730 Park Avenue
730 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021
BBL 1013850037 · BIN 1041333
- Year built
- 1929
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- About 52
- Floors
- 19
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Upper East Side Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Subletting by shareholders
- Permitted with conditions
- Pied-à-terre
- Permitted with conditions
- Flip tax
- 3% of the purchase price, paid by the buyer
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
- Flip tax
- 3% of the sale price, paid by the buyer.
Compiled by The Roebling Research Desk from the building’s offering plan, amendments, and related building documents (primary source dated 2026). Board policies can change by amendment — confirm at the offer stage.
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 4BR+ median, 2023–2026
- $8M
- 7 qualifying sales
- Recent range
- $6.5M – $28.5M
- Listing discount
- 5.4%
- Recorded transfers
- 39
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730 Park Avenue is among the most architecturally accomplished Park Avenue commissions of Lafayette A. Goldstone — the architect whose 1920s body of work on Park Avenue produced one of the largest single-firm portfolios of luxury cooperative buildings on the corridor. Goldstone's apartment-design discipline tracked the broader pre-war Park Avenue idiom — formal entry galleries, library-living combinations, primary suites with substantial closet infrastructure, classical exterior detailing — but his portfolio is less universally celebrated than the Candela / Cross & Cross / Carpenter peak. For buyers attentive to architectural pedigree, Goldstone authorship represents access to mature pre-war Park Avenue apartment design at the more accessible end of the tier-one canon.
The 1929 vintage places 730 Park among the absolute peak of the pre-Depression Park Avenue luxury apartment boom. The same year produced 720 Park (Candela / Cross & Cross) nearby to the south and 770 Park (Candela) further north; the immediately following years produced 740 Park (1930) and 778 Park (1931). The block-by-block density of Candela, Cross & Cross, and Goldstone Park Avenue commissions completed between 1928 and 1931 represents one of the most architecturally consequential single-corridor / single-decade concentrations of luxury apartment construction in American history.
The 52-apartment scale places 730 Park among the larger pre-war Park Avenue tier-one cooperatives — meaningfully more institutional than the 18–30 unit Candela peak (740 Park: 33; 778 Park: 18; 720 Park: 31). That count does not establish annual transaction volume. The larger scale allows more diversity in apartment configurations — full-floor inventory, duplex configurations, and substantial 3–5 BR apartments distributed across the 19 floors.
The corner positioning at Park Avenue and East 71st Street places 730 Park at one of the geographic anchors of the Lenox Hill Park Avenue corridor. The Frick Collection is one block south on Fifth Avenue and 70th. The dense pre-war cooperative inventory of East 71st through East 78th between Park and Fifth — including some of the most architecturally substantial single-block concentrations in Manhattan — surrounds the building. The broader Park Avenue tier-one corridor extends north to nearby 740 Park and beyond.
For buyers, 730 Park represents a particular tier of Lenox Hill Park Avenue inventory: Goldstone architectural pedigree at the peak of his portfolio, 52-apartment scale with turnover to be measured from dated sales, corner Park Avenue / 71st Street positioning, and sales and carrying costs to compare with the Candela peers at 720, 740, and 778 Park.
Architecture and unit composition
The 52 apartments span configurations from approximately 2,500 sf 3BRs to substantially larger 4–5 BR and full-floor configurations across the 19 stories. The building's most architecturally distinctive apartments are the upper-floor full-floor configurations and the corner residences with cross-exposure views.
Goldstone's pre-war signatures throughout: 10–11 foot ceilings in primary rooms, formal entry galleries, library-living room combinations, primary suites with substantial closet infrastructure, service wings characteristic of 1929-era luxury apartment design.
Park Avenue-facing apartments look across the median plantings and the buildings opposite. 71st Street-facing apartments have cross-street exposures. Corner configurations can have light from both frontages; assess the actual apartment’s light and outlook.
Building operations
730 Park Avenue operates as a full-service pre-war cooperative with full-time doorman, attended elevator, on-site superintendent, and private storage. The 52-apartment scale produces an institutional density characteristic of larger pre-war Lenox Hill Park Avenue inventory.
Specific policy details (financing posture, flip tax structure, sublet policy specifics, pied-à-terre allowance) should be confirmed directly with property management during due diligence, along with the board's current liquidity, ownership and occupancy requirements and application instructions.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of September 2026. They are shown as published, item by item; no total is added because the total depends on the transaction. Deposits are listed apart from nonrefundable charges.
- Terms
- Equal to 3% of purchase price
- Rate
- 3% of the purchase price
- Paid by
- Buyer
Source: building management's published schedule, as of September 2026
Purchase
6 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing FeeRequired | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $600 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Messenger Fees | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $65 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Recognition Agreement Fee | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $300 | Refundable Not stated |
| Managing Agent's Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When At closing | Amount $900 (Shareholder is an Individual) or $1000 (Shareholder is an Estate) | Refundable Non-refundable |
| New York State Stamp TaxPer share | Paid by Shareholder | When At closing | Amount $0.05 per share | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Fidelifacts Credit ReportConditional · Per applicant | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $871.00 per Applicant/Occupant, $1,633.13 if there are two (2) Applicants/Occupants | Refundable Non-refundable |
Sublet
1 item
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $550 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Refinance
2 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Messenger Fees | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $35 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Ownership transfer
4 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $600 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Background Check FeePer applicant | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $100 per applicant/occupant | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Report FeePer applicantRequired | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $75 per applicant/occupant | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Messenger Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $65 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Management updates its schedule without a public filing. The date is when management last updated the page, not when a rule changed. Confirm the current schedule with management before you apply.
