930 Fifth Avenue
930 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10021
Lenox Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1013890001 · BIN 1041637
- Year built
- 1940
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 139
- Floors
- 19
- Financing
- 33⅓% maximum
- Flip tax
- 3%, buyer-paid
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $3.4M
- Recent range
- $815K – $8.8M
- Listing discount
- 3.5%
- Recorded transfers
- 125
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 for $14 million 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.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
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.
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 →Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- 3% of gross purchase price
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| Feb 23, 2024 | 9F | 2 BR · 2 BA | $2,425,000 | -2.8% | |
| Oct 4, 2023 | 11C | 2 BR · 2 BA | $5,750,000 | -3.4% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,478/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 6.4% 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 1-01389-0001) 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
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 current 11A asking and 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.
The neighborhood
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