47 East 91st Street
47 East 91st Street, at Madison Avenue · Upper East Side
Carnegie Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1015037501 · BIN 1047046
- Year built
- 2004
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- Designated
- Amenities
- 24-hour doorman serving the tower
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,304
- Listing discount
- 7.6%
- Recorded sales
- 20
- On record
- 2004–2026
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47 East 91st Street was built over an operating bank, with a new steel transfer structure carrying the residential floors above it. Tamarkin Co. combined that corner site with an adjoining townhouse to create seven full-floor apartments and a duplex penthouse in the tower, plus two smaller townhouse apartments. The townhouse portion also carries Madison Avenue addresses within the same condominium.
The project occupies a corner in the Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District. Its buff brick, limestone base and steel casement windows bring traditional materials to a building completed in the early 2000s. The low adjoining townhouse allowed windows along the tower's north side and provided additional roof-level space and building infrastructure.
Architecture and unit composition
The tower's full-floor homes contain roughly 4,000 square feet each; the duplex penthouse was designed at approximately 6,000 square feet. Full-floor planning provides multiple exposures and room for separate living, dining and bedroom areas. The original interior design included white-oak herringbone floors and plaster moldings.
The two townhouse residences are substantially smaller, at approximately 736 and 1,528 square feet. Their scale and access distinguish them from the tower's expansive floor plates. A search under this address can therefore return homes with very different physical settings and carrying-cost profiles.
Rusticated Indiana limestone forms the tower's base, with sandcast brick above. The restoration of the adjoining townhouse was part of the development, while the bank remained in operation during construction. Integrating those structures required a more complex foundation and support arrangement than an empty-site residential project.
Building operations
Eight tower apartments share a 24-hour doorman service. The property also contains commercial interests and the two townhouse homes, so the association extends beyond the tower lobby. The adjoining townhouse accommodated heating equipment and a roof deck as part of the original project; that history doesn't make the roof a shared amenity for every residence today.
The historic-district designation applies to the condominium property. Exterior changes to the tower and historic townhouse fall within LPC oversight. The site has unused zoning floor area on a simple FAR comparison, but its landmark approvals and existing integrated construction also shape what can be built.
Recent sales
Recent closings at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 2026 | TH1 | 736 sf | $960,000 | $1,304/sf | off-mkt |
| Oct 4, 2022 | 6 | 5 BR · 5.5 BA · 4,007 sf | $11,000,000 | $2,745/sf | -7.6% |
| Sep 7, 2017 | 7 | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 4,000 sf | $13,400,000 | $3,350/sf | -7.6% |
| Mar 24, 2015 | COMA | 7,337 sf | $30,000,000 | $4,089/sf | off-mkt |
| Jan 27, 2014 | 7 | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 4,000 sf | $10,500,000 | $2,625/sf | -16.0% |
| Jun 19, 2013 | TH2 | 1,528 sf | $2,445,000 | $1,600/sf | off-mkt |
| Dec 13, 2012 | COMA | 7,337 sf | $20,272,689 | $2,763/sf | off-mkt |
| Jan 22, 2008 | TH1 | 736 sf | $750,000 | $1,019/sf | off-mkt |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,304/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 7.6% 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 1-01503-7501) 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
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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- 48 East 83rd Street — 1920 co-op
- 49 East 86th Street — 1930 co-op
- 49 East 96th Street — 1939 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.
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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