10 West 86th Street
10 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024
BBL 1011990040 · BIN 1031373
- Year built
- 1925
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Upper West Side / Central Park West Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not stated
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 3BR median, 2025–2026
- $3.3M
- 3 qualifying sales
- Recent range
- $2.6M – $3.4M
- Listing discount
- 1.9%
- Recorded transfers
- 26
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10 West 86th Street was designed by George F. Pelham and built in 1924–25 for Tigo Realty Co.; LPC identifies its architecture as Neo-Georgian. The fifteen-story cooperative sits just off Central Park West, steps from the park itself, and reflects solid masonry construction, classical proportion, and gracious, light-filled layouts. With only 30 apartments across 15 stories — an average of two homes per floor — it is genuinely intimate, the kind of small, well-built pre-war building that rarely changes hands.
The case for the building is direct. It is a full-service, doormanned pre-war co-op, designed by George F. Pelham, a few steps from Central Park, inside the protective Central Park West Historic District. Converted to a cooperative in 1987, it is owned by its residents and run as a quiet, settled building.
Architecture and unit composition
The planning runs to balanced, light-forward apartments with entry foyers, separate dining rooms, high ceilings, and the hard-plaster walls and solid floors of 1920s construction; confirm each apartment's layout against its plan. The two-apartments-per-floor layout means most homes enjoy cross-exposures and quiet, and the upper floors capture open light toward the park and the low-rise side streets. The unit mix runs to comfortable family-sized homes — classic-six and larger configurations — with a studio or two among the smaller lines. The masonry exterior is restrained and dignified, exactly the register that lets the building belong on these blocks.
Building operations
10 West 86th is run as a full-service cooperative for its resident-owners. A full-time doorman attends the lobby, and the building offers a common laundry, storage, and the day-to-day service a small pre-war co-op provides. The cooperative is pet-friendly. Air-conditioning is permitted. As at any co-op, purchasers clear a board package and interview, and the building's location inside the Central Park West Historic District means visible exterior work is subject to Landmarks review. We help buyers confirm the building's current financing cap, liquidity requirements, flip-tax structure, and sublet posture against its governing documents before they bid.
Pets and in-unit washer/dryer
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not statedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Not verified
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Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Maintenance, per room
- $817 per room a monthMedian of 3 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
Maintenance as recorded with each sale. A co-op's maintenance already covers the building's real estate taxes and the building's own mortgage, if it has one; add your own loan payment for the monthly outlay. A summary of recorded sales, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Attended lobby
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Laundry roomSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $5,034/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $14
- Modeled exposure split equally across 30 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. A filed Safe grade is not a guarantee of current condition: owners still maintain the facade and, where required, observe parapets each year. Future inspection timing (Local Law 49 of 2025 changed the cycle framework from October 1, 2026), repair and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2025–30. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. Prices are the transfer amounts recorded with the NYC Department of Finance; apartment-level detail is checked against the building’s own file in The Roebling Research Library before publishing.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2026 | PH15A | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,000 sf | $3,366,000 | $1,683/sf | -3.8% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 6A | 3 BR · 2 BA | $3,295,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jan 13, 2025 | 10B | 3 BR · 3 BA | $2,650,000 | -1.9% | |
| Dec 8, 2022 | 5A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,000 sf | $2,350,000 | $1,175/sf | -5.8% |
| Jun 24, 2022 | 6B | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,895,000 | -5.0% | |
| Jan 28, 2022 | 12B | 3 BR · 3 BA | $2,700,000 | +17.4% | |
| Sep 8, 2021 | 13B | 3 BR · 3 BA | $2,262,500 | +3.1% | |
| Feb 16, 2021 | 4B | 3 BR · 3 BA | $1,995,000 | +0.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,683/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. Median listing discount 1.2% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Full closing history with price-per-square-foot over time, the complete retrade record, and every line that has traded.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01199-0040). Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified in The Roebling Research Library. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
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At the recent median sale of $3.29M (3 transfers in the past 24 months, since October 31, 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $63,975 to close, or 1.9% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $49,425
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $14,550
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
Buying here means buying a small George F. Pelham co-op steps from Central Park — a combination that does not come up often. Expect a full board-package process and a pet-friendly policy; confirm the building's current financing, liquidity, occupancy and subletting requirements from its governing documents and application instructions. The reward is a gracious, well-built pre-war home with cross-exposures, a doorman, and the park at the corner. We help buyers read the financials, gauge the board's posture, and benchmark pricing line-by-line against the right Central Park West comparables.
What to know if you’re selling
The architect and the location are the marketing core. A George F. Pelham–designed Neo-Georgian cooperative, two apartments per floor, steps from Central Park, inside the historic district, appeals to a specific and motivated buyer. With turnover low, the right strategy is to price the specific home to its true line comparables, present its proportions and light correctly, and lead with the architect, the intimacy, and the park. We build that plan around the building's held-inventory history and the premium the address commands.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 10 West 86th Street, also evaluate these nearby Upper West Side cooperatives:
- 15 West 81st Street — pre-war cooperative near the Museum of Natural History
- 15 West 84th Street — full-service pre-war co-op nearby
- 145 West 86th Street — pre-war cooperative on the same street
- 200 West 88th Street — full-service Upper West Side co-op
- 18 West 87th Street — boutique pre-war cooperative nearby
More Upper West Side buildings
- 8 West 65th Street — 1983 condominium
- 10 Riverside Boulevard (One Waterline Square) — condominium by Hill West Architects
- 10 West 66th Street (Park Ten) — 1969 co-op
- Pomander Walk — 1921 co-op
- Waterline Square — condominium by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)
- 11 West 69th Street — 1927 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Upper West Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper West Side.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
How to read the facts on this page. Items attributed to an offering plan describe the building as it was offered at that filing — unit mix, square footage, the amenity program as planned. They are not a statement about how the building operates today. Tax and compliance figures are sourced separately to current City records and carry their own dates. House rules, staffing and fee policy can change by board resolution without any public filing: treat every policy line here as a starting point for diligence and confirm it with the managing agent. Where this page compares one building or neighborhood to another, that is our analysis of the recorded record — it names the measure, the period and the sample it rests on, and it is an observation about medians rather than a prediction about any particular apartment.
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