460 East 79th Street
460 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10075
Lenox Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1014737502 · BIN 1076320
- Year built
- 1960
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 122
- Floors
- 20
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Pet-friendly; small dogs welcome (confirm size and count with management)
Every recorded sale at this building, 2002–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf (floor-adjusted)
- $1,348
- Listing discount
- 4.4%
- Recorded sales
- 114
- On record
- 2002–2025
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Gregory Towers is a full-service postwar condominium in far eastern Yorkville — a 20-story red brick tower built in 1960 and converted from rental to condominium ownership in 1987. At 122 apartments on a mid-block East 79th Street lot between York and First Avenues, it delivers the flexibility condominium buyers want with the service package of a doorman building, and its upper floors carry open exposures over the low-scale surrounding streets.
The building's positioning is straightforward: condominium flexibility at accessible far-east pricing. As a condominium rather than a co-op, Gregory Towers offers a smoother approval path, permissive subletting and pied-à-terre use, and pet-friendly rules — a profile that appeals equally to primary-residence buyers and to investors or part-time owners seeking an income hold or a low-friction New York foothold. The trade-off is location: at York-to-First between the river and Second Avenue, it sits well east of the Park-and-Fifth core, which is precisely what keeps pricing reasonable for the level of service delivered.
Architecture and building operations
Completed in 1960, Gregory Towers is a 20-story postwar red brick tower on the south side of East 79th Street between York and First Avenues, with 122 residences. The facade carries select corner and bay windows that give some lines added light and street presence, and a number of apartments offer private terraces — an unusual amenity for a building of this vintage and price point. It was converted from a rental to a condominium in 1987.
Operations are full-service. The building maintains a 24-hour doorman and a live-in resident manager, an on-site parking garage, a bicycle storage room, private storage, and a central card-key laundry room, while many residences carry in-unit washer/dryers. Two-bedroom layouts make up a large share of the unit mix, which supports steady end-user demand. The overall package delivers doorman-building service and genuine amenity at a price point set by the far-eastern Yorkville location.
Policy framework
- Type: Condominium — right of first refusal; no board rejection of qualified purchasers
- Pets: Pet-friendly; small dogs welcome — confirm size and count with management
- Pied-à-terre: Permitted
- Financing maximum: Condominium financing is generally flexible; confirm current guidance at offer stage
- Flip tax: Confirm structure and rate with the managing agent at offer stage
- Subletting: Permitted; condominium right of first refusal and an owner/building approval process apply
- Trust, LLC, foreign buyers: Generally accommodated as a condominium — confirm at contract
- Board interview: Not a board-rejection regime; a condominium application and right-of-first-refusal waiver apply
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $25,036/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $18
- Modeled exposure split equally across 118 units (the city tax-lot count). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 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. 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).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
- Sublet policy
- Allowed; 30-day board waiver policy
- Notable fees
- Move In/Out fee $2,000 (non-refundable) + $2,000 refundable deposit; short-term rentals & AirBnB not allowed
Recent sales
As a condominium, Gregory Towers trades on a price-per-square-foot basis, with value driven by floor level, exposure, layout, terrace access, and condition rather than the price-per-room and maintenance framing used for cooperatives. The building's postwar layouts — heavy on two-bedroom lines — its full-service operation, and its select terraces and bay-window lines all factor into pricing, as does its far-eastern position between York and First, which sits at a discount to the interior Park-and-Fifth blocks.
The permissive policy posture — condominium ownership, pet-friendly, pied-à-terre and subletting allowed — broadens demand to include investors and part-time owners alongside primary residents, which tends to support liquidity. Upper-floor and terraced lines carry premiums for light and outdoor space; lower and interior lines trade at a discount. Specific closed prices should be underwritten against current recorded transfers and in-building comparables rather than neighborhood averages.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2025 | 20A | 674 sf | $1,090,000 | $1,617/sf | off-mkt |
| Apr 11, 2025 | 12C | 1 BA · 429 sf | $522,000 | $1,217/sf | off-mkt |
| Aug 23, 2024 | 15A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,241 sf | $1,725,000 | $1,390/sf | +1.8% |
| Jun 3, 2024 | 9F | 1 BR · 1 BA · 800 sf | $975,000 | $1,219/sf | -4.9% |
| Jan 12, 2024 | 20D | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,268 sf | $1,460,000 | $1,151/sf | +12.3% |
| Mar 20, 2023 | 2A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,300 sf | $1,300,000 | $1,000/sf | -14.8% |
| Mar 16, 2023 | 11G | 2 BR · 772 sf | $720,000 | $933/sf | off-mkt |
| Jan 19, 2023 | 4F | 2 BR · 1 BA · 775 sf | $870,000 | $1,123/sf | -0.6% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,348/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 sales. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 4.4% 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 1-01473-7502). 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 Gregory Towers, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | 3 | $3,200 |
| 1 bedroom | 3 | $4,500 |
| 2 bedroom | 5 | $6,750 |
11 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease June 2026. 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 flexible condominium. Subletting and pied-à-terre use are permitted, which suits investors, part-time owners, and primary residents alike.
- The pet policy is friendly — small dogs are welcome; confirm size and count before committing if pets are a factor.
- The amenity package is complete for the vintage — 24-hour doorman, live-in resident manager, garage, bike room, storage, and laundry, with in-unit washer/dryers and private terraces in select units.
- Terraced and upper-floor lines carry the premium for outdoor space, light, and open exposures; weigh those against quieter interior lines.
- Expect condominium diligence rather than a co-op board gauntlet — a right-of-first-refusal waiver applies, but qualified purchasers are not subject to board rejection.
What to know if you’re selling
- Lead with flexibility and service. Condominium ownership, permissive subletting and pied-à-terre rules, and a full doorman operation are the building's core selling points.
- Widen the buyer pool. Because the building accommodates investors and part-time owners, marketing can reach beyond owner-occupants.
- Feature terraces and bay-window lines where present — they differentiate this building from its postwar peers.
- Anchor pricing to recent in-building and immediate-area comparables, adjusted for floor, exposure, terrace, and condition.
Comparable buildings
- 180 East 79th Street — nearby Upper East Side peer on the same street
- 200 East 84th Street — nearby Yorkville condominium
- 40 East End Avenue — nearby far-eastern Upper East Side building
- 525 East 80th Street — nearby far-eastern Yorkville peer
- 180 East 88th Street — nearby Yorkville peer
More Upper East Side buildings
- 450 East 83rd Street (The Cielo) — 2005 condominium by Perkins Eastman
- 455 Main Street (Riverwalk Place) — 2004 condominium by SLCE Architects
- The Channel Club (455 East 86th Street) — 1986 condominium
- 502 East 81st Street — condominium
- 505 East 79th Street (East River House) — 1963 condop by Philip Birnbaum & Associates
- 507 East 80th Street — 1925 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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