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1235 Park Avenue
Last updated on Jan 16, 2026

1235 Park Avenue

1235 Park Avenue is a prewar condominium in Carnegie Hill with a full-time doorman and live-in resident manager. The building offers amenities like a bike room and allows pets, pied-a-terres, and sublets, while being close to Central Park, museums, and prestigious schools.

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Overview of 1235 Park Avenue

1235 Park Avenue is one of the few pre-war condominiums on Park Avenue, built in 1927 and converted in 1981. Designed by Gronenberg & Lechtag, this 16 story brown brick building contains 61 apartments and occupies a prominent corner location at 96th Street in Carnegie Hill. The building features attractive architectural details including masonry quoins, iron lanterns flanking the canopied entrance, arched window surrounds on the third floor, and decorative twin bird panels at the second story.

Apartments typically follow Classic 6 layouts with generous proportions and elegant pre-war details. Common features include beamed ceilings, hardwood floors, decorative fireplaces, and large windows overlooking Park Avenue. Notable residences include the penthouse with its wrap around terrace, a 16th floor corner apartment designed by renowned architect Santiago Calatrava, and a unique first floor maisonette with private entrance.

1235 Park Avenue provides a 24 hour doorman, live-in resident manager, gracious marble lobby, bike room, and storage facilities. The building permits pets, pieds-à-terre, and up to 80% financing, with a 1.75% flip tax. Located in prestigious Carnegie Hill, residents enjoy proximity to Central Park, Museum Mile, the 92nd Street Y, Madison Avenue boutiques, with convenient access to the 96th Street subway station and crosstown bus service.

Doorman
Full Time
Type
Condo
Year Built
1927
Converted: 1987
Apartments
Floors
16
Pets: Allowed
Neighborhood
Min Down
20%

Amenities

  • FT Doorman
  • Pre War
  • Resident Storage
  • Elevator
  • Laundry Room
  • Bike Room
  • Live-In Superintendent
  • Historic District
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at Lexington Ave 0.08 miles
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at Lexington Ave 0.49 miles

Pros & Cons

  • Full time doorman and live-in resident manager
  • Hardwood floors and beamed ceilings
  • Decorative fireplaces in some units
  • Pieds-à-terre permitted and up to 80% financing allowed
  • Pets allowed
  • Bike room and storage facilities
  • Close to Madison Avenue boutiques, Central Park, museums and 92nd Street Y
  • Around the corner from 96th Street subway station and not far from Mt. Sinai Hospital complex on Madison Avenue
  • No gym
  • No roof deck
  • Protruding air conditioners

CityRealty Rating

22
/44
Architecture
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26
/36
Location
+
14
/39
Features
+
8
Editor’s Points
=
70
CITYREALTY
RATING
  • How is the CityRealty Rating calculated?

    Architecture
    • 30+ remarkable
    • 20-29 distinguished
    • 11-19 average
    • < 11 below average
    Location
    • 27+ remarkable
    • 18-26 distinguished
    • 9-17 average
    • < 9 below average
    Features
    • 22+ remarkable
    • 16-21 distinguished
    • 9-15 average
    • < 9 below average

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