905 5TH Avenue MAISONETTE
$775,000
MLS# RLS20020292 · Lenox Hill
Originally listed at $950,000. Price last reduced on October 1, 2026.
Listed April 30, 2025 · 557 days on the market
0 Beds 1 Baths
About This Property
MEDICAL SPACE WITH POTENTIAL FOR RESIDENTIAL USE
Located on Fifth Avenue and East 72nd Street is medical space available for the first time in decades. This twelve story, limestone clad, pre-war cooperative is a full service building in one of the most desirable locations on the Upper East Side.
Maisonette 1B is currently utilized as a medical office with four spacious doctors" suites (one with a working fireplace), reception room and
two half baths. This apartment has its own maisonette entrance for ultimate privacy. The possibility exists to convert the space into an exceptional residence with high 11" ceilings and serene Central Park views from 4 oversized West facing windows (see proposed residential floor plan and virtually staged photos).
Building Highlights:
- Built in 1915 by renowned architect J.E.R. Carpenter
- White-glove service with full-time staff including a resident manager, doormen, porters, and handymen
- Renovated fitness room and landscaped roof deck with spectacular Central Park views
- Central laundry and bike room in basement
- Pet-friendly
- 33% financing permitted
- Pied-a-terre allowed
- Central Air permitted
Situated on the well known Museum Mile, with famous institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art , The Frick Collection and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the neighborhood boasts historic pre-war buildings, famous Madison Avenue boutiques and fine dining establishments.
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Curtis Bain
Brown Harris Stevens
Property Features
Policies
- Pets allowed
Building amenities
Services and facilities
- Elevator
Outdoor space
- Courtyard
Estimate
Monthly Cost & Closing Costs
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$14,684 / month
- Principal and interest$3,919
- Maintenance$10,765
Due at closing
- Down payment (20%)$155,000
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
905 5TH Avenue is a 12-story elevator cooperative in Lenox Hill, completed in 1915 and home to 71 residential units. It sits within the Upper East Side Historic District. The most recent major alteration on record was in 1987.
The closest subway is 68 St-Hunter College (6), about a 8-minute walk. Central Park is roughly 1 minute away on foot.
Compiled from NYC public records and open data.
- Year Built
- 1915
- Stories
- 12
- Units
- 71
- Building Type
- Elevator Cooperative
- Historic District
- Upper East Side Historic District
Location & Nearby
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905 5TH Avenue MAISONETTE
Subway
- 668 St-Hunter CollegeAbout 8 min walk · Accessible
- 677 StAbout 10 min walk
Parks
- Central ParkAbout 1 min walk
Public schools · Elementary schools
- P.S. 6 Lillie D. BlakeAbout 13 min walk
- East Side Elementary School, PS 267About 16 min walk
- Ella Baker SchoolAbout 16 min walk
Middle schools
- J.H.S. 167 Robert F. WagnerAbout 13 min walk
High schools
- Vanguard High SchoolAbout 16 min walk
- Talent Unlimited High SchoolAbout 16 min walk
Colleges & universities
- Hunter College (CUNY)About 7 min walk
- New York School of Interior DesignAbout 9 min walk
- Marymount Manhattan CollegeAbout 12 min walk
- Louis V Gerstner Grad SchAbout 20 min walk
Museums
- The Frick CollectionAbout 2 min walk
- Whitney Museum of American ArtAbout 5 min walk
- The Metropolitan Museum of ArtAbout 14 min walk
- American Folk Art MuseumAbout 20 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 Lenox Hill
A refined Upper East Side enclave of prewar elegance, Central Park proximity, and Madison Avenue prestige.
Walkability
9/10
Public transit
9/10
Schools
9/10
Dining
9/10
Groceries & parks
9/10
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