- Year built
- 1912
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 22
- Floors
- 5
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Pet-friendly; confirm specifics at offer stage
- Subletting
- Permitted subject to board policy — confirm at offer stage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2005–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $728K – $728K
- Listing discount
- 1.2%
- Recorded transfers
- 15
68 East 83rd Street is a boutique pre-war cooperative on one of the Upper East Side's premier residential blocks — East 83rd Street between Madison and Park Avenues, a single block from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Central Park. Built in 1912 and converted to a cooperative in 1988, the building (which spans 66–68 East 83rd Street) is a small, dignified, elevatored pre-war house with the room scale and detail of turn-of-the-century Upper East Side construction. For the buyer who wants a genuinely prime Museum Mile address in a low-key, intimate building, it is a clean proposition.
The appeal is the location and the character: a boutique pre-war co-op on a coveted Madison–Park block, steps from the Met, Central Park, and the galleries, boutiques, and cafés of Madison Avenue, with the 4/5/6 at 86th and Lexington a short walk away.
Building operations
The cooperative is run at boutique scale: an elevator, superintendent service, and the lean operation of a small pre-war house. There is no doorman — appropriate and cost-efficient for a boutique co-op of this scale, and a meaningful factor in keeping maintenance contained.
As a cooperative, ownership is by shares rather than deed: purchases require board approval and a board interview, financing is capped at a board-set percentage, and pied-à-terre and co-purchase arrangements are evaluated case by case. Subletting is permitted subject to board policy, and the building is pet-friendly. The exact financing maximum, any flip tax, and current sublet and pet rules vary by board policy and should be confirmed at offer stage.
Recent sales
Co-op pricing is read on a per-room basis, and 68 East 83rd Street trades as a boutique pre-war cooperative — pre-war layouts, contained carrying costs, and a genuinely prime Madison–Park address. With only 22 residences, resale volume is thin: a small number of closings in an active year, running through one- and two-bedroom pre-war layouts. Demand here is driven by the block, the proximity to the Met and Central Park, and the value a boutique pre-war co-op offers relative to the marquee Fifth and Park Avenue cooperatives nearby. When underwriting a purchase or a list price, capture the room count, the floor, the exposure, and the renovation condition rather than relying on a neighborhood average.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2026 | 2E | 1 BA | $727,500 | +0.3% | |
| Dec 17, 2021 | 2AF | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,450,000 | +5.5% | |
| Aug 19, 2021 | 1E | 1 BR · 1 BA | $780,000 | -8.1% | |
| Nov 5, 2020 | 3C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,175,000 | -26.3% | |
| Aug 4, 2016 | 3C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,050,000 | +5.1% | |
| Nov 26, 2013 | 1A | 2 BR | $1,225,000 | +2.1% | |
| Nov 20, 2013 | 4B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 950 sf | $999,000 | $1,052/sf | off-mkt |
| Apr 4, 2011 | 5B | 1 BR · 900 sf | $815,000 | $906/sf | -1.2% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2013): a median $1,052/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 1.2% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2022 | 5C | $625,000 |
| Jan 11, 2007 | 2B | $530,000 |
| Jul 8, 2005 | 2E | $522,500 |
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 1-01494-0041) 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 cooperative, so the path is a board package and interview, a financing cap set by the board, and underwriting of the building's financials and house rules. Note the operational realities up front: this is a boutique pre-war building with an elevator and superintendent but no doorman, which suits buyers who value the address and scale over full-service amenities. The building is pet-friendly; confirm the pet and sublet policies at offer stage. Review the co-op's financials, reserve, and any planned capital work, particularly given the building's age.
The reasons to buy are the block and the character: a boutique pre-war co-op on one of the Upper East Side's best blocks, a single block from the Met and Central Park, with pre-war scale and contained carrying costs.
What to know if you’re selling
The story is the location and the pre-war character. A boutique 1912 cooperative on a coveted Madison–Park block, steps from the Met, is a specific and marketable proposition — it sells to buyers who want a prime Museum Mile address in an intimate, low-key building. Pricing is an apartment-specific exercise: room count, floor, light, and condition drive the number more than any block average. We position the block-and-character narrative, prepare the buyer for the co-op process and the boutique operation, and benchmark against the right comparable tier of pre-war Upper East Side cooperatives.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 68 East 83rd Street, also look at these Upper East Side pre-war and boutique cooperatives:
- 8 East 83rd Street — Upper East Side cooperative on the same block
- 112 East 83rd Street — boutique Upper East Side building nearby
- 140 East 83rd Street — nearby Upper East Side cooperative
- 151 East 83rd Street — nearby Upper East Side building
- 200 East 83rd Street — nearby Upper East Side building
The Roebling Team at 68 East 83rd Street
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the Upper East Side and the broader Manhattan cooperative and condominium market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers of pre-war cooperatives deserve building-specific intelligence — the architecture and block context, the cooperative structure, the staffing and amenity reality, and where pricing sits against the right comparable tier.
If you're weighing a purchase or sale at 68 East 83rd Street, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.
The neighborhood
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