- Year built
- 2007
- Type
- **Condominium**
- Units
- 7
- Floors
- 15
- Landmark
- Designated
985 Park Avenue is one of the architecturally and operationally most distinctive contemporary residential commissions on the Carnegie Hill stretch of Park Avenue — a structurally rare 21st-century condominium infill within the Park Avenue Historic District. The 2007 Costas Kondylis design for The Icon Group produced only 7 condominium residences across the building's 15 stories, all configured as multi-level apartments (five duplexes and two triplexes, plus a garden triplex). The 7-residence unit count makes 985 Park functionally one of the most private residential buildings on the corridor — a scale comparable to the smallest pre-war Park Avenue cooperatives (740 Park's 33 units; 740 Park's most exclusive smaller peers including 815 Park, the Pierre, and select Beekman Place buildings) but executed in condominium ownership form.
The architectural composition is Modern Classical — a full limestone façade designed in deliberate dialogue with the surrounding Park Avenue Historic District pre-war streetwall. The LPC contextual review framework that governed 985 Park's design produced an architectural composition that reads from across the avenue as compatible with the pre-war Italian Renaissance / neo-Georgian Park Avenue tradition, while internally executing the contemporary luxury condominium specifications of the 2007-vintage building cycle.
The structural distinction of 985 Park within the broader Carnegie Hill market rests on the combination of three rare features: (1) condominium ownership form within a Park Avenue corridor dominated by cooperative ownership; (2) the 7-residence boutique scale; and (3) the all-multi-level apartment configuration (no standard single-floor apartments — every residence is duplex, triplex, or larger).
Interior architecture is the work of Geoffrey Bradfield — among the most consequential American luxury residential interior designers, with broader work across Manhattan, Palm Beach, and international markets. Apartment-level finish specifications include herringbone wood floors, custom moldings, 10-foot living-room ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows with French doors opening to Juliet balconies on the Park Avenue side, and individual climate control per room.
The site's pre-985 Park history: the lot previously held an 1870 building that housed the Florence Market, an upscale grocery operated by Anthony Tucciarone from 1948 until his death in 2004. The Florence Market succeeded a 19th-century structure on the same site; the 2007 development cycle replaced the small-scale commercial fabric with the contemporary residential commission.
Architecture and unit composition
The 7 condominium residences distribute across the building's 15 stories in five duplexes, two triplexes, and the separately marketed garden triplex. Apartment scale is substantial — multi-level configurations with the substantial floor-to-ceiling glazing on the Park Avenue exposure and the Geoffrey Bradfield interior architectural vocabulary.
Apartment-level features include herringbone wood floors, custom moldings, 10-foot living-room ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows with French doors opening to Juliet balconies on the Park Avenue side, individual climate control per room, and the contemporary luxury condominium specifications of the 2007-vintage building cycle.
Unit 10/11 is currently active per Coldwell Banker (RLS20084739). The building's pricing positions in the upper Carnegie Hill condominium tier — substantially above peer cooperative pricing per square foot and consistent with the condominium-on-Park-Avenue rarity premium.
Building operations
985 Park operates as a full-service condominium with full-time doorman and concierge. The 7-residence boutique scale produces an operational character functionally analogous to an ultra-private residential club — service ratios materially exceeding peer condominium and cooperative inventory.
The condominium policy framework is structurally permissive within the broader Park Avenue residential market: pied-à-terre permitted, subletting supported under condominium-form mechanics, LLC and trust ownership accepted, foreign buyers welcomed. The combination of condominium flexibility with the Park Avenue Historic District address represents one of the most structurally specific buyer-pool propositions on the broader corridor.
What to know if you’re buying
The condominium ownership form is structurally rare on Park Avenue. Most Park Avenue residential between East 60th and East 91st Streets is cooperative; 985 Park is one of a small number of post-millennium condominium infill projects within the Park Avenue Historic District zone.
The 7-residence boutique scale is structural. Among the smallest residential buildings on the broader Park Avenue corridor; the service ratio and operational privacy are materially exceptional.
The all-multi-level apartment configuration is structural. No standard single-floor apartments; every residence is duplex, triplex, or larger. Buyers should evaluate apartment configurations on the multi-level architectural argument rather than against single-floor reference comparables.
The Costas Kondylis architectural credential is real. Among the architect's most architecturally refined Park Avenue commissions; the Modern Classical limestone façade designed for LPC contextual review represents structurally specific architectural work.
The Geoffrey Bradfield interior architecture is a real specification feature. Among the most consequential American luxury residential interior designers; the interior vocabulary supports premium pricing positioning.
The St. Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church across the avenue produces structural protection. The landmarked church and the related institutional architectural fabric across Park Avenue produce a structurally protected eastern exposure for the building.
Verify operational specifics during due diligence. Specific offering plan policies, current capital project status, the LL11 façade cycle on the new-construction vintage, common-charge trend, and broader operational baselines should be reviewed.
Closing timelines are condominium-fast. Right-of-first-refusal mechanism; 30–45 day pacing typical.
What to know if you’re selling
Marketing should emphasize the condominium-on-Park-Avenue rarity, the 7-residence boutique scale, and the Kondylis + Bradfield architectural-and-design credentials. All are structural identity features.
The condominium form supports a structurally specific buyer pool. Marketing should reach pied-à-terre buyers, international buyers, LLC and trust purchasers, and the broader condominium buyer demographic that peer cooperative inventory does not support.
Pricing requires apartment-level comparable analysis on a thin float. Recent comparables on the specific multi-level configuration should anchor positioning.
Closing timelines are condominium-fast.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 985 Park Avenue, also evaluate:
- 515 Park Avenue — contemporary luxury condominium peer (already on the existing 186-slug list)
- 520 Park Avenue — Stern / Zeckendorf 2018; trophy contemporary condominium peer (already on the existing 186-slug list)
- 525 Park Avenue (The Parkside) — contemporary condominium peer (already on the existing 186-slug list)
- 1010 Park Avenue — Naftali / Beyer Blinder Belle 2018-2019; Carnegie Hill condominium peer (already on the existing 186-slug list)
- 1110 Park Avenue — DDG 2015; nearby Carnegie Hill condominium peer
The Roebling Team at 985 Park
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Central Park West, the Upper East Side, and the broader Park-facing Manhattan market. We publish this building profile because Park Avenue Carnegie Hill condominium buyers and sellers deserve building-specific intelligence — architectural attribution, condominium-versus-cooperative context, and pricing at the apartment level.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at 985 Park, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.