930 Fifth Avenue
930 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10021
BBL 1013890001 · BIN 1041637
- Year built
- 1940
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 139
- Floors
- 19
- Financing
- 33⅓% maximum
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Upper East Side Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Pied-à-terre
- Permitted
- Pets
- Requires confirmation
- Our building profile and the source for this line differ. Confirm with building management.
- Flip tax
- 3% of the purchase price, paid by the buyer
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $3.3M
- Recent range
- $815K – $8.8M
- Listing discount
- 1.7%
- Recorded transfers
- 127
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930 Fifth Avenue is Emery Roth's transitional 1940 building — the moment Paul Goldberger, in his 1978 New York Times Roth retrospective, identified as the architect's pivot from "historicist to modern Art Deco" alongside Roth's 875 Fifth. The building was developed by the Uris Brothers — Percy and Harold D. Uris — whose broader 20th-century residential portfolio places 930 Fifth, alongside 2 Sutton Place and 880 Fifth Avenue, "among the city's best residential addresses today," per a 1981 New York Times feature on Harold Uris's residential corpus.
Most legible from the street is the transitional Roth architectural composition — Greek volutes, a bracketed loggia, balustrades, pilasters, broken pediments, and cherubs' faces worked into a "restrained Italian Renaissance" idiom that Goldberger read as "a gradual disappearance of the old ornament." Where the building faces is just as defining: its Conservatory Water exposure looks directly onto Central Park's Sail Boat Pond, one of the most-photographed vantages on the avenue. Inside, the cultural resident roster ran deep — Woody Allen's duplex penthouse (reported sold in 1999 by the New York Observer), Cornelius Vander Starr (the AIG founder), Patrick Dennis (the author of Auntie Mame), Risë Stevens (Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano), and Nancy Hanks (NEA Chair under Nixon).
Architecture and unit composition
The site previously held three Gilded Age mansions: Gordon S. Rentschler (the Citibank chair), Jacob Schiff's son-in-law's family, and Simeon B. Chapin — purchased and razed by the Uris brothers (New York Times, "3 More Mansions on Fifth Ave to Go," August 14, 1939).
Paul Goldberger, in his 1978 Times retrospective on Roth, identified 930 Fifth — alongside 875 Fifth — as the Roth firm's transitional moment from "historicist to modern Art Deco." Goldberger wrote that "buildings such as 930 Fifth Avenue and 875 Fifth Avenue of 1940 show a gradual disappearance of the old ornament." The facade carries Greek volutes, a bracketed loggia, balustrades, pilasters, broken pediments, and cherubs' faces. Entrance is on East 74th Street.
A 1981 New York Times feature on Harold Uris's residential corpus called 930 Fifth, 2 Sutton Place, and 880 Fifth Avenue "among the city's best residential addresses today." The 19-story building (210.44 feet tall) carries 139 apartments and operates under the corporate entity Fifth Avenue Apartments, Inc.
The building's facade composition is "a restrained Italian Renaissance style." The exterior identity — limestone base, brick-clad upper floors, classicizing-modern ornament — places 930 Fifth at the seam of pre-war Roth and the postwar Roth & Sons transition.
Building operations
930 Fifth operates as a full-service Upper East Side cooperative with the following operational baseline:
- Full-time doorman
- Elevator operators
- Live-in resident manager
- Fitness center
- Bicycle room
- Private storage
- Managed by the managing agent
The 139-unit scale supports a substantial operational baseline relative to the smaller boutique Fifth Avenue cooperatives north of 79th Street.
Policy framework
Per Compass building documentation:
- Pets: Not permitted
- Pied-à-terre: Permitted
- Financing maximum: 33⅓%
- Flip tax: 3%, buyer-paid
- Subletting: Board approval required
- Trust ownership: Subject to board approval
- LLC ownership: Not typical
- Foreign buyer: Substantial board diligence
- Post-closing liquidity: Substantial Fifth Avenue reserves customary
- Board interview: Required
The combination of permitted pied-à-terre and the no-pets policy is structurally specific to 930 Fifth — a Fifth Avenue cooperative that prioritizes secondary-residence flexibility over pet-ownership accommodation. The 33⅓% financing maximum is among the more restrictive on the corridor.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of October 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
- 3% of the gross purchase price
- Rate
- 3% of the purchase price
- Paid by
- Buyer
Source: building management's published schedule, as of October 2026
Purchase
7 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing FeeConditional | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $600 or $1,000 (Trust Purchase - if permitted by Corporation) | Refundable Not stated |
| Application Processing Fee for Co-applicant or GuarantorPer applicant | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $250 per Co-applicant/ Guarantor | Refundable Not stated |
| Appraisal Research and Co-op SupplementConditional | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $250 (if financing) | Refundable Not stated |
| Lead Based Paint Disclosure Fee | Paid by Seller | When With the application | Amount $75 | Refundable Not stated |
| Financing FeeConditional | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $300 (if financing) | Refundable Not stated |
| Closing FeePer share | Paid by Seller | When At closing | Amount $800 ($850 without a Broker) plus $0.05 per share | Refundable Not stated |
| Sale by an Estate or Trust - Closing FeePer share | Paid by Seller | When At closing | Amount $1,000 plus $0.05 per share | Refundable Not stated |
Refinance
2 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appraisal Research and Co-op Supplement | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $250 | Refundable Not stated |
| Financing Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $400 | Refundable Not stated |
Ownership transfer
2 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Counsel Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount To be determined | Refundable Not stated |
| Transfer FeePer share | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $800 plus $0.05 per share | Refundable Not stated |
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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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
- Not verified
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- PermittedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Requires confirmationOur building profile and the source for this line differ. Confirm with building management.
