers.