834 Fifth Avenue
834 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10065
Lenox Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1013790001 · BIN 1041068
- Year built
- 1931
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 24
- Floors
- 16
- Landmark
- Designated
- Flip tax
- 3% of the sale price, paid by the seller.
- Financing
- Up to 50% financeable (50% minimum down).
- Subletting
- Not permitted — an owner-occupancy building.
- Pied-à-terre
- Permitted.
- Washer / dryer
- Permitted in-unit.
- Pets
- Permitted, subject to Board approval.
- Co-purchasing
- Permitted. Parents purchasing for children permitted.
- Guarantors
- Permitted.
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, 2005–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Listing discount
- 3.3%
- Recorded transfers
- 23
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Rosario Candela designed 834 Fifth Avenue in 1931 as a 16-story limestone-clad composition organized around 24 unusually scaled apartments. The building was one of the last luxury apartment houses completed before the Great Depression halted such projects in New York for nearly two decades, which gives it a particular position in the Candela canon: the architect's late-period style at its peak refinement, executed at scale, just before the era ended.
The building's resident roster across nearly a century reads as a register of American and global business and cultural leadership. Rupert Murdoch — founder of News Corp, Fox Network, and BSkyB — has been a long-term resident; Wendi Murdoch's apartment in the building has been the subject of multiple major real-estate transactions covered in the press. Charles Schwab, founder of the brokerage that bears his name, is a current resident. Elizabeth Arden lived in the building. Antenor Patiño, the Bolivian tin magnate whose private wealth was among the largest of the mid-20th century, was a resident. Alfred Taubman owned an apartment at 834 Fifth.
What structurally differentiates 834 Fifth from peers like 740 Park, 998 Fifth, and 820 Fifth is the combination of Candela architectural pedigree, scale (24 apartments — larger than 820 Fifth or 998 Fifth, smaller than 740 Park's 33), and the building's reputation for selectivity calibrated to a particular cohort. Where 740 Park's board interview is famously the most rigorous, 834 Fifth's screening is comparable but somewhat more flexible on edge cases — trust purchases permitted case-by-case (vs. 820 Fifth's outright prohibition), pied-à-terre permitted case-by-case, secondary residence permitted case-by-case. The building accommodates a range of buyer profiles within a fundamentally strict framework.
Architecture and unit composition
Apartments at 834 Fifth range from approximately 3,500 sf simplexes to 8,000+ sf full-floor configurations and duplexes/triplexes. Candela's late-period signatures throughout: 11–12 foot ceilings in primary rooms, formal entry galleries with grand proportions, library-living-room combinations, formal dining rooms, multiple primary suites with substantial closet and dressing infrastructure, service wings, separate service entrances and elevators.
Park-facing apartments on the western flank have direct Central Park views from low to high floors. View permanence is excellent — Central Park anchors the corridor and the surrounding development envelope is stable. Apartment-by-apartment heterogeneity is high due to combinations and renovations over nearly a century; some apartments have been combined into substantially larger floor plates that exceed Candela's original layouts.
Candela's original interior detailing — paneled libraries, plaster cornices, marble fireplaces, hardwood floors — is preserved to varying degrees apartment-by-apartment depending on renovation history. The building's institutional culture has generally favored preservation over modernization.
Building operations
834 Fifth operates as a full-service pre-war cooperative with 24-hour doorman, attended elevator, on-site superintendent, and private storage. The amenity package is modest — the building's selling proposition is the apartments themselves and the institutional culture, not shared amenity infrastructure. The building participates in the NYC Cooperative & Condominium Property Tax Abatement Program for qualifying primary-residence shareholders.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $55,213/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $192
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 filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair before the next inspection cycle. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
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).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- 3% of purchase price (from Seller at closing)
- Sublet policy
- Not Allowed
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed (case by case)
- Notable fees
- Financing not permitted (max 50%); Managing Agent's Fee $900 (individual) / $1000 (estate); App Processing $450
Recent sales
834 Fifth Avenue's transaction record is thin by design: 24 apartments, long holding periods, and a buyer pool reached largely through private channels. The A-line duplexes and the penthouse sit at the top of the building's range, with the smaller B- and C-line full-floors below them, and marquee inventory frequently transacts off-market.
Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2025 | MAISA | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 5,000 sf | $14,750,000 | $2,950/sf | -18.1% |
| Nov 10, 2022 | 7B | 3 BR · 5 BA · 5,040 sf | $21,000,000 | $4,167/sf | -16.0% |
| Aug 27, 2019 | 7 | 10 BR · 8.5 BA · 12,000 sf | $53,000,000 | $4,417/sf | -22.1% |
| May 24, 2018 | 7B | 2 BR · 5,040 sf | $18,750,000 | $3,720/sf | -6.3% |
| Nov 16, 2016 | 5C | 2 BR | $14,600,000 | -5.8% | |
| Dec 17, 2015 | 10B | 2 BR | $30,500,000 | +1.7% | |
| Mar 16, 2015 | 11 | 5 BR | $77,500,000 | +3.3% | |
| Jun 17, 2010 | 9A | 4 BR | $39,500,000 | +0.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $2,950/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 4.6% 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 1-01379-0001) 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.
Buying here? Co-op closing costs typically run 2 to 3% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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What to know if you’re buying
Financing is not permitted. 834 Fifth requires 100% cash purchases. Alongside 740 Park, 820 Fifth, and 998 Fifth, this is the structural screen that defines the building. Buyers must demonstrate liquid capacity at closing without recourse to mortgage financing.
The 3% flip tax is seller-paid at closing. Distinct from 740 Park and 820 Fifth (where the buyer pays), 834 Fifth's flip tax is borne by the seller. On a $25M apartment, that is $750,000 of seller-side closing cost — and should be modeled into net-proceeds analysis from the outset.
Trust purchases are permitted case-by-case. Useful for buyers seeking estate-planning or privacy structures, contingent on board review. 834 Fifth is more flexible here than 820 Fifth (which prohibits trust purchases outright) and 740 Park (which is similar to 834 in case-by-case posture).
Pied-à-terre and secondary residence are case-by-case. The board exercises discretion on intended use; primary-residence buyers face the smoothest path, but established secondary-residence cases have been approved.
Board approval is among the most rigorous in NYC. Strong financial profile, professional accomplishment, and personal references matter substantially. The buyer's package is heavier than average; the interview is consequential.
The cultural significance of the building is real. Buyers should expect to be part of an institutional culture that extends across business, philanthropy, art, and politics. Some buyers respond to that as a feature; others find it constraining.
Renovation is constrained by historic district status and institutional culture. Substantive renovation is feasible but must respect the building's architectural character. The board reviews scope and quality.
What to know if you’re selling
Marketing is largely private. Most 834 Fifth transactions occur with limited or no public marketing. The buyer pool is small, institutional, and accessible primarily through private broker networks.
Pricing requires building-specific context. Comparable sales at 834 Fifth are meaningful but heterogeneous — apartment configuration, floor, view, and renovation history drive substantial pricing variation.
The buyer pool is committed but narrow. Buyers who pursue 834 Fifth know what they're pursuing. The seller's broker work is matching the right buyer to the apartment and managing the rigorous approval process.
The seller-paid 3% flip tax materially affects net proceeds. Sellers should model this into pricing strategy from the listing decision forward.
Closing timelines are co-op standard. 6–10 weeks from contract signing to closing, with substantial board package work.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 834 Fifth Avenue, also evaluate:
- 740 Park Avenue — Candela/Cross & Cross 1930; larger inventory; the apex of Gold Coast pre-war prestige
- 820 Fifth Avenue — Starrett & Van Vleck 1916; smaller, more selective entity-level (no trust purchases); buyer-paid flip tax
- 998 Fifth Avenue — McKim, Mead & White 1912; the building that launched the Fifth Avenue luxury tradition
- 1040 Fifth Avenue — Candela 1930; Jackie Kennedy's building; trust purchases permitted
- 860 Fifth Avenue — Sloan & Robertson 1929; full-floor configuration
- 907 Fifth Avenue — pre-war Fifth Avenue, comparable era
- 1107 Fifth Avenue — Marjorie Merriweather Post triplex anchor
More Fifth Avenue buildings
- 817 Fifth Avenue — 1925 co-op
- 820 Fifth Avenue — 1916 co-op by Starrett & Van Vleck
- 825 Fifth Avenue — 1926 co-op by J.E.R. Carpenter
- 838 Fifth Avenue — 1951 condominium by Beyer Blinder Belle
- 845 Fifth Avenue — 1920 co-op by J.E.R. Carpenter
- 857 Fifth Avenue — 1963 co-op by Sylvan and Robert Bien
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Fifth Avenue — read The Roebling Team Guide to Fifth 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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