Building: 1040 Fifth Avenue

1040 Fifth Ave has one of the most storied floors of any apartment building in the world.The fifteenth floor was home to Jackie Onasis from 1964 to 1994 and from it, you have some of the best views of Central Park and the reservoir that was renamed in 1994 to Jackie Onasis Reservoir.The apartment that Jackie O purchased in 1964 for $250,000 was sold after her death in 1996 to David Koch for $9.5 million. When David’s family outgrew the apartment in 2006, they listed it for $19.5 million and moved to 740 Park Ave.

Address: 1040 Fifth Avenue
Neighborhood: Upper East Side
Type: Co-Op
Style: Mid-rise
Service: Full time doorman
Apartments: 27
Stories: 17
Year Built: 1930
Notable Features: The building was erected in 1930 by Rosario Candela the city’s most prominent designer of luxury apartments in the 1920’s and 1930’s.

Building description provided by Martin Newman