Prewar Fifth Avenue co-op where estate transitions dominate recent transfers, highlighted by a $53.5 million sale.
Built in 1928, this 77-unit Fifth Avenue cooperative maintains a very low operational profile. Yet behind its calm paper record is a major wave of estate and trust transfers. Three things to know:
Recent sales are heavily dominated by estates and trusts. Out of 16 sales in the last three years, nine have been estate or trust transactions. The most prominent was a massive $53,500,000 unit transfer in January 2025 from a long-time resident's estate to a private trust. This high level of estate turnover typically translates to a steady sequence of units hitting the market needing complete modernizations.
Street-level vendor activity clusters right outside the building. Vendor complaints dominate the immediate three blocks, with 90 calls over the last year—89 specifically targeting food vendors stationed near Central Park. The latest call was logged on July 2, 2026. This activity is typical for this high-density stretch of Fifth Avenue, bringing heavy foot traffic and street cart bustle directly to the front steps.
Defective steel plates on the street have drawn noise complaints. The direct building file is quiet on major structural issues, but utility work occasionally bleeds in. In March 2025, neighbors called in consecutive noisy street plate complaints on the asphalt right outside, which were quickly resolved. That pattern, alongside a missing manhole cover emergency in February 2026, shows that local street work is the main source of immediate noise.
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962 5th Avenue is a 77-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1013920001). This building is associated with Fifth Seventy-seven INC. Brix tracks 0 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1928, this elevator apartment building sits in Manhattan and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
The building last changed hands on May 18, 2026, according to recorded deeds.
Brix rating: Clean (95/100). View the Building Report on Brix.
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