Four homes now for sale in a prized NYC co-op where units rarely list - New York Post

Robertson, also a Compass broker, represents the six-room unit 8H, which listed on Saturday for $1.59 million — its first time up for sale in 45 years.

One day later, according to StreetEasy, a two-bedroom spread with one bathroom — and tony touches such as picture moldings — listed for $1 million with RE/MAX Sparrow Realty.

It listed in September for $1.35 million — and is represented by Jamella Swift of Keller Williams NYC.

That said, the Grinnell is the uptown early-20th century apartment building fit for savvy New York royalty who, with the proper income requirements, can act now to get a coveted deal.

“People who purchase in the Grinnell don’t move because it’s a wonderful place to live,” said Robertson, who’s also a former member of the building’s board and has sold 10 units in the building over the years.

They found the apartment on a whim after getting priced out of their Upper East Side condo and immediately knew the building was special.

Bruce Kanze, 74, an adjunct lecturer at the nearby City College of New York, moved to the Grinnell in December 1977 and lived in apartment 3B.

It’s one of 1,100 HDFC co-ops in the city, where residents are shareholders and own the building collectively.

Similarly, a three-bedroom co-op in the century-old Riviera across West 157th Street from the Grinnell is going for $1.79 million with $2,174 a month in maintenance.

Wayne Benjamin, 64, an architect who bought a 1,300-square foot, two-bedroom co-op in the Grinnell in 1987 for just $85,000 — about $228,000 today — has no plans to go anywhere.

He also enjoys rare New York City cross-ventilation, as every room in the apartment has exposures — so he can open the dining room windows, which face the courtyard, and the French doors and windows in the living room across the hallway, which face the street, and enjoy breezes year-round.