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Sublet and pied-à-terre policy
A condominium owner leasing a unit and a co-op shareholder subletting are different rules, and a building-wide rule is different from a restriction on one apartment. This is the building's rule; confirm it for the specific apartment.
- Subletting by shareholders
- Permitted with conditionsRestrictedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- Permitted with conditionsCase by case, board discretionSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Maintenance, per room
- $1,324 per room a monthMedian of 5 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
Maintenance as recorded with each sale. A co-op's maintenance already covers the building's real estate taxes and the building's own mortgage, if it has one; add your own loan payment for the monthly outlay. A summary of recorded sales, not a current bill; charges change.
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 City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- 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. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $99,113/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $197
- Modeled exposure split equally across 42 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 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. A filed Safe grade is not a guarantee of current condition: owners still maintain the facade and, where required, observe parapets each year. Future inspection timing (Local Law 49 of 2025 changed the cycle framework from October 1, 2026), repair and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs 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 data last refreshed October 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- 3% paid by buyer
Recent sales
Recent transfers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | 10C | 7 BR · 9.5 BA | $18,446,601 | -26.2% | |
| Sep 11, 2025 | 9C | 4 BR · 5 BA | $8,000,000 | -5.9% | |
| Apr 3, 2025 | 9A | 5 BR · 5.5 BA | $16,500,000 | +3.1% | |
| Mar 17, 2025 | PH19 | 4 BR · 5 BA · 5,200 sf | $28,500,000 | $5,481/sf | -4.8% |
| Jan 5, 2024 | 8C | 4 BR · 4.5 BA | $7,400,000 | — | |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 3C | 4 BR · 5.5 BA | $6,500,000 | -3.7% | |
| May 24, 2023 | 6C | 4 BR · 4.5 BA | $7,250,000 | -14.7% | |
| Nov 15, 2021 | PH15B | 2 BR · 3 BA | $4,800,000 | -4.0% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2025): a median $5,481/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 8.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2004 | PH19C | $17,500,000 |
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 1-01385-0037). 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 on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
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At the recent median sale of $17.47M (4 transfers in the past 24 months, since November 12, 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $1,150,315 to close, or 6.6% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $611,566
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Building transfer fee (flip tax), 3% of the purchase price, paid by the buyer per building management's published schedule, as of September 2026: $524,199
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $14,550
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest. Confirm the current transfer fee with building management; the linked calculator does not include it.
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What to know if you’re buying
Compare with Candela peers using matched sales. Review 720, 740 and 778 Park by apartment area, layout, floor, condition, financial requirements and total carrying cost; the profile does not establish a price differential or isolate architect pedigree as its cause.
The Goldstone architectural credential is real. Listing context should reference Goldstone's broader Park Avenue body of work and the building's place within his 1929 peak.
Confirm specific policies directly with management. Financing posture, flip tax structure, sublet specifics, and pied-à-terre allowance should be obtained directly during the contract review process.
Board approval criteria must be confirmed. Pied-à-terre use and subletting are permitted with conditions; confirm the building's current financing, liquidity, ownership and occupancy requirements from its proprietary lease and application instructions.
Renovation is constrained by historic district status and pre-war character. The board reviews scope and quality with attention to preservation of original detail.
Views depend on the line. Views vary by floor, position and exposure; 71st Street is a residential cross-street, but no view is protected without a recorded instrument.
What to know if you’re selling
The architectural pedigree and corner positioning are marketing assets. Listing copy should reference Goldstone's authorship, the building's place in the 1929 pre-Depression Park Avenue construction peak, and the corner position at Park and 71st.
Pricing requires apartment-level comparable analysis. The 52-unit scale produces meaningful variation; floor altitude, exposure, configuration, and renovation history all matter.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 730 Park Avenue, also evaluate:
- 720 Park Avenue — Candela / Cross & Cross 1929; trusts permitted
- 740 Park Avenue — Candela 1929–30; the apex of Gold Coast Park Avenue
- 778 Park Avenue — Candela 1931; 18 full-floor apartments
- 770 Park Avenue — Candela 1929; H-shaped duplex inventory
- 775 Park Avenue (765 Park) — Rosario Candela 1927; comparable Lenox Hill Candela peer
- 875 Park Avenue — Blum brothers 1912; Lenox Hill pre-WWI peer
More Park Avenue buildings
- 710 Park Avenue — 1948 co-op by Sylvan Bien
- 715 Park Avenue — 1948 condominium by Emery Roth & Sons
- 720 Park Avenue — 1929 co-op by Rosario Candela
- 733 Park Avenue — 1971 co-op
- 740 Park Avenue — 1929 co-op by Rosario Candela
- 750 Park Avenue — 1951 co-op by Horace Ginsbern & Associates
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Park Avenue — read The Roebling Team Guide to Park Avenue.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
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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