- Year built
- 1955
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 3BR median
- $3.5M
- Recent range
- $525K – $5.7M
- Listing discount
- 12.1%
- Recorded transfers
- 34
936 Fifth Avenue is a white-glove postwar cooperative on one of the best corners in the city — the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 75th Street, looking directly across to Central Park. It rose in 1955 on ground once occupied by Gilded Age mansions, replacing the kind of grand private houses whose owners' names — Guggenheim, Kahn, Gould — still echo on this stretch of the avenue. The building that took their place was conceived as a discreet, high-service apartment house for buyers who wanted Central Park frontage with the larger, more efficient floor plans postwar construction could deliver.
The case for 936 is consistency. It is a small building — roughly 30 apartments across 18 floors — with attended-elevator service, a live-in resident manager, and a board known for conservatism and discretion. Apartments here enjoy direct Park views from the front and the kind of corner light a Fifth-and-side-street position provides. For the buyer who values privacy, service, and a Central Park address over amenity sprawl, 936 Fifth Avenue is precisely the building.
Architecture and unit composition
936 Fifth Avenue belongs to the first postwar generation of Fifth Avenue apartment houses — buildings that traded prewar ornament for clean masonry massing while keeping the dignified proportions the avenue demands. The limestone-and-brick facade is restrained and well-mannered, designed to sit comfortably among its older neighbors rather than to compete with them. The corner siting gives the front line uninterrupted Central Park exposure and the side line the cross-light that buyers prize.
With roughly 30 apartments over 18 floors, the building averages just one or two residences per floor on the upper levels, producing large, well-proportioned homes with generous entry galleries, separate dining rooms, and — on the Park front — windowed living rooms facing the greenery. Central air conditioning, unusual and welcome in a building of this vintage, is part of the package.
Building operations
This is a white-glove cooperative in the fullest sense. A 24-hour doorman staffs the lobby, an elevator attendant works the cabs, and a live-in resident manager oversees the building with porter support. The shared amenity set is deliberately understated — a fitness room and central laundry — in keeping with a building that competes on service and address rather than facilities. Central air conditioning serves the residences.
The board is conservative, in the manner of the most established Fifth Avenue houses. Buyers should expect a rigorous admissions process and financially substantial requirements; a flip tax is collected on resale, and the building's financing posture is restrictive — purchasers should be prepared to bring significant equity, as is customary at the marquee Park-facing co-ops of this generation. These are the terms that protect the building's character and the very stability buyers come here for.
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
Safe to live in today — but the last inspection flagged repairs that are due on a deadline, so facade work and its cost are coming. Whether that’s a real concern depends on the scope, the timing, and how the building plans to pay for it — reserves or an assessment — which is exactly what we’d dig into for you.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2026 | PH | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 3,800 sf | $13,815,000 | $3,636/sf | -21.1% |
| Aug 21, 2025 | 15B | 2 BR · 3 BA · 2,500 sf | $5,700,000 | $2,280/sf | +3.6% |
| May 1, 2025 | 11B | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,500 sf | $3,510,000 | $1,404/sf | -12.1% |
| Apr 1, 2025 | 7B | 3 BR · 4 BA | $3,095,600 | -31.2% | |
| Jun 26, 2024 | 11A | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,000 sf | $2,550,000 | $1,275/sf | off-mkt |
| Apr 20, 2022 | A17 | 2 BR · 3 BA · 2,000 sf | $3,500,000 | $1,750/sf | off-mkt |
| Apr 12, 2022 | 17A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 2,000 sf | $3,450,000 | $1,725/sf | -1.4% |
| Dec 15, 2020 | 6B | 3 BR · 3 BA | $3,200,000 | -19.5% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $2,436/sf across 2 sales. Median listing discount 11.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2026 | SR19 | $13,815,000 |
| Feb 9, 2026 | 3 | $525,000 |
| Nov 20, 2024 | 14B | $3,850,000 |
| Oct 4, 2019 | 9B | $4,500,000 |
| Feb 9, 2016 | 4 | $525,000 |
| Apr 8, 2015 | 10A | $3,000,000 |
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 1-01389-0069) 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
A purchase here is a top-tier Fifth Avenue co-op purchase, and the process reflects it: a comprehensive board package, deep financial scrutiny, and an interview. Plan for a conservative financing posture and substantial post-closing liquidity — this is a building that vets for permanence, not leverage. The reward is a Central Park address with attended-elevator service, large prewar-quality layouts, and a board whose caution underwrites the building's long-run value. Underwrite the maintenance against the white-glove staffing; in a 30-unit building, the per-apartment cost of an attended elevator and live-in super is part of what you are buying into.
What to know if you’re selling
The asset sells itself on three things: the corner, the Park, and the service. A direct Central Park view from a white-glove Fifth Avenue co-op is among the most durable values in Manhattan real estate, and scarcity works in the seller's favor — with so few apartments and such infrequent turnover, a well-prepared, well-priced home draws the discerning buyer pool this building attracts. Price against the building's own recent comparable and against the small set of peer Park-facing co-ops nearby rather than the broader Upper East Side average. We position each listing to the qualified, financially-substantial buyer the board will approve.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 936 Fifth Avenue, these nearby Park-facing Fifth Avenue cooperatives are the natural comparison set:
- 900 Fifth Avenue — postwar white-glove co-op a few blocks south
- 860 Fifth Avenue — Park-facing co-op on the avenue
- 870 Fifth Avenue — established Fifth Avenue cooperative nearby
- 834 Fifth Avenue — one of the avenue's grandest prewar co-ops
- 1000 Fifth Avenue — Park-facing co-op opposite the Met
The Roebling Team at 936 Fifth Avenue
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the Fifth Avenue co-op market, the broader Upper East Side, and the Central Park–facing tier across Park Avenue and Central Park West. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers at a building like 936 deserve building-specific intelligence — the service model, the board posture, and where each Park-facing line sits against its true comparable set.
If you're weighing a purchase or sale at 936 Fifth Avenue, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.
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