9 East 97th Street
9 East 97th Street, New York, NY 10029
Upper Carnegie Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1016030009 · BIN 1051460
- Year built
- 1925
- Type
- Cooperative
- Floors
- 6
- Land
- Owned by the building's owners
- The Roebling Team's building profile
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
- Subletting by shareholders
- Permitted with conditions
- Pets
- Pets permitted with conditions; species not stated
- Maximum financing
- 80% of the purchase price
- Flip tax
- 2% of the purchase price, paid by the seller
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $2.4M – $2.4M
- Listing discount
- 1.2%
- Recorded transfers
- 29
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9 East 97th Street is a small six-story co-op half a block from Fifth Avenue, at the northern edge of Carnegie Hill. Its neighbors are two of the block's better-known buildings: the Fred F. French Company's six-story neo-Georgian apartment house at 1160 Fifth Avenue (1922–23), which wraps the corner and runs 205 feet along 97th Street, and the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nicholas, with its onion domes, next door to the east. A buyer here is getting a prewar co-op of about two dozen apartments on a block with Fifth Avenue and Central Park at one end.
The landmark position needs to be stated plainly, because it is easy to assume otherwise. The Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District, designated in 1993, runs up Fifth Avenue past 98th Street. On this block its boundary covers only the two Fifth Avenue corner lots. 9 East 97th Street is outside it, and LPC's building database has no record for the lot. Window, façade and rooftop work here goes through DOB alone, without LPC review.
The co-op history is a mid-1980s conversion. ACRIS shows the building passing through a series of owners from 1970 onward. The cooperative corporation was incorporated in November 1984, and the deed to it from the sponsor entity was recorded in 1986. The building has now been shareholder-owned for four decades.
Architecture and unit composition
The building sits on a single 50-foot lot of about 23,500 gross square feet per the Department of Finance, six stories over a cellar, with one passenger elevator. City records carry 25 apartments across six floors, which puts roughly four apartments on a typical floor. The share transfers recorded in ACRIS run from the A through D lines, which fits that layout. Since the 2014 combination of 1A and 1B, the ground floor has a larger combined apartment.
The original architect is not documented in the public records we reviewed, and the date is recorded as 1925 by the city and as 1930 in some other records. The building's DOB file for the past 25 years shows routine prewar maintenance: parapet and chimney repairs in 2000, a façade-repair permit and sidewalk shed in 2013, gas-piping replacements in 2016, and a 2019 shaft renovation with structural, mechanical and plumbing work from the cellar up. Apartment renovations make up most of the rest of the file.
The top floor is the one to look at closely. DOB filings from 2001 to 2005 cover a roof deck and solarium and later a new roof deck and garden above the sixth floor, with a stair up from the apartment below; confirm what was completed and its current condition. Whether the roof is private to that apartment or partly common is a question for the proprietary lease.
Building operations
9 East 97th Street Owners Corp. owns the land and building and carries an underlying mortgage. ACRIS records a refinancing in August 2019: a first mortgage and a smaller second mortgage recorded the same day, with assignments of the prior loans. The reviewed material does not establish current maturity, rate or credit-line terms. Review the recorded loan instruments alongside current audited statements and lender confirmation; for a building this size, the underlying debt and when it comes due matter to every shareholder.
The building carries no J-51 and no other building-wide tax benefit, so there is no burn-off coming. Real estate taxes are part of maintenance. Eligible shareholders receive the cooperative abatement on their share of the tax.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of September 2026. They are shown as published, item by item; no total is added because the total depends on the transaction. Deposits are listed apart from nonrefundable charges.
- Terms
- Equal to 2% of the purchase price
- Rate
- 2% of the purchase price
- Paid by
- Seller
Source: building management's published schedule, as of September 2026
Purchase
9 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $600 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Application Processing FeeDue to the Co-op | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $100 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Check FeePer applicant | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $100 per applicant | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Bank Financing FeeConditionalConditions: If Applicable | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $400 | Refundable Not stated |
| Power of Attorney FeePer applicant | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $250 per POA | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Power of Attorney FeePer applicant | Paid by Seller | When At closing | Amount $250 per POA | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Transfer Fee | Paid by Seller | When At closing | Amount $1,250 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move In Deposit | Paid by Seller | When At closing | Amount $1,500 | Refundable Not stated |
| Move Out Deposit | Paid by Seller | When At closing | Amount $500 | Refundable Refundable |
Sublet
5 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Check FeePer applicant | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $100 per applicant | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Sublet FeeRecurring | Paid by Shareholder | When Upon approval | Amount Year One: an amount equal to 15% of the monthly maintenance. Payable Monthly. Year Two: an amount equal to 30% percent of the monthly maintenance. Payable Monthly. | Refundable Non-refundable |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move Out Deposit | Paid by Shareholder | When Upon approval | Amount $500 | Refundable Refundable |
| Move In Deposit | Paid by Subtenant | When Upon approval | Amount $500 | Refundable Refundable |
Management updates its schedule without a public filing. The date is when management last updated the page, not when a rule changed. Confirm the current schedule with management before you apply.
