844 Lexington Avenue

Murchison gave the building a restrained masonry exterior in keeping with the Upper East Side's 1920s apartment stock: a stone-trimmed base, brick shaft with patterned coursing and decorative moldings, and a corner massing that pulls light into the residences on both the Lexington and 64th Street exposures. The lobby steps up from the street to an attended entrance.

Inside, the 23 residences carry the layouts of their era — gracious foyers, separated entertaining and bedroom wings, and the room counts that make pre-war apartments live larger than their square footage suggests. Several lines retain working or decorative fireplaces. At roughly 3,200 square feet of building area per residence, these are substantial homes; the small unit count means full-floor and near-full-floor configurations are part of the mix, and combinations have occurred over the building's life.

844 Lexington runs as a traditional full-service cooperative: a full-time doorman, an attended lobby, and a live-in superintendent who keeps a building of this age in working order. Basement storage is available to shareholders. The building is pet-friendly. As a pre-war co-op of this caliber, the board sets a financing cap of roughly 50% of the purchase price, and pied-à-terre ownership is considered on a case-by-case basis rather than ruled out — a flexibility not every Lenox Hill co-op extends. Purchases proceed through a standard board application and interview. Ground-floor commercial tenancy contributes to the building's income, a structural cushion for a 23-unit house.

Recent sales

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.

Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,463/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 7.1% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01399-0013) 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.

The opportunity is the pre-war apartment at boutique scale. Read the line carefully — corner exposures, fireplace lines, and combined units each price differently, and in a 23-unit building the difference between a B and a C line is the difference between two genuinely distinct homes. Plan your financing around the building's posture: with a financing cap near 50%, buyers should expect to bring substantial equity, and the board will underwrite to a conservative standard. If a pied-à-terre is the goal, raise it early — the building entertains the idea, but on its own terms. Budget for the board package and interview, and for the closing costs standard to a New York co-op purchase.

Scarcity is your leverage. With so few apartments, a well-prepared listing in a desirable line meets little internal competition and a deep bench of buyers who specifically want small, full-service pre-war on the Upper East Side. Lead with what the building actually offers — the doorman and live-in super, the pet policy, the fireplace if the apartment has one, the corner light. Price against the building's own recent history and the comparable Lenox Hill pre-war set rather than against larger or newer buildings whose economics differ. Presenting a clean, board-ready package shortens the path from accepted offer to closing.

If you're weighing 844 Lexington, these nearby Upper East Side co-ops make a useful comparison set:

• 826 Lexington Avenue — Lexington Avenue pre-war co-op nearby
• 895 Lexington Avenue — boutique Lexington co-op to the north
• 1 East 66th Street — pre-war co-op two blocks north
• 45 East 66th Street — Lenox Hill pre-war cooperative
• 681 Madison Avenue — full-service co-op nearby

The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the Upper East Side — Lenox Hill, the Lexington and Madison corridors, and the Park Avenue pre-war market. Boutique cooperatives like 844 Lexington reward building-specific knowledge: which lines hold their value, how the board reads a package, and where the apartment sits against a genuinely small comparable set. If you're considering a purchase or sale here, a focused consultation is the right first step.