- Year built
- 1925
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 3BR median
- $5M
- Recent range
- $4.9M – $5M
- Listing discount
- 4.3%
- Recorded transfers
- 28
912 Fifth Avenue is a Fifth Avenue cooperative of the most coveted kind: a 1925 white-glove building facing Central Park, between 72nd and 73rd Streets, with the open green expanse and the eastern park frontage that define value on this stretch. Designed by Schwartz & Gross — one of the prolific and accomplished firms behind the city's best pre-war apartment houses — it is a low-density Italian Renaissance building of large, gracious homes, run with the formality and discretion the avenue is known for.
The building's appeal is the avenue's appeal, distilled. A park-facing position on Fifth in the low 70s is among the most desirable residential addresses in Manhattan, and 912 delivers it in an intimate, tightly held cooperative — roughly two dozen apartments across fifteen floors — where many homes occupy full or near-full floors and the park is the principal outlook. This is trophy pre-war inventory: scarce, conservative, and durable in value.
Architecture and unit composition
912 Fifth Avenue is a fifteen-story Italian Renaissance house from 1925, designed by Schwartz & Gross in the restrained, dignified manner the firm brought to its finest residential commissions. The masonry façade is composed for permanence, with the proportions and detailing of the avenue's best pre-war stock, and the building's low apartment count signals what is inside: large homes, laid out with the scale and grandeur of the period.
With only around two dozen residences across fifteen floors, the building averages well under two apartments per landing, and many homes are full-floor or near-full-floor layouts. The interiors are classic Fifth Avenue pre-war: long entry galleries, separate and formal living and dining rooms, high ceilings, hardwood floors, and the kind of room count and proportion that simply cannot be reproduced in newer construction. The premium homes face Central Park, capturing the open eastern light and the park outlook that anchor the building's value; these are among the scarcest and most sought-after apartments on the avenue.
Building operations
912 Fifth Avenue runs as a white-glove cooperative in the full traditional sense: a full-time doorman, an attended elevator, and a resident superintendent, with a fitness room and private storage on site. The cooperative's policies reflect its conservative, top-of-market posture. Purchases are all-cash — the building does not permit financing, the strictest and most exclusive of co-op postures and a strong signal of the shareholder body's profile. A flip tax of 2% applies at sale. Pets and pied-à-terre ownership are each permitted subject to board approval. Purchases proceed through a rigorous board application and personal interview, as befits a building of this caliber. Prospective buyers should expect a demanding review and confirm the cooperative's current sublet policy with the managing agent as part of the board package.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $22,662/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $63
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The facade passed its last inspection with no required repairs — nothing to budget for here, and no facade assessment on the horizon for roughly five years.
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.
See the full facade history →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.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2024 | 3A | 4 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,700 sf | $4,900,000 | $1,815/sf | -16.2% |
| Mar 13, 2024 | 4A | 3 BR · 3.5 BA | $4,955,000 | -2.8% | |
| Feb 23, 2022 | 6A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $6,800,000 | +8.8% | |
| Nov 8, 2019 | 4B | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,700 sf | $3,300,000 | $1,222/sf | -32.7% |
| Oct 17, 2017 | 3B | 3 BR | $4,750,000 | -20.2% | |
| May 16, 2016 | 2A | 3 BR · 1,780 sf | $4,800,000 | $2,697/sf | -24.4% |
| Aug 13, 2014 | 5A | 3 BR · 2,725 sf | $6,950,000 | $2,550/sf | -8.6% |
| Jul 31, 2014 | 11B | 3 BR | $7,775,000 | -2.8% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2024) cleared a median $1,815/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 4.3% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2025 | 6B | $4,962,500 |
| Sep 13, 2022 | 8AB | $22,500,000 |
| Jun 25, 2013 | 10B | $7,000,000 |
| Jun 29, 2009 | 8B | $6,700,000 |
| Apr 30, 2009 | 8A | $7,200,000 |
| Sep 26, 2007 | 12A | $6,000,000 |
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 1-01387-0004) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
Come prepared. This is an all-cash cooperative — financing is not permitted — so the building is open only to buyers who can purchase outright and demonstrate the liquidity and balance sheet a conservative Fifth Avenue board expects. Budget for the 2% flip tax and a thorough, demanding board review. Pets and a pied-à-terre are each possible with board approval, which adds welcome flexibility at this tier. What you acquire in return is rare: a large, full-floor-caliber pre-war home facing Central Park, in a white-glove building designed by Schwartz & Gross, on one of the most coveted blocks of Fifth Avenue. For buyers seeking trophy pre-war scale and a park outlook, the comparison set is the avenue's finest cooperatives.
What to know if you’re selling
Sell the park, the scale, and the pedigree. A park-facing, full-floor-scale apartment on Fifth in the low 70s is among the rarest products in Manhattan, and the open eastern light, the room count, and the Schwartz & Gross provenance are the marketing core. The all-cash structure naturally narrows the buyer pool but raises its quality — your audience is the most qualified end of the market, and they value exactly what this building offers. Homes that preserve or expertly restore their pre-war grandeur present best; because the building trades so seldom, a well-positioned listing meets genuine, patient demand for the address.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 912 Fifth Avenue, these nearby Fifth Avenue cooperatives form the natural comparison set:
- 900 Fifth Avenue — park-facing cooperative just to the south
- 907 Fifth Avenue — pre-war Fifth Avenue co-op nearby
- 910 Fifth Avenue — full-service Fifth Avenue cooperative next door
- 920 Fifth Avenue — pre-war park-front co-op a block north
- 930 Fifth Avenue — Fifth Avenue cooperative facing the park
The Roebling Team at 912 Fifth Avenue
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Fifth Avenue and the Upper East Side — the park-front cooperatives, the white-glove pre-war buildings, and the trophy tier of the avenue. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers in these rarefied buildings deserve building-specific intelligence: the architecture, the board's all-cash and flip-tax posture, the scarcity of the park-facing homes, and where a building's apartments sit against the rest of the avenue.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at 912 Fifth Avenue, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.
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