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Financing and purchase requirements
- Maximum financing
- 80% of the purchase priceSource: building management's published schedule, as of September 2026
- Purchase or lease by a corporation
- PermittedSource: building management's published schedule, as of September 2026
Sublet and pied-à-terre policy
A condominium owner leasing a unit and a co-op shareholder subletting are different rules, and a building-wide rule is different from a restriction on one apartment. This is the building's rule; confirm it for the specific apartment.
- Subletting by shareholders
- Permitted with conditionsSee Sublease Application & PolicySource: building management's published schedule, as of September 2026
- Short-term rentals
- Not permittedSource: building management's published schedule, as of September 2026
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- Not verified
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Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted with conditions; species not statedRequires Board ApprovalSource: building management's published schedule, as of September 2026
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Not verified
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Building staffing and amenities
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Laundry 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. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 limits apply to a building on its own. It is still covered if it shares a tax lot or condominium board with buildings totaling over 50,000 sq ft; confirm on DOB’s covered-buildings list.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. A filed Safe grade is not a guarantee of current condition: owners still maintain the facade and, where required, observe parapets each year. Future inspection timing (Local Law 49 of 2025 changed the cycle framework from October 1, 2026), repair and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs 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 data last refreshed October 2026.
Recent sales
9 East 97th Street trades as a small prewar co-op at the northern end of Carnegie Hill, priced per room. Turnover is thin: ACRIS records share transfers most years through the 2010s and a slower pace since, with transfers in 2021, 2022 and 2025. The building's pricing is best read against the Fifth Avenue co-ops on the same two blocks at a discount for the side-street address and the smaller scale, and against the Carnegie Hill mid-block prewars to the south. Floor and light decide the spread inside the building; the combined ground-floor unit and the top floor with roof access are the outliers. Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2025 | 1AB | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,200 sf | $2,400,000 | $1,091/sf | -12.7% |
| Mar 29, 2022 | 6D | 1 BR · 1.5 BA | $1,795,000 | +0.0% | |
| Apr 22, 2021 | 5D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $495,000 | -13.9% | |
| Jun 6, 2018 | 2A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $860,000 | -1.7% | |
| Oct 3, 2014 | 5C | 2 BR | $922,534 | +7.4% | |
| May 2, 2014 | 3D | 2 BR · 900 sf | $825,000 | $917/sf | -8.2% |
| Apr 15, 2014 | 1D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 685 sf | $570,000 | $832/sf | -4.8% |
| Feb 11, 2014 | 3C | 2 BR | $925,000 | +0.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,091/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. Median listing discount 0.3% 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 1-01603-0009). 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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What to know if you’re buying
The board package is the gate. Expect a full financial package and an interview. The reviewed material does not establish the board’s current financing ceiling, minimum down payment or post-closing liquidity requirement; ask for them before you make an offer.
Get the policy stack in writing. Subletting, pied-à-terre use, purchases through trusts or LLCs, pets and any flip tax must come from the managing agent. Current terms are not established in the reviewed material.
Read the underlying mortgage. Ask for the last two years of audited financials and confirm the maturity of the 2019 refinancing and any balance on the second loan.
Confirm the landmark status yourself if it matters to your plans. It is not in the historic district. That makes window and rooftop work simpler here than at the Fifth Avenue buildings next door.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the block. Fifth Avenue half a block away, the cathedral next door and the landmarked prewar buildings at both Fifth Avenue corners of the block are the building's setting; use them.
Prepare the building documents early. In a small co-op, the buyer's lender and the board will both want the financials, the mortgage terms and the house rules. Having them ready shortens the board-package stage.
Assess the relevant comparison set. Small Carnegie Hill prewar cooperatives may be useful peers, but consider other relevant sales with adjustments for size, service, condition and location rather than excluding Fifth Avenue towers categorically.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 9 East 97th Street, also evaluate:
- 1165 Fifth Avenue — J.E.R. Carpenter's 1925 co-op at the other end of the same block, inside the historic district; the Fifth Avenue alternative
- 1158 Fifth Avenue — C. Howard Crane's 1924 co-op across 97th Street; larger and landmarked
- 1170 Fifth Avenue — Carpenter's 1926 co-op at 98th Street, one block north
- 1150 Fifth Avenue — Carpenter's 1924 co-op at 96th Street; the larger prewar on the same stretch
- 16 East 96th Street — Clinton & Russell's 1906 mid-block building one block south; the side-street prewar comparison
- 4 East 95th Street — Carpenter's 1923–24 mid-block co-op of 37 apartments
- 12 East 87th Street — small prewar co-op on a Carnegie Hill side street farther south
More Upper East Side buildings
- 8 East 83rd Street — 1963 co-op
- 8 East 96th Street — 1928 co-op by Rosario Candela
- 9 East 96th Street — 1926 co-op by Gronenberg & Leuchtag
- 10 East 70th Street — 1960 co-op by Emery Roth & Sons
- 10 East 85th Street — 1925 co-op
- 10 Gracie Square (Upper East Side) — 1930 co-op by Pennington & Lewis
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Upper East Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper East Side.
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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