112 West 79th Street
112 West 79th Street, New York, NY 10024
Upper West Side
BBL 1011500037 · BIN 1030260
- Year built
- 1925
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- Designated
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 3BR median
- $2.9M
- Recent range
- $2.5M – $3.3M
- Listing discount
- 1.4%
- Recorded transfers
- 52
112 West 79th Street is a 1925 prewar cooperative on one of the Upper West Side's most desirable blocks — the stretch of West 79th between Columbus and Amsterdam that runs alongside Theodore Roosevelt Park and the American Museum of Natural History. The newly opened Richard Gilder Center, the museum's science wing, is essentially around the corner, and the weekend Greenmarket, Central Park, and the 79th Street subway are all within a short walk. It is a quintessential West Side address: cultural amenity on the doorstep, residential calm on the block.
The building is the kind of substantial prewar house that filled in these side streets in the 1920s — fourteen stories of masonry built for families, with the high ceilings and gracious gallery plans that define the era. With 51 apartments, it is mid-sized for the corridor, and it has long been owner-occupied, trading slowly and rewarding buyers who want prewar proportions on a marquee block rather than a glass-tower address.
Architecture and unit composition
The architecture is prewar Manhattan at its most dependable: brick over a limestone base, classical detailing held in proportion, and a fourteen-story massing that reads as solid and permanent. The block's mid-rise prewar context — and its place within the Upper West Side / Central Park West Historic District — keeps the streetscape low and consistent, so the building's upper floors enjoy open light and, on the higher lines, glimpses toward the park and the museum's grounds.
Inside, the residences carry the prewar hallmarks buyers prize: ceilings near ten feet, hardwood floors, formal entry galleries, separate dining, and the picture-frame moldings and well-proportioned rooms that mark the period — with apartments running from comfortable two-bedrooms to true three-bedroom homes of roughly 3,000-plus square feet on the larger high-floor lines. A handful of the building's renovated apartments have added the modern conveniences prewar stock often lacks, including central air and in-unit laundry where permitted.
Building operations
112 West 79th is a full-service cooperative with an attended lobby, a live-in superintendent, central laundry, basement storage, and a bike room. The building's compact, well-run operation is part of its appeal on a block where buyers want full service without a high-rise's overhead. As an established prewar cooperative, it operates on board approval with a standard package-and-interview process, a conservative financing posture, and a residence-first orientation; a transfer fee may apply at closing under house policy. We confirm the building's current financing cap and any sublet terms for clients in contract so the underwriting is exact.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair before the next inspection cycle. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent). Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library.
See the full facade history →Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2025 | 9B | 3 BR · 3 BA | $2,525,000 | -6.4% | |
| Jun 23, 2025 | 4B | 3 BR · 3 BA | $3,310,000 | -2.5% | |
| Aug 15, 2022 | 7A | 3 BR · 3 BA · 1,800 sf | $3,190,000 | $1,772/sf | +6.5% |
| Mar 4, 2022 | 9A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $2,588,900 | +0.2% | |
| Mar 4, 2022 | 9A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $2,588,901 | +0.2% | |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 1A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $1,900,000 | -4.8% | |
| May 10, 2021 | 8A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $3,250,000 | -1.4% | |
| Apr 9, 2021 | 12B | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,000 sf | $2,550,000 | $1,275/sf | -3.8% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2022): a median $1,575/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount 1.1% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2003 | PHC | $1,790,000 |
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 1-01150-0037) 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 on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a board-approval cooperative, so the package and interview matter and the financing posture is conservative. Underwrite to strong post-closing liquidity and confirm your intended use against the building's owner-occupancy orientation — this is a residence-first house. Budget any transfer fee into your closing math. The reward for clearing the board is a high-ceilinged prewar home steps from the Museum of Natural History and Central Park, on a block buyers seek out by name. We pressure-test your package against the building's expectations before you submit.
What to know if you’re selling
The marketing story is the block and the bones: ten-foot ceilings and a gracious prewar plan, full service, and a location alongside the museum, the park, and the Greenmarket. Inventory is thin, so a well-prepared listing draws a focused, qualified pool — preparation, light staging, and accurate pricing against the live comparable set convert that interest into an accepted offer. Price to recent Upper West Side prewar closings of similar size, floor, and condition, and let the location and full-service operation support the number. The Roebling Team prepares the board-package narrative alongside the listing so an accepted offer clears review the first time.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 112 West 79th Street, also evaluate these nearby Upper West Side prewar cooperatives:
- 127 West 79th Street — prewar cooperative on the same block
- 145 West 79th Street — full-service West 79th Street cooperative
- 15 West 81st Street — prewar cooperative near the museum
- 200 West 88th Street — Upper West Side prewar cooperative
- 215 West 84th Street — prewar West Side cooperative peer
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Upper West Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper West Side.
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