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515 E 88TH Street 5E
$1,295,000
MLS# RLS20118381 · Yorkville
Listed November 12, 2026 · New today
2 Beds 2 Baths
About This Property
A wonderful and flexible place to call home in the heart of Yorkville!
Welcome to 5E at 515 East 88th Street, a bright and wonderfully versatile top-floor apartment with sunny southern exposures, generous living space, and an exceptionally low monthly maintenance.
The layout offers two full bedrooms: the primary with abundant custom closet space, a spacious second bedroom, plus a bonus room with its own window and closet. Use this room as a home office, nursery, guest space, dressing room, or an enviable walk-in closet; whatever suits your lifestyle.
The renovated, open country-style kitchen is warm and inviting, with two windows bringing in natural light and air and a comfortable breakfast bar that opens to the living space. There are also two full, windowed bathrooms, making this home especially convenient for everyday living and entertaining.
Additional features include:
Sunny southern street and sky exposures Two full bedrooms with generous closets Flexible 3rd bonus room with window and closet Renovated open kitchen with two windows and breakfast bar Two full windowed bathrooms Through-wall air conditioning Ceiling fans in the living room and primary bedroom Incredibly low monthly maintenance 515 East 88th Street is a quiet, elevator boutique co-op in sought-after Yorkville, with a live-in superintendent, laundry room (washers/dryers are not permitted in apartments), bike room, and storage. The co-op permits pied-à-terre purchases, subletting after two years in one-year increments, and pets for owners. Co-purchasers, guarantors, and gifting are permitted on a case-by-case basis. There is a 1% flip tax.
The location is hard to beat: enjoy easy access to Carl Schurz Park and its dog run, Whole Foods, neighborhood restaurants and cafes, the M86 crosstown bus, M31 bus, and the Q train just a few blocks away.
Bright, flexible, peaceful, and wonderfully located, this is a home with plenty to love.
Curtis Bain
Brown Harris Stevens
Property Features
Policies
- Pets allowed
Home features
- Wall air conditioning units
- City view
- Dishwasher
- Dining area
Building amenities
Services and facilities
- Bike room
- Elevator
- Storage space
Estimate
Monthly Cost & Closing Costs
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$8,329 / month
- Principal and interest$6,548
- Maintenance$1,781
Due at closing
- Down payment (20%)$259,000
- NYS “mansion tax” (1%)$12,950
Co-op share loans aren't subject to mortgage recording tax. Not included: attorney, title insurance, lender and appraisal fees, board application and move-in fees, flip tax and prepaid items. Estimates only, based on the published New York State rates. Your attorney and lender will confirm the real figures.
About the Building
515 E 88TH Street is a 5-story elevator cooperative in Yorkville, completed in 1920 and home to 69 residential units. The most recent major alteration on record was in 1988.
The closest subway is 86 St (Q), about a 9-minute walk. Asphalt Green is roughly 2 minutes away on foot.
Compiled from NYC public records and open data.
- Year Built
- 1920
- Stories
- 5
- Units
- 69
- Building Type
- Elevator Cooperative
Location & Nearby
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515 E 88TH Street 5E
Subway
- Q86 StAbout 9 min walk · Accessible
Parks
- Asphalt GreenAbout 2 min walk
- Carl Schurz ParkAbout 3 min walk
- East River EsplanadeAbout 4 min walk
Public schools · Elementary schools
- Yorkville Community SchoolAbout 3 min walk
- P.S. 527 - East Side School for Social ActionAbout 8 min walk
- P.S. 290 Manhattan New SchoolAbout 11 min walk
Middle schools
- East Side Middle SchoolAbout 7 min walk
- Yorkville East Middle SchoolAbout 14 min walk
High schools
- The High School for Climate JusticeAbout 11 min walk
- The Judith S. Kaye SchoolAbout 12 min walk
Museums
- Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden MuseumAbout 21 min walk
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design MuseumAbout 22 min walk
- Solomon R. Guggenheim MuseumAbout 22 min walk
- National Academy of DesignAbout 22 min walk
Walking times are estimates. Schools shown are the nearest public and charter schools and are not zone assignments; a nearby school is not necessarily the one an address is zoned for. Confirm zoning with the NYC Department of Education. Sources: MTA, NYC Parks and NYC Department of City Planning open data.
The Neighborhood
About Upper East Side
Yorkville is covered by our Upper East Side guide.
Manhattan's gold standard for luxury living with iconic architecture, Central Park, and Museum Mile.
Walkability
9/10
Public transit
9/10
Schools
10/10
Dining
9/10
Groceries & parks
9/10
Schools in Upper East Side
Many of NYC's most selective schools sit here, with a concentration of elite K-12 private schools, strong public feeders like PS 6 and PS 290, and easy access to top selective high schools.
Private schools in the area include The Dalton School, The Brearley School, The Chapin School, The Spence School, Nightingale-Bamford School, The Browning School.
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