- Year built
- 1929
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 36
- Floors
- 19
- Landmark status
- Requires confirmation
- City records and our profile differ. Confirm with building management.
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not stated
- Flip tax
- Tiered or formula; see fees
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2005–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 4BR+ median
- $8.5M
- Recent range
- $7.3M – $20M
- Listing discount
- 3.4%
- Recorded transfers
- 30
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895 Park Avenue is one of the most architecturally ambitious Art Deco apartment houses on Park Avenue and a building whose architectural identity is structurally distinct from the broader Italian Renaissance / Georgian tradition that defined the corridor's 1920s residential building cycle. Paul Goldberger, in The City Observed, called the design "an interesting blend of Georgian and Art Deco styles… Park Avenue with just a hint of a 1930's flair."
The architectural composition is structurally distinguishing. The yellow-brick body sits over a three-story limestone base articulated by wide fluted limestone pilasters — a structural feature Sloan & Robertson positioned inset from the corners rather than at the edges (the broader Art Deco architectural norm of the period). Multiple setbacks define the upper-story massing; decorative cast plaques and the enclosed rooftop water tank carry the Sloan-Robertson Art Deco vocabulary scaled down from the firm's contemporaneous Chanin Building commission at Lexington and 42nd.
The contemporary 1930 Architectural Forum review praised the building's "delightful simplicity" — specifically the broad fluted pilasters set inset from the corners, and the 12th-floor cornice with wide rectangular stones underneath. Most original windows survive.
The building's construction-and-conversion history is structurally consequential. Construction began in 1929 — five years after John Sloan completed 898 Park directly across the avenue. Promotional materials in 1930 highlighted the attention given to staff rooms (the building has chauffeurs' quarters and no dropped beams in the entertaining rooms — the lateral steelwork was pushed into the walls). Few apartments sold before the Depression; John Sloan himself was living in the building when it went into foreclosure in spring 1931, with the building sold at auction the following August. The building subsequently converted to rentals; the tenants finally re-purchased it as a cooperative for $2 million in 1952. The structural history — original cooperative, foreclosure, rental conversion, and tenant-led cooperative re-purchase — is unusual within the Park Avenue cooperative tradition.
895 Park sits across the avenue from 898 Park (John Sloan / Albert Nast, 1924) — the Sloan-designed cooperative that opened five years before 895 Park's construction began. The architectural pairing of the two Sloan-designed buildings on the same Park Avenue intersection (in different stylistic registers) is structurally significant within the firm's broader body of work.
Architecture and unit composition
The 36 cooperative apartments distribute across the building's 19 stories in configurations that include substantial pre-war apartment-level features. Apartment-level features include wood-burning fireplaces, generous entrance galleries, 26-foot living rooms, and 22-foot dining rooms characteristic of pre-Depression Park Avenue luxury construction.
The Triplex A configuration on floors 16-17-18 is the building's structural apex apartment. The configuration includes a 19-foot garden room / library with three sides of terraces (26 feet west, 26 feet north, 26 feet east); a multi-level living-room sequence; a 23-foot media room; and 58-foot and 35-foot terraces on the upper level. Apartment 18C carries a 52-foot north-facing terrace.
Building operations
895 Park operates as a full-service cooperative with 24-hour doorman, elevator operators (the building retains attended elevator service), and substantial amenity infrastructure: squash court, basketball court, fitness center, and storage. The amenity inventory is unusually developed for the pre-war Park Avenue cooperative tier.
The cooperative policy framework — 50 percent maximum financing, 3 percent buyer-paid flip tax, pet-friendly — supports a structurally specific buyer pool calibrated to the trophy pre-war Park Avenue cooperative tradition.
Application and transaction fees
- Terms
- 3 percent of sale price, buyer-paid
- Paid by
- Buyer
Source: The Roebling Team's building profile
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Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not statedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Not verified
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Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Maintenance, per room
- $1,333 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
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Fitness roomSource: 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.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $42,581/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $96
- Modeled exposure split equally across 37 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 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, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. 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).
