60 East 88th Street (The Saratoga)
60 East 88th Street, New York, NY 10128
Carnegie Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1014997501 · BIN 1046927
- Year built
- 1987
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 18
- Floors
- 15
- Landmark status
- Requires confirmation
- City records and our profile differ. Confirm with building management.
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not stated
- Maximum financing
- 80% of the purchase price
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2024
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2024
- $1,595
- floor-adjusted, 1 sale
- Listing discount
- 2.2%
- Recorded sales
- 14
- On record
- 2003–2024
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The Saratoga is a deliberate Beyer Blinder Belle gesture at the seam of postmodern and prewar Carnegie Hill traditions.
The defining note is the Beyer Blinder Belle postmodern composition — red brick over a two-story rusticated limestone base, a large circular window above the entrance, and a distinctive semicircular driveway — which the A.I.A. Guide to New York (Willensky & White, 4th ed., Three Rivers Press, 2000) calls "a restrained midblock handshake between the traditions of the 1920s and those of the Post modern," its "French-doored balconettes are stylishly outfitted with flat metal railings." That restraint extends to a boutique 18-unit configuration of two apartments per floor across fifteen stories — the smallest unit count of any Carnegie Hill condominium and one of the smallest on the Upper East Side. Adding to the appeal is a plaza adjacency that faces the Park Regis (50 East 89th) plaza and the rear garden of 1088 Park Avenue, drawing exceptional mid-block light and air.
Architecture and building operations
Beyer Blinder Belle delivered The Saratoga in 1987 as a deliberate postmodern gesture at the seam of the Carnegie Hill prewar tradition. The composition — red brick with a two-story rusticated limestone base and a large circular window above the entrance — reads as what the A.I.A. Guide to New York calls "a restrained midblock handshake between the traditions of the 1920s and those of the Post modern."
The distinctive semicircular driveway with porte-cochère is structurally uncommon for a mid-block Carnegie Hill building. The "French-doored balconettes are stylishly outfitted with flat metal railings."
The eighteen full-floor and half-floor configurations distribute as two apartments per floor across fifteen stories. Many units carry wood-burning fireplaces; central air conditioning is standard; in-unit washer/dryers are uniform.
Operations: 24-hour doorman; live-in resident manager; bike room; private storage; full-service garage with porte-cochère (structurally distinguishing on Carnegie Hill cross-streets); fireplaces in many units; central AC; washer/dryer in unit. Pet-friendly.
The building has received "Carnegie Hill's Best Condo Award" recognition.
Policy framework
As a condominium, The Saratoga carries broad policy flexibility:
- Type: Condominium
- Pets: Welcome
- Pied-à-terre: Permitted (condominium standard)
- Financing maximum: 80% (20% minimum down)
- Flip tax: None typical
- Subletting: Permitted under the declaration
- Trust ownership: Permitted
- LLC ownership: Permitted (routine)
- Foreign buyer: Permitted (routine)
- Right of first refusal: Standard condominium ROFR; rarely exercised
- Closing timeline: 30 to 45 days condominium-standard
Financing and purchase requirements
- Maximum financing
- 80% of the purchase priceSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not statedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Not verified
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Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Live-in superintendent
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of Buildings elevator records
- Amenities noted
- Garden, garage, bike storage, storageSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $26,184/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $121
- Modeled exposure split equally across 18 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; condominium owners are typically charged by each unit's common-interest percentage.
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).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2020–25. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Recent sales
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 2024 | 7A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,853 sf | $2,300,000 | $1,241/sf | -23.2% |
| Jan 25, 2024 | 10 | 5 BR · 5 BA · 3,494 sf | $2,900,000 | $830/sf | off-mkt |
| Sep 6, 2023 | 6B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,624 sf | $1,735,000 | $1,068/sf | -0.9% |
| Jul 14, 2022 | 4A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,920 sf | $3,750,000 | $1,953/sf | -3.7% |
| Mar 17, 2022 | 4B | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,700 sf | $1,880,000 | $1,106/sf | -5.8% |
| Jun 3, 2021 | 3B | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,700 sf | $2,635,000 | $1,550/sf | -2.2% |
| Mar 3, 2020 | 12A | 5 BR · 4.5 BA · 3,494 sf | $4,000,000 | $1,145/sf | -19.9% |
| Jun 9, 2015 | 4A | 3 BR · 1,853 sf | $3,735,000 | $2,016/sf | -6.5% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2024) cleared a median $1,595/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. 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 2.2% 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 1-01499-7501). 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.
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Architectural register
The A.I.A. Guide to New York (Willensky & White, 4th ed., Three Rivers Press, 2000) reads The Saratoga as "a restrained midblock handshake between the traditions of the 1920s and those of the Post modern" with "French-doored balconettes" that are "stylishly outfitted with flat metal railings."
What to know if you’re buying
The boutique 18-unit configuration is structurally distinguishing. Smallest unit count of any Carnegie Hill condominium.
The condominium structure produces maximum policy flexibility versus peer Carnegie Hill cooperative inventory. Pied-à-terre, subletting, LLC, trust, foreign buyer eligibility all permitted.
The full-service garage with porte-cochère is structurally uncommon on Carnegie Hill cross-streets. Real amenity advantage.
The Beyer Blinder Belle postmodern composition is architecturally distinguishing. No peer Carnegie Hill condominium carries the same architectural-history credential.
The plaza adjacency to the Park Regis and the 1088 Park Avenue rear garden produces exceptional mid-block light and air. Verify line-specific exposure during walkthrough.
The full-floor configuration (5 BR, ~3,500 sf at Unit 10) is structurally distinct. Verify availability of half-floor versus full-floor inventory.
Closing timelines are condominium-standard. Plan for 30 to 45 days from contract through ROFR waiver to closing.
Comparable buildings
- 50 East 89th Street (Park Regis) — Emery Roth & Sons 1974; immediate plaza-facing Carnegie Hill cooperative peer
- 19 East 88th Street — Dowling 1937 Art Deco; same-block Carnegie Hill peer
- 4 East 88th Street — 1922 Georgian Revival; same-block Carnegie Hill peer
- 14 East 90th Street — Carpenter 1928; nearby Carnegie Hill peer
- 1110 Park Avenue — DDG 2015 condo; nearby Carnegie Hill condominium peer
Sources: The Roebling Research Library (offering plans, house rules, financial statements, board minutes, internal transaction records); NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers; publicly recorded NYC building data.
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- 60 East 86th Street — 2013 condominium by Thomas Juul-Hansen
- 61 East 82nd Street — 1925 co-op
- 61 East 86th Street — 1910 co-op
- 62 East 87th Street — 1923 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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