- Year built
- 1924
- 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.
- Recent range
- $1.1M – $3.8M
- Listing discount
- 9.1%
- Recorded transfers
- 31
955 Lexington Avenue is an elegant pre-war cooperative in the heart of Lenox Hill, designed by the distinguished firm Rouse & Goldstone and completed in 1924. Twelve stories, 27 apartments, and a full complement of pre-war detail and service — it is the kind of intimate, well-run building that defines old-line Upper East Side living, on a stretch of Lexington steps from the neighborhood's best retail, restaurants, and transit.
What sets the building apart is its combination of character and unusually accommodating board policy. Apartments here carry the classic pre-war hallmarks, and the cooperative is welcoming on the points buyers most often run into elsewhere on the East Side: pets are permitted, pieds-à-terre are allowed, washer/dryers are permitted, and the building carries a defined 2% flip tax. For a buyer who wants a gracious pre-war home with flexible ownership rules and full-time service, 955 Lexington is a genuinely attractive package.
Architecture and unit composition
Rouse & Goldstone were prolific and celebrated architects of pre-war New York, with landmark apartment houses across Park Avenue and Riverside Drive. At 955 Lexington, the firm produced a refined brown-brick elevation over a three-story limestone base, finished with decorative bandcourses and a garland frieze under the roofline — period detailing that gives the building its presence on the avenue. A canopied entrance and sidewalk landscaping complete the street picture.
The 27 residences carry the classic hallmarks of pre-war apartments: high ceilings, wood-burning fireplaces, hardwood floors, and decorative moldings, across a mix averaging roughly 1,900 square feet of building area per unit. The manually operated elevator is a traditional touch in keeping with the building's vintage character.
Building operations
955 Lexington is run as a full-service cooperative. A full-time doorman/elevator operator staffs the entrance and a live-in resident manager handles building operations, with a roof garden, private storage, and even complimentary firewood for residents with working fireplaces among the building's amenities. The recently improved roof garden is a real differentiator — usable outdoor common space at this scale is scarce.
The board's policies are notably accommodating. Pets are permitted, pieds-à-terre are allowed, and washer/dryers are permitted. The building carries a 2% flip tax paid on resale. As with all East Side cooperatives, purchases require board approval and a financing limit applies; we walk buyers through the application and the building's specific terms before they bid.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $3,081/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $10
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 | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2025 | 9A | 4 BR · 3.5 BA | $3,759,000 | +0.2% |
| Mar 5, 2025 | 5C | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,101,000 | +10.1% |
| Jun 22, 2023 | 8C | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,700,000 | -2.9% |
| Aug 7, 2019 | 8A | 3 BR · 4 BA | $4,230,000 | -0.5% |
| Nov 29, 2018 | 10C | 2 BR | $1,450,000 | -12.1% |
| Jun 17, 2016 | 3/4A | 3 BR | $3,181,500 | -3.6% |
| Oct 23, 2015 | 1A | $510,000 | +3.0% | |
| Nov 4, 2014 | 1C | 2 BR | $975,000 | -11.4% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2011) cleared a median $458/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 3.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2021 | 9A | $3,995,000 |
| Aug 16, 2021 | 6/7A | $3,495,000 |
| Sep 18, 2020 | 11B | $1,800,000 |
| Aug 9, 2018 | 2B/C | $2,475,000 |
| Mar 14, 2013 | 9C | $1,712,500 |
| Jun 6, 2006 | 4C | $1,350,000 |
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 1-01404-0052) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
Plan for a co-op board application and underwrite to the building's financing limit. The board's flexibility is a real selling point: pets are welcome, pieds-à-terre are permitted, and washer/dryers are allowed — three policies that disqualify buyers at many neighboring co-ops. Factor the 2% flip tax into your long-term cost of ownership; it is paid on resale, not at purchase. Apartments with working fireplaces and pre-war detail are the building's signature product. The Lenox Hill location — steps from Lexington retail, restaurants, and the 6 train, with Central Park a short walk west — anchors value.
What to know if you’re selling
The selling story is character plus flexibility: a Rouse & Goldstone pre-war co-op with fireplaces, a roof garden, full-time service, and a board that permits pets, pieds-à-terre, and washer/dryers — an unusually broad buyer pool for the segment. Lead with the named architect, the period detail, and the accommodating policies, and benchmark against comparable full-service Lenox Hill pre-war co-ops. The pied-à-terre allowance in particular lets you market to buyers who are shut out of stricter buildings nearby. Disclose the 2% flip tax clearly so buyers underwrite it correctly.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 955 Lexington Avenue, also evaluate these nearby Lenox Hill and Upper East Side cooperatives:
- 1003 Lexington Avenue — full-floor pre-war co-op nearby
- 943 Lexington Avenue — Lexington Avenue cooperative steps away
- 120 East 75th Street — boutique pre-war co-op nearby
- 164 East 72nd Street — Lenox Hill cooperative
- 117 East 72nd Street — pre-war co-op in Lenox Hill
The Roebling Team at 955 Lexington Avenue
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Lenox Hill, the broader Upper East Side, and the pre-war co-op market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers at full-service cooperatives deserve building-specific intelligence — the architecture, the board's posture on pets, pieds-à-terre, and washer/dryers, the flip tax, and where pricing sits against the rest of the neighborhood.
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