Carnegie Hill

About Carnegie Hill

Carnegie Hill, as covered here, runs from 86th Street to 96th Street, between Fifth Avenue and Third Avenue. It is named for Andrew Carnegie, whose 1902 mansion at Fifth Avenue and 91st Street is now the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Fifth Avenue faces Central Park and the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir and is part of Museum Mile; the Guggenheim Museum is at 88th Street. Fifth, Madison and Park Avenues are lined with pre-war apartment buildings, and the side streets have rows of brownstones and limestone townhouses.

The Carnegie Hill Historic District, designated in 1974 and expanded in 1993, covers about half of the neighborhood’s tax lots. Madison and Lexington Avenues have most of the shops.

Landmarks Preservation Commission historic districts in the neighborhood include the Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District, the Carnegie Hill Historic District and the Park Avenue Historic District. Exterior changes to buildings inside a historic district need Commission approval, which is worth knowing before buying a townhouse or planning a renovation. Check any address on the LPC designations map.

Carnegie Hill market report

From October 2025 through September 2026, NYC Department of Finance records show 305 home sales in Carnegie Hill, with a median price of $1.95M. Half of those sales fell between $891K and $3.45M.

The total breaks down as 232 co-op sales, 66 condo sales and 7 sales of 1–3 family houses.

The overall median is up 9.9% on the previous 12 months, and the number of sales is down 6.4%.

Source: NYC Department of Finance rolling and annualized sales, October 2025 – September 2026, compared with October 2024 – September 2025. Residential sales of $100,000 or more; bulk and duplicate records removed. Recent months may be incomplete because sales appear as deeds are recorded. Area covered: 86th to 96th Street, Fifth Avenue to Third Avenue. Updated quarterly.

Homes in Carnegie Hill

Carnegie Hill is mostly a co-op market: co-ops made up about three-quarters of recorded sales in the last 12 months, many of them large pre-war apartments. Condos are fewer, and townhouses change hands occasionally: 7 recorded sales of 1–3 family houses in the year.

• HomesAbout 12,500 residential units
• Age65% of units are in buildings from before 1940; 3% are in buildings from 2000 or later
• Building types65% in elevator apartment buildings, 16% in condominiums, 15% in walk-up apartment buildings
• Co-op buildings133
• Condo buildings32
• Townhouses and small buildings221 (1–4 units)

Building data from NYC Department of City Planning PLUTO. Counts are approximate.

Getting around

The 4, 5 and 6 stop at 86th Street on Lexington Avenue, and the 6 at 96th Street. The Q stops at 86th and 96th Streets on Second Avenue, a few blocks east. The M86 Select Bus Service crosses Central Park at 86th Street.

Stations in the neighborhood

• 96 St6
• 86 St456 Accessible

Other nearby stations

• 96 St about 8 blocks from the centreQ
• 86 St about 8 blocks from the centreQ

Stations from the MTA’s station list. Plan a specific trip with the MTA trip planner.

Parks

Central Park runs along Fifth Avenue, with the Reservoir running track between 86th and 96th Streets. Samuel Seabury Playground is on Lexington Avenue at 96th Street.

• Central Park840 acres
• Samuel Seabury Playgroundunder 1 acre

NYC Parks properties in or next to the neighborhood. Areas from NYC Parks.

School district

The Garson Team in Carnegie Hill

The Garson Team’s Carnegie Hill listings include an apartment at 49 East 86th Street, a 1930 elevator co-op, and one at 55 East 87th Street, a 1963 elevator co-op.

• 55 E 87th St, Unit 5MIn Contract
• 49 East 86th Street, Unit 17BSold

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Nearby neighborhoods

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