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Not verified
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Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Maintenance, per room
- $895 per room a monthMedian of 9 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
- Live-in superintendent
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Fitness room, bike storage, storageSource: 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
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
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 FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
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 2025–30. 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.
Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- 3% of gross purchase price
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | 17F | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,300 sf | $3,200,000 | $2,462/sf | +0.0% |
| Jul 24, 2026 | 7B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $2,000,000 | +0.3% | |
| Jul 8, 2026 | 14F | 2 BR · 2 BA | $3,100,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jun 23, 2026 | 11E | 2 BR · 3 BA · 1,600 sf | $2,495,000 | $1,559/sf | +0.0% |
| May 6, 2026 | 6C | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | $3,400,000 | +6.4% | |
| Feb 26, 2025 | 16C | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | $4,100,000 | -16.3% | |
| Aug 7, 2024 | 11D | 1 BR · 2 BA | $1,925,000 | -3.7% | |
| Mar 19, 2024 | 3J | 1 BA · 600 sf | $815,000 | $1,358/sf | -37.1% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,549/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 sales. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 6.0% 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 1-01389-0001). 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 $3.2M (6 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $62,550 to close, or 2.0% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $48,000
- 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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Notable residents
The cultural resident roster at 930 Fifth is among the densest on the avenue:
- Samuel and Bella Spewack — playwrights
- Patrick Dennis — author of Auntie Mame
- Cornelius Vander Starr — founder of American International Group (AIG)
- Ira Millstein — corporate-governance attorney
- Risë Stevens — Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano
- Nancy Hanks — NEA Chair under Nixon
- Eldridge Haynes — founder of Business International
- Woody Allen — large duplex penthouse; reportedly sold in 1999 per the New York Observer, July 25, 1999
What to know if you’re buying
The Goldberger transitional reading is structurally distinguishing. 930 Fifth and 875 Fifth are the two Roth buildings cited as the architect's pivot from historicist to modern Art Deco — real architectural-history institutional context.
The Conservatory Water / Sail Boat Pond exposure is structural. The building faces directly onto one of the most-photographed Central Park exposures on Fifth Avenue.
The 33⅓% financing maximum is among the more restrictive on Fifth Avenue. Plan for substantial down payment; verify post-closing liquidity expectations at application.
The no-pets policy is structural. Verify intent at the application stage; the board enforces this consistently.
The permitted-pied-à-terre policy is structurally distinguishing for a 33⅓% financing Fifth Avenue coop. Plan flexible use cases accordingly.
The cultural resident overlay — Woody Allen, Cornelius Vander Starr, Patrick Dennis, Risë Stevens — supports the building's institutional Fifth Avenue identity.
Closing timelines are cooperative-standard. Plan for 6 to 10 weeks from contract through board approval to closing.
What to know if you’re selling
Marketing should emphasize the Roth transitional architectural composition, the Goldberger framing, and the Conservatory Water exposure. All three are real structural advantages over peer Fifth Avenue cooperative inventory.
The Uris Brothers developer pedigree is real institutional context. The 1981 New York Times feature on Uris's residential corpus placed 930 Fifth among "the city's best residential addresses."
The cultural resident overlay supports premium positioning. Reference where appropriate.
The permitted-pied-à-terre policy expands the buyer pool. Position accordingly.
Pricing should reference median Fifth Avenue cooperative comparables. Apartment-line-specific data should anchor positioning.
Closing timelines are cooperative-standard.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 930 Fifth Avenue, also evaluate:
- 875 Fifth Avenue — Emery Roth 1940; same-architect transitional Roth peer
- 950 Fifth Avenue — Fifth Avenue peer
- 960 Fifth Avenue — Fifth Avenue peer
- 944 Fifth Avenue — Fifth Avenue peer
- 920 Fifth Avenue — Carpenter 1922; nearby Fifth Avenue peer
Sources: The Roebling Research Library (offering plans, house rules, financial statements, board minutes, internal transaction records); NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers; publicly recorded NYC building data.
More Fifth Avenue buildings
- 920 Fifth Avenue — 1922 co-op by J.E.R. Carpenter
- 923 Fifth Avenue — 1951 condop by Sylvan Bien
- 927 Fifth Avenue — 1917 co-op by Warren & Wetmore
- 936 Fifth Avenue — 1955 co-op
- 944 Fifth Avenue — 1925 co-op by Nathan Korn
- 950 Fifth Avenue — 1926 co-op by J.E.R. Carpenter
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Fifth Avenue — read The Roebling Team Guide to Fifth Avenue.
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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