- Year built
- 1930
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 69
- Landmark
- Designated
- Pets
- Pets permitted; pied-à-terre allowed
784 Park Avenue — The Ramondo — is a tier-one Lenox Hill cooperative with a pedigree few buildings on the avenue can match. Erected in 1930, it carries a remarkable architectural credential: an Emery Roth design with McKim, Mead & White serving as supervising architects. Roth is the architect most identified with the era's great Manhattan apartment houses; McKim, Mead & White is among the most consequential firms in American architectural history. The collaboration produced a building of genuine distinction at one of the avenue's best corners.
The architecture bears it out. The Ramondo rises 21 stories from a three-story rusticated limestone base, with a beige-brick facade, decorative balconies, sidewalk landscaping, and a tower articulated by five setbacks — the first carrying a pergola at its southern end — and crowned by a handsome enclosed rooftop watertank. Residents enter through a canopied, revolving-door entrance on East 74th Street into a large vaulted lobby. It is a building that signals its quality from the street.
The corner siting at Park and 74th places The Ramondo in the heart of tier-one Lenox Hill — the stretch of Park Avenue that anchors the avenue's residential prestige, with the Candela and Carpenter cluster nearby, Central Park a short walk west, and Madison Avenue's retail and gallery corridor a block east. The Asia Society, the Whitney's former Marcel Breuer building, the 72nd Street crosstown bus, and the 6 train at Lexington and 77th are all close at hand. At 21 stories and just 69 apartments, the building offers large, gracious pre-war layouts at a low unit density.
Architecture and unit composition
The building's 69 apartments are large and gracious by design — the low unit count across 21 stories points to generous full-floor-adjacent layouts. Many residences feature wood-burning fireplaces and formal dining rooms, alongside the era's standard signatures: high ceilings, grand room proportions, hardwood floors, and the deep, well-laid-out floor plans that distinguished 1930-era Park Avenue construction. Apartments range from one- and two-bedroom homes through large duplexes and a duplex penthouse with wraparound terraces, several lower lines retaining the staff rooms and grand galleries of their original layouts.
The architecture is the building's calling card — the limestone base, the setback tower, the pergola, the decorative balconies, and the vaulted lobby together place The Ramondo among the more refined pre-war buildings on this stretch. Upper-floor and setback apartments capture open Park Avenue exposures and city light. Interior condition varies by individual renovation history; pre-war detail survives in varying states across the apartments.
Building operations
The Ramondo operates as a full-service pre-war cooperative; the building converted to cooperative ownership in 1957, among the earlier Park Avenue conversions. Amenities include a full-time doorman, a gym, a bike room, private storage, central laundry, and an outdoor playground. The 69-unit scale keeps the building at an intimate, residential density while supporting that staffing.
On policy, the building permits pets and allows pied-à-terre ownership — a notable degree of flexibility for a tier-one Park Avenue cooperative. Board approval at buildings of this caliber is rigorous, and strong financial profiles and primary-residence intent remain central criteria for purchasers.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $23,030/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $33
Facade safety — Local Law 11
Safe to live in today — but the last inspection flagged repairs that are due on a deadline, so facade work and its cost are coming. Whether that’s a real concern depends on the scope, the timing, and how the building plans to pay for it — reserves or an assessment — which is exactly what we’d dig into for you.
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
Sales context at The Ramondo:
- The 69-unit scale and large average apartment size produce a measured transaction cadence — a handful of closings in a typical year.
- Pricing sits in the tier-one Park Avenue range, reflecting the building's pedigree, large layouts, and corner siting; smaller configurations are the exception, with the penthouse and large duplexes the building's crown.
- Floor altitude, exposure, fireplace, layout, and renovation condition drive price within the building. The building-specific transaction record is compiled on our sales page.
What to know if you’re buying
The pedigree is exceptional. An Emery Roth design with McKim, Mead & White supervising is a rare architectural credential — and a marketing asset on resale.
The apartments are serious pre-war. Wood-burning fireplaces, formal dining rooms, and large layouts define the building; verify the specific apartment's features.
The policies are flexible for the tier. Pets are permitted and pied-à-terre ownership is allowed — uncommon latitude on this stretch of Park Avenue.
Board approval is rigorous. Expect tier-one Park Avenue underwriting — strong financials and primary-residence intent.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the architecture and the pedigree. The Roth / McKim, Mead & White authorship, the setback tower, and the marble-and-fireplace interiors are the building's strongest selling points.
Flag the flexibility. Pet and pied-à-terre allowances widen the buyer pool relative to stricter Park Avenue peers.
Price at the apartment level. With 69 large units, floor, exposure, fireplace, and renovation quality drive value; comparable analysis is most useful within the building's own lines.
Closing timelines are co-op standard. Plan for roughly 6–10 weeks from contract to closing.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering The Ramondo, also evaluate:
- 765 Park Avenue — tier-one Lenox Hill Park Avenue cooperative nearby
- 775 Park Avenue — Park Avenue co-op in the 70s
- 778 Park Avenue — Candela tier-one Park Avenue cooperative nearby
- 785 Park Avenue — Park Avenue cooperative directly across
- 791 Park Avenue — pre-war Park Avenue co-op nearby
- 800 Park Avenue — full-service Park Avenue cooperative nearby
The Roebling Team at The Ramondo
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Park Avenue, the Upper East Side, and the broader Park-facing Manhattan market. We publish this building profile because Park Avenue buyers and sellers deserve building-specific intelligence — architecture, board culture, transactional mechanics, and pricing at the apartment level — not generic market commentary.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at The Ramondo, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.
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