- Year built
- 1912
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- About 76
- Landmark status
- Requires confirmation
- City records and our profile differ. Confirm with building management.
- Pied-à-terre
- Permitted with conditions
- Pets
- Pets permitted with conditions; species not stated
- Washer/dryer
- Permitted
- 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, 2023–2026
- $1.6M
- 11 qualifying sales
- Recent range
- $1.1M – $2.9M
- Listing discount
- 5.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 82
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969 Park Avenue is a pre-WWI Park Avenue apartment house with an unusually layered architectural history. Designed by Pickering & Walker and completed in 1912 in the Italian Renaissance-palazzo idiom, it belongs to the first generation of Park Avenue luxury apartment buildings — the cohort that established the avenue's residential character before the great 1920s boom. That early vintage alone distinguishes it from most of the corridor's better-known cooperatives, which postdate it by a decade or more.
The building's second chapter is what makes it singular. In the early 1940s (alteration ALT 2256-1940, reported in 1941), the original layout — 35 duplex apartments of nine and fourteen rooms, per the LPC — was reconfigured by Emery Roth into 76 suites of three to six rooms. The result is a pre-WWI envelope with a mid-century interior plan: a building whose bones date to 1912 but whose apartment mix reflects a 1941 rethinking of how Park Avenue families wanted to live. For buyers, that history produces a more varied — and often more accessible — unit mix than the corridor's single-large-apartment-per-floor peers.
The corner position at Park Avenue and East 82nd Street places 969 in Carnegie Hill, two blocks from Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, on a stretch of Park Avenue defined by established pre-war cooperatives and the avenue's signature median plantings, with the Lexington Avenue 4/5/6 station a short walk east.
Architecture and unit composition
The Italian Renaissance exterior — a light beige brick body over a granite base, with an arched limestone entrance, six stringcourses, and an attractive cornice — reflects the early Park Avenue luxury idiom. Inside, the 1941 Emery Roth reconfiguration is the defining fact: the original nine- and fourteen-room duplexes gave way to a spread of three- to six-room apartments, with penthouse apartments at the top.
The apartments retain classic pre-war elegance — beamed ceilings over ten feet, hardwood floors throughout, and wood-burning fireplaces in many units. Corner apartments are especially desirable for their multiple exposures and abundant light, with many residences taking western views over Park Avenue; the B-line corner apartments, with gracious split-bedroom layouts, are among the most sought-after lines. Renovation history and floor drive apartment-level variation; upper-floor and penthouse residences carry the clearest premiums.
Building operations and amenities
969 Park operates as a white-glove full-service cooperative with a 24-hour doorman, elevator attendants, a live-in superintendent, a fitness center, a landscaped roof terrace, a bike room, and a central laundry; washer/dryers are permitted in the building.
On policy, the building is pet-friendly and permits pied-à-terre ownership on a case-by-case basis. Financing is allowed up to 50% of the purchase price, and a 2% flip tax is paid by the purchaser on each sale. Confirm current liquidity, occupancy and subletting requirements from the governing documents and application instructions.
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
- Permitted with conditionsCase by case, board discretionSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted with conditions; species not statedOn policy, the building is pet-friendly and permits pied-à-terre ownership on a case-by-case basis. pets and pied-à-terres are allowed (the latter case-by-case) — plan accordingly.Source: The Roebling Team's building profile
- In-unit washer/dryer
- PermittedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Maintenance, per room
- $720 per room a monthMedian of 11 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Maintenance, per square foot
- $2.61 per square foot a monthMedian of 5 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, roof deck, bike storage, laundry roomSource: 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. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
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 data last refreshed October 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the inspector (QEWI) identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2026 | 3E | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,250,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jan 21, 2026 | 5D | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,325 sf | $2,600,000 | $1,962/sf | -3.5% |
| Jan 13, 2026 | 6E | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,475,000 | -1.7% | |
| Dec 22, 2025 | 6C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 1,000 sf | $1,310,000 | $1,310/sf | +4.8% |
| Mar 4, 2025 | 4B | 2 BR · 2 BA | $2,650,000 | -7.0% | |
| Dec 16, 2024 | 1G | 2 BR · 1 BA · 1,125 sf | $1,100,000 | $978/sf | +0.0% |
| Nov 27, 2024 | 6F | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | $1,800,000 | +0.0% | |
| Nov 15, 2024 | 7A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $1,625,000 | -6.9% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,925/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. 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 3.5% 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.
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 1-01511-0001). 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 $1.55M (8 transfers in the past 24 months, since October 31, 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $29,863 to close, or 1.9% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $15,500
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $14,363
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
The layered history shapes the apartments. A 1912 Renaissance envelope with a 1941 Emery Roth interior produces a more varied — and often more accessible — mix than single-vintage Park Avenue peers; the B-line corners and the penthouses are the marquee lines.
Pre-WWI on Park Avenue is a distinct tier. This is among the earliest Park Avenue luxury buildings; the vintage and the wood-burning fireplaces are genuine differentiators.
The financing and flip-tax rules are buyer-friendly by Park Avenue standards. Up to 50% financing is permitted, with a 2% flip tax paid by the buyer; pets and pied-à-terres are allowed (the latter case-by-case) — plan accordingly.
Prepare a complete board package. Confirm the building's current financing, liquidity, ownership and occupancy requirements from its governing documents and application instructions; underwrite accordingly.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the architectural lineage and the apartment character. The Pickering & Walker original, the Emery Roth 1941 reconfiguration, the beamed ten-foot ceilings, and the wood-burning fireplaces are a distinctive story; pair it with the pre-WWI Park Avenue address and the roof terrace and fitness center.
The accommodating rules widen the buyer pool. Pet-friendliness, 50% financing, and case-by-case pied-à-terre permission expand demand relative to stricter avenue co-ops — call them out.
Pricing requires apartment-level comparable work. The varied mix means floor, configuration, exposure, and renovation history all move value materially; broad averages mislead here.
Closing timelines are co-op standard. Plan for roughly 6–10 weeks from contract to closing.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 969 Park Avenue, also evaluate nearby Park Avenue buildings, confirming each ownership form:
- 983 Park Avenue — nearby Park Avenue cooperative
- 985 Park Avenue — nearby Park Avenue residential alternative; confirm construction history and ownership form
- 950 Park Avenue — Park Avenue peer
- 975 Park Avenue — Park Avenue cooperative nearby
- 970 Park Avenue — Park Avenue cooperative across the avenue
More Park Avenue buildings
- 950 Park Avenue — 1921 co-op by J.E.R. Carpenter
- 951 Park Avenue — 1915 co-op by Robert T. Lyons
- 960 Park Avenue — 1912 co-op by J.E.R. Carpenter
- 970 Park Avenue — 1912 co-op by Schwartz & Gross
- 975 Park Avenue — 1929 co-op
- 983 Park Avenue — 1926 co-op by Schwartz & Gross
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Park Avenue — read The Roebling Team Guide to Park 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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