58 East 96th Street
58 East 96th Street, New York, NY 10128
Carnegie Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1015070045 · BIN 1047434
- Year built
- 1929
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $1.2M
- Recent range
- $800K – $2.5M
- Listing discount
- 2.8%
- Recorded transfers
- 58
58 East 96th Street is a substantial pre-war cooperative in the heart of Carnegie Hill, completed in 1929 on the quiet midblock between Madison and Park Avenues. It is one of a cluster of large 1929 apartment houses that give upper Carnegie Hill its dense, dignified, residential character — buildings designed when the neighborhood was establishing itself as a refined northern counterpart to the Fifth and Park Avenue gold coast.
The building's appeal is location and pre-war value. Carnegie Hill is among the most coveted family neighborhoods on the East Side — leafy, school-rich, and a short walk from Central Park, the reservoir, and Museum Mile — yet a 96th Street cooperative trades at a meaningful discount to the same square footage twenty blocks south. 58 East 96th offers exactly that: solid pre-war apartments in a full-service building, in a neighborhood buyers actively seek out.
For buyers, the draw is pre-war space and Carnegie Hill life at attainable East Side pricing. For sellers, the address, the building's scale, and the quiet midblock setting are the durable selling points.
Architecture and unit composition
The building is a 17-story masonry pre-war apartment house in the restrained style typical of the late 1920s — a solid brick-and-stone facade, well-proportioned windows, and the kind of dignified, unshowy massing that defines Carnegie Hill's side streets. It reads as a serious residential building rather than a tower, in keeping with the neighborhood it helped form.
Inside, the 73 residences reflect their 1929 origins: hardwood floors, generous ceiling heights, entry foyers, and the comfortable room counts of pre-war planning, with layouts ranging from efficient smaller homes to larger family apartments. The thick masonry walls make for quiet, well-insulated interiors. As with any building of this vintage, the most desirable apartments are the larger, light-filled lines that have been thoughtfully renovated while keeping their pre-war proportions.
Building operations
58 East 96th is a full-service cooperative with an attended lobby, full-time elevator service, and a live-in superintendent. Common amenities are practical — central laundry and storage — with the building's real value coming from its staffing, its pre-war construction, and its prime Carnegie Hill block rather than from a resort-style amenity package.
The cooperative is professionally managed and governed in the conservative manner typical of an established pre-war co-op. Prospective purchasers should expect a standard board package and personal interview; sublet policy, financing limits, pet rules, and any flip tax or transfer fee are set by the board and confirmed through the cooperative's documents during the application process.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $43,037/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $49
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.
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.
See the full facade history →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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2025 | 8CD | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | $2,525,000 | -9.8% | |
| Feb 4, 2025 | 9C | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,175,000 | -2.1% | |
| Dec 5, 2024 | 5A | 2 BR · 3 BA | $1,600,000 | -3.0% | |
| Sep 13, 2024 | 15A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $1,999,473 | -0.0% | |
| May 28, 2024 | 10B | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | $1,750,000 | -2.5% | |
| Nov 9, 2023 | 7CD | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,700 sf | $2,325,000 | $1,368/sf | -3.1% |
| Aug 30, 2022 | 6C | 2 BR · 1 BA · 2,194 sf | $850,000 | $387/sf | +0.0% |
| Aug 11, 2022 | 15C | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,050,000 | +5.5% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2023): a median $1,368/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount 1.9% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2003 | 12B | $1,350,000 |
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 1-01507-0045) 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
This is a classic pre-war co-op purchase. Plan for a board package and interview, and direct diligence at the apartment — room count, light, the condition of the kitchen and baths, and any prior renovation — as well as the cooperative's reserves, recent capital projects, and maintenance trend.
The location does a lot of the work. Central Park, the reservoir running track, and the Museum Mile cultural corridor are a short walk west; the 96th Street station puts the Q and the East Side lines within reach; and Carnegie Hill's schools, cafés, and everyday retail are all close. Buyers who want pre-war space and a true family neighborhood at sensible East Side pricing are the natural audience. We help buyers evaluate the home, the cooperative's finances, and the offer.
What to know if you’re selling
The marketing leads with neighborhood and building type: a substantial 1929 pre-war cooperative on a quiet Carnegie Hill block, full-service, and a short walk from Central Park and the area's sought-after schools. Those are concrete advantages over the smaller and newer inventory in the immediate area.
Price to the building's own resale history and to comparable Carnegie Hill pre-war cooperatives, with condition and light as the swing factors. A renovated, well-lit larger-line apartment should be positioned at the top of the building's range. We advise sellers on staging, pricing, timing, and buyer qualification so the home reaches buyers who value pre-war space and the Carnegie Hill address.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 58 East 96th Street, also evaluate these nearby Carnegie Hill and Upper East Side cooperatives:
- 70 East 96th Street — Rosario Candela pre-war cooperative next door
- 166 East 96th Street — Carnegie Hill cooperative nearby
- 64 East 86th Street — pre-war cooperative to the south
- 1435 Lexington Avenue — pre-war Carnegie Hill cooperative
- 1349 Lexington Avenue — full-service Carnegie Hill building
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Upper East Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper East Side.
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