48 East 83rd Street
48 East 83rd Street, between Madison and Park Avenues, Upper East Side
Upper East Side
BBL 1014940148 · BIN 1046776
- Year built
- 1920
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 6
- Floors
- 4
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Private garden at the base; in-unit laundry in selected homes
- Financing
- Up to 80% — confirm with the managing agent.
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About the building
48 East 83rd Street is a four-story townhouse cooperative on the block between Madison and Park Avenues. City records date the building to 1920, and it converted to cooperative ownership in 1982. Six residences occupy its narrow house form. The building stands outside the nearby historic districts, despite the concentration of designated properties around Fifth and Park Avenues.
The apartments include studios and one-bedroom homes, together with a larger two-bedroom garden duplex. Upper layouts have street or rear-garden outlooks, with fireplaces and hardwood floors surviving in some interiors. The garden duplex connects two levels and opens to private outdoor space behind the house. Its plan includes a separate windowed office. Laundry has been installed in selected apartments.
Recent sales
Recent transfers 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 20, 2010 | 3 | 1 BR · 750 sf | $670,000 | $893/sf | -3.6% |
| Mar 23, 2006 | 4 | 1 BR | $650,000 | -13.2% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2010): a median $893/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 2018 | 3 | $860,000 |
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01494-0148) 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.
Buying here? Co-op closing costs typically run 2 to 3% 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
The building has no elevator or attended lobby. Upper-floor homes require the common stairs for daily access and deliveries, while the garden duplex has an additional internal stair between its living levels.
Comparable buildings
- The Warburg Mansion — A larger cooperative converted from a private house, retaining a mansion-scale interior arrangement.
- The DeKoven House — Another small cooperative within a low-rise prewar building.
- 68 East 83rd Street — A larger prewar cooperative on the same street, offering an apartment-house comparison.
More Upper East Side buildings
- 47 East 67th Street — 1878 co-op
- 47 East 87th Street — 1947 co-op
- 47 East 91st Street — 2004 condominium
- 49 East 86th Street — 1930 co-op
- 49 East 96th Street — 1939 co-op
- 50 East 72nd Street — 1928 condominium
The neighborhood
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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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