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. The roughly 3,200 square feet of building area per residence is not a measured interior average and does not establish full-floor layouts. Verify individual plans and any combination history.

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. Pied-à-terre ownership is considered on a case-by-case basis; confirm the financing limit, reported at roughly 50% of the purchase price, in the current application instructions. Purchases proceed through a standard board application and interview. Confirm ownership of the ground-floor commercial interests and review leases and current audited accounts to establish whether rent reaches the cooperative, net of costs, and its budget contribution.

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.

Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,463/sf (recorded) 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). 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.

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.

Assess competing inventory. The small apartment count does not establish scarce listings or a deep buyer pool; review current listings and dated sales before setting a strategy. 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. A complete package allows the board to review the application; timing still depends on its requirements and schedule.

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 — Upper East Side building two blocks north
• 45 East 66th Street — Lenox Hill pre-war cooperative
• 681 Madison Avenue — full-service co-op nearby