105 West 72nd Street
105 West 72nd Street, between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues · Upper West Side
Upper West Side
BBL 1011447501 · BIN 1029969
- Year built
- 1913
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- Designated
- Amenities
- Elevators, part-time doorman, live-in superintendent and shared laundry
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,015
- Listing discount
- 1.8%
- Recorded sales
- 24
- On record
- 2004–2026
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105 West 72nd Street combines George & Edward Blum's 1913 apartment-house design with condominium ownership. The twelve-story building replaced three rowhouses and was built with storefronts at its base. Its relatively small residential inventory supports an unusually vertical prewar condominium, with larger four- and five-room plans distributed through the tower.
The condominium conversion dates to 1984. Formal dining rooms, former service rooms, decorative fireplaces and parquet or herringbone floors survive in the apartment mix. Later renovations have adapted those rooms into open living areas, additional bedrooms or offices, producing different interpretations of the original plans.
The address sits just west of Columbus Avenue on West 72nd Street. Central Park is one avenue to the east, while the Broadway subway hub lies to the west. Part-time entrance service and a resident superintendent support the building's prewar interiors.
Architecture and unit composition
The brick, stone and terra-cotta facade uses a Renaissance Revival composition with stylized Spanish Baroque ornament. LPC records the removal of the terminal cornice and replacement of the storefronts. The upper residential mass rises above the neighboring low-rise buildings, giving some apartments broad city exposures.
Interior plans commonly preserve a distinction between living and dining rooms. Bay windows appear in dining spaces, and small rooms off kitchens reflect the original service arrangement. Pocket doors and decorative fireplaces remain in some homes. Ceilings around nine to ten feet contribute to the proportions of these older rooms.
Recurring apartment areas include smaller plans around 850 to 1,000 square feet and larger homes around 1,150 to 1,250 square feet. Both one-bedroom homes with separate dining rooms and two-bedroom, two-bath layouts have traded. A dining room used as an additional bedroom changes the room designation while leaving the original apartment footprint intact.
Windowed kitchens and baths occur in the inventory. Some larger apartments have three exposures, and upper-floor homes benefit from the building's height relative to nearby roofs. The combination of exposure and an intact formal room arrangement can distinguish apartments of similar stated area.
Building operations
A part-time doorman attends the lobby, and a live-in superintendent supports the building. Common laundry is on the lobby level.
DOF identifies 34 residential tax lots and three commercial lots. The largest residential owner holds two apartments, about 6% of the residential inventory. The building's commercial spaces form a separate ownership component within the condominium, with their own uses and common-charge allocations.
The property lies inside the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. Exterior alterations, including window changes and visible equipment, require the relevant LPC approvals. The decorated stone and terra-cotta facade remains part of the protected exterior even where apartment interiors have been substantially renovated.
Policy framework
Pets: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
Pied-à-terre ownership: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
Renting: Permitted after one year of residency — confirm with the managing agent.
In-unit washer/dryer: Not permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
Recent sales
Recent closings at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2026 | 4C | 2 BR · 1 BA · 984 sf | $955,000 | $971/sf | +6.1% |
| Feb 16, 2024 | 8A | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,149 sf | $1,600,000 | $1,393/sf | -3.0% |
| Oct 26, 2023 | 11C | 856 sf | $1,300,000 | $1,519/sf | off-mkt |
| Jun 16, 2023 | 3B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,152 sf | $1,550,000 | $1,345/sf | -2.8% |
| Jun 17, 2021 | 3A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,250 sf | $1,625,000 | $1,300/sf | -14.2% |
| May 25, 2021 | 2C | 2 BR · 1 BA · 856 sf | $940,000 | $1,098/sf | -14.5% |
| Apr 24, 2020 | 5A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,250 sf | $1,875,000 | $1,500/sf | +1.4% |
| Sep 13, 2019 | 7A | 1,152 sf | $1,575,000 | $1,367/sf | off-mkt |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,015/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 1.8% 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 1-01144-7501) and verified listing data. Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified by The Roebling Team research desk. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
Buying here? Condo closing costs with a mortgage typically run 3 to 6% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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Comparable buildings
- The Apple Bank Building: A nearby prewar conversion with a similarly small condominium association and different original use.
- The Heritage: A larger prewar condominium on the same street, useful for comparing staffing and residential scale.
- The Walton: An older condominium nearby with a larger apartment inventory.
- The Lucania: A smaller prewar condominium for comparing association size and traditional plans.
- 350 West 71st Street: A similarly scaled condominium in a lower-rise prewar building.
More Upper West Side buildings
- 104 West 70th Street (The Walton) — 1903 condop
- 104 West 87th Street — 1886 co-op
- 105 West 70th Street (The Brownstones) — 1886 co-op
- 105 West 73rd Street — 1920 co-op
- 105 West 86th Street — 1929 co-op by Emery Roth
- 107 West 78th Street — 1890 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.
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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