- Year built
- 1929
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 169
- Floors
- 16
- Landmark
- Designated
- Pets
- Permitted with board approval per management-sourced records
- Financing
- 70 percent maximum with fixed-rate financing, 60 percent with adjustable-rate, per management-sourced records — verify current requirements
110 Riverside Drive is one of the Riverside Drive corridor's definitive late-pre-war co-ops: a full-blockfront 1929 apartment house by Gronenberg & Leuchtag — among the most prolific firms of the Upper West Side's great apartment-building decade — facing Riverside Park across the Drive from West 83rd to West 84th Streets. The two-entrance arrangement (110 at 83rd, 118 at 84th) divides the building into wings under a single cooperative, 110-118 Riverside Tenants Corp., which gives it the scale economics of a 169-unit house with the lobby experience of something smaller. The architecture is protected: the building sits within the Riverside–West End Historic District Extension I, and its orange brick, terra cotta enframements, and paneled, stained-glass lobbies are the corridor's house style at full strength.
The building's history carries real weight. Babe Ruth lived here from 1942 until his death in 1948 — his last home, an apartment at the 83rd Street corner that has been covered repeatedly in the press, including 6sqft and neighborhood press when the (since-divided) apartment returned to market. The Ruth provenance resurfaced nationally in 2025, when a widely reported board rejection of a high-profile would-be buyer of the apartment — covered by the New York Post and the Associated Press among others — reminded the market that this is a co-op that exercises its prerogatives. Buyers should read that episode structurally: the board is engaged, the admissions process is real, and the building's policies (no pieds-à-terre, purchaser-paid flip tax, conservative financing caps) are corridor-standard discipline.
The cooperative's documentation runs deep in our archive: the original 1968 offering plan is on file in The Roebling Research Library — sponsor Eugenie Fromer et al., owners since 1956 — along with building insurance schedules that document the two-wing structure. For a conversion now approaching its seventh decade, that is a long, stable ownership record, and the building trades like it: deliberate, family-driven, and priced to the quality of the housing stock rather than to fashion.
Architecture and unit composition
Gronenberg & Leuchtag organized the building as a 16-story (plus penthouse) blockfront with classic late-1920s planning: gracious foyers, living rooms and dining rooms arranged in parallel on the street-facing lines, and oversized "picture" windows on the Drive — five of the seven west-facing lines carry the living-room-and-dining-room-across-the-front arrangement that defines the corridor's best stock, per brokerage records. Apartments run from smaller classic lines to large classic sixes and sevens, with combinations throughout the building's history; west exposures take Riverside Park and Hudson River views, and the river light is the building's premium asset. Renovation quality varies line to line; the bones — beamed ceilings, proportioned rooms, real walls — renovate exceptionally well.
Building operations
Full-service across both wings: 24-hour doormen at the 110 and 118 entrances, a live-in resident manager, and institutional management. A storage unit conveys with each apartment per brokerage records — an unusual and underpriced perk at this scale. The cooperative's insurance program and corporate documentation are on file in The Roebling Research Library; the 1968 offering plan settles the conversion history and original unit count. As with any pre-war co-op of this vintage, your attorney should review the current financial statements, recent capital work, and assessment history during diligence — verify the current posture with the managing agent.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
Recent sales
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Recent transfers at this building, sourced from NYC Department of Finance records. Apartment-level detail (line, condition, asking-price context) verified upon consultation request.
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2025 | 1C | $2,240,000 |
| Nov 7, 2025 | 15A | $3,400,000 |
| Oct 6, 2025 | 10A | $3,700,000 |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 1D | $925,000 |
| Jul 3, 2025 | 3A | $4,299,750 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | 9C | $2,055,000 |
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 1-01245-0047) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a primary-residence building. Pieds-à-terre are not permitted per management-sourced records, and the 2025 press coverage of the board's admissions posture should be taken at face value. Come to the board package as a primary resident with conventional financials — run the Co-op Board Qualification Calculator before offering.
Financing terms are stricter than they look. The documented framework — 70 percent maximum on fixed-rate debt, 60 percent on adjustable — is a real constraint for buyers planning ARM structures. Confirm current requirements with the managing agent before modeling the purchase.
The flip tax lands on you. The 2 percent transfer fee is purchaser-paid per management-sourced records — budget it alongside mansion tax and closing costs, and verify the structure at offer stage.
Buy the exposure. West-facing lines over the park are the building's premium product and hold value across cycles; mid-block east exposures price meaningfully lower. The picture-window living rooms on the Drive are the signature — see the specific line in afternoon light.
Don't confuse the addresses. 110 and 118 Riverside Drive are one cooperative with two entrances — and 100 Riverside Drive, one block south, is a different building entirely. Comparable-pulling and search alerts should be set accordingly.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the classic-stock fundamentals. Parallel living-and-dining layouts, picture windows on the park, storage included, full service at both entrances — this is the inventory the corridor's buyer pool is specifically hunting. Market against the Drive's named pre-wars, not against generic UWS stock.
Price to condition honestly. The spread between renovated and estate-condition classics in this corridor is wide and well-documented. Estate units clear when priced to the renovation math — run the Renovation Cost Calculator against your strategy before setting the ask.
Prepare buyers for the board early. The building's admissions discipline is now publicly known. We pre-qualify offers against the financing caps and primary-residence requirement before contract — it protects your timeline.
Use the provenance carefully. The Ruth history is a genuine marketing asset for the building, covered by press for decades. It sells the house; condition and light sell the apartment.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 110 Riverside Drive, also evaluate:
- 100 Riverside Drive — the neighboring blockfront co-op immediately south; the closest like-for-like alternative
- 137 Riverside Drive — distinguished pre-war co-op at 86th Street
- 140 Riverside Drive — the corridor's large full-service pre-war peer at 86th–87th
- 173 Riverside Drive — J.E.R. Carpenter pre-war at 89th Street — Ruth's previous address, as it happens
- 180 Riverside Drive — Emery Roth pre-war co-op at 90th Street; the prestige step-up
- 194 Riverside Drive — boutique pre-war co-op at 91st Street
- 222 Riverside Drive — the corridor alternative at 94th Street
- 11 Riverside Drive — the Schwab House; the post-war full-service alternative at the corridor's southern end
The Roebling Team at 110 Riverside Drive
The Roebling Team at Compass works the Upper West Side and the Riverside Drive corridor as a core practice area. We publish this building profile because Riverside Drive buyers and sellers deserve building-specific intelligence — conversion documentation, policy framework, and corridor-level comparables — not generic neighborhood commentary.
If you're considering a transaction at 110 Riverside Drive, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.