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 record last verified September 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2026 | PHC | 6 BR · 5.5 BA | $14,000,000 | -3.4% | |
| Feb 10, 2026 | PH16 | 5 BR · 7 BA · 6,985 sf | $19,990,000 | $2,862/sf | -7.0% |
| Aug 12, 2025 | 15C | 5 BR · 5 BA | $7,250,000 | -1.4% | |
| Jan 23, 2025 | 16C | 4 BR · 4.5 BA | $7,425,000 | +6.1% | |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 14C | 4 BR · 5.5 BA · 4,200 sf | $8,500,000 | $2,024/sf | -5.5% |
| Nov 10, 2022 | 4 | 7 BR · 7.5 BA | $11,000,000 | -8.3% | |
| Oct 20, 2021 | PHA | 6 BR · 6.5 BA | $24,000,000 | -18.6% | |
| Jan 27, 2020 | 8 | 6 BR · 7.5 BA | $12,250,000 | -9.3% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $2,862/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. Median listing discount 1.4% 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 1-01413-0071). 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 $14M (4 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $469,550 to close, or 3.4% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $455,000
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- 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.
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What to know if you’re buying
The architectural composition is structurally distinguishing. The Art Deco–Georgian hybrid register places 895 Park outside the broader Italian Renaissance mainline that defined the 1920s Park Avenue residential cycle; the Sloan & Robertson architectural pedigree is real and consequential.
The construction-conversion history is part of the building's institutional record. Original cooperative, 1931 foreclosure, rental conversion, and 1952 tenant-led cooperative re-purchase produce a structurally unusual cooperative history.
The 1930 Architectural Forum contemporary review is documented institutional recognition. Specific architectural details — the inset fluted pilasters, the 12th-floor cornice — are documented in the contemporary architectural-press record.
The amenity inventory is unusually developed. Squash court, basketball court, fitness center are uncommon among pre-war Park Avenue cooperatives.
The 3 percent buyer-paid flip tax is meaningful at closing. On a $10 million purchase, $300,000 of additional buyer cost.
The Triplex A configuration is structural. The 16-17-18 floor combined-unit configuration with substantial terrace infrastructure is the building's apex apartment.
Verify operational specifics during due diligence. Specific board approval framework, sublet duration limits, current capital project pipeline, and the LL11 façade cycle on the 1930 vintage should be reviewed.
Closing timelines are cooperative-standard. Plan for 6–10 weeks from contract through board approval to closing.
What to know if you’re selling
Marketing should emphasize the Sloan & Robertson architectural credential and the Art Deco architectural register. Both are real architectural-pedigree features that distinguish the building from peer Park Avenue cooperative inventory.
The 1930 Architectural Forum contemporary review and Paul Goldberger's City Observed documentation are real institutional credentials.
The amenity inventory supports premium positioning. Squash court, basketball court, fitness center are unusually developed for the pre-war tier.
Pricing should reference recent comparable closings. Substantial upper-floor combined configurations have produced mid-double-digit-millions closings on the building.
Closing timelines are cooperative-standard.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 895 Park Avenue, also evaluate:
- 898 Park Avenue — John Sloan / Albert Nast 1924; same-architect (Sloan) cross-avenue peer
- 888 Park Avenue — Schwartz & Gross 1925–26; nearby Park Avenue Historic District peer
- 925 Park Avenue — Schwartz & Gross; nearby Park Avenue peer
- 940 Park Avenue (The Coronado) — pre-war Park Avenue peer
- 998 Fifth Avenue — McKim, Mead & White 1912; pre-WWI Fifth Avenue trophy peer
More Park Avenue buildings
- 883 Park Avenue — 1927 co-op by Schwartz & Gross
- 888 Park Avenue — 1925 co-op by Schwartz & Gross
- 891 Park Avenue — 1931 co-op
- 898 Park Avenue — 1924 co-op
- 900 Park Avenue (The Park 900) — 1973 condominium by Philip Birnbaum & Associates
- 910 Park Avenue — 1924 co-op by Schwartz & Gross
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Park Avenue — read The Roebling Team Guide to Park Avenue.
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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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