120 West 58th Street
120 West 58th Street, New York, NY 10019
BBL 1010107502 · BIN 1084293
- Year built
- 1923
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 33
- Floors
- 9
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Part-time doorman, live-in resident manager, elevator, common laundry; washer/dryer in select units — no gym, roof deck, or parking
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf (floor-adjusted)
- $1,004
- Listing discount
- 2.6%
- Recorded sales
- 44
- On record
- 2003–2025
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at 120 West 58th Street would likely sell for today, what it costs to sell, and what you’d walk away with — reviewed personally against condition, exposures, renovation quality, and the competition actually on the market.
120 West 58th Street is a boutique pre-war condominium on one of the most expensive blocks in Manhattan — the West 58th Street corridor between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, one block south of Central Park and directly in the shadow of Billionaires' Row. Where the supertalls a few doors east and west trade in nine figures, this is the corridor's entry-tier product: a nine-story, roughly four-per-floor pre-war building where a one-bedroom can be bought for a fraction of what the glass towers command, with the same walk to the park.
That price gap is the entire thesis. The address buys the Central Park South location, the Columbus Circle amenity base, and the Midtown transit spine — without the carrying cost of a full-service trophy tower. The trade is service model and scale: a part-time doorman and live-in super rather than a 24-hour staffed lobby, and a small building with a modest amenity package rather than a pool-and-spa program. For a buyer who wants the geography more than the marble, that is a rational exchange.
The building is a pre-war structure, completed in 1923 per city records, later held in condominium ownership, with a number of units renovated over the years by later owners. Public records do not reliably document the original architect, and unit counts and completion dates vary slightly between city records and listing sources — the standard pre-war documentation gap. We reconcile those details against the building file and city data during diligence.
Architecture and unit composition
The building rises nine stories in the 1920s Manhattan pre-war idiom, at boutique scale — roughly four apartments per floor across 33 residences per city records. The residences carry the pre-war signatures that hold value on this block: hardwood floors, high ceilings, and larger-than-modern room proportions. Renovated units add stainless-steel appliances and updated marble baths; the lobby has been redone with marble flooring and coffered ceilings. As with most pre-war conversions, condition varies unit to unit — some apartments are turn-key renovations, others are original and priced accordingly. Buyers on lower floors and interior lines should evaluate natural light and sound in person, as is standard for a mid-block pre-war building.
Building operations
This is boutique pre-war ownership: a part-time doorman, a live-in resident manager, an elevator, and a common laundry room, with washer/dryers in select units. There is no gym, roof deck, or on-site parking. Buyers coming from full-service towers should price the trade consciously — a lower monthly carry against a lighter service and amenity package. Condominium governance at this scale is intimate, and the reserve base is spread across a small number of owners; the offering plan, by-laws, budget, and reserve posture should be reviewed carefully during diligence. We obtain current building documents from the managing agent for clients at offer stage.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $18,594/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $47
- Modeled exposure split equally across 33 units (the city tax-lot count). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 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. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2020–25. 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 record last verified September 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
- Notable fees
- Working capital = 2 months common charges; move-in/out $700 each; condo transfer fee $275
Recent sales
Recent closings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2025 | 7B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 720 sf | $759,000 | $1,054/sf | +0.0% |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 2B | 666 sf | $625,000 | $938/sf | off-mkt |
| Jul 22, 2021 | 3D | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 832 sf | $875,000 | $1,052/sf | +0.0% |
| Feb 4, 2021 | 6D | 2 BR · 2 BA · 906 sf | $898,000 | $991/sf | -5.5% |
| May 8, 2020 | 2A | 930 sf | $554,000 | $596/sf | off-mkt |
| Nov 20, 2019 | 7C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 730 sf | $765,000 | $1,048/sf | -8.4% |
| Jan 27, 2016 | 9C | 1 BR · 665 sf | $860,000 | $1,293/sf | -7.0% |
| Aug 21, 2015 | 7B | 1 BR · 672 sf | $855,000 | $1,272/sf | +0.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,004/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 2.6% 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 1-01010-7502). 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 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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What to know if you’re buying
You are buying the block, not the amenities. The value here is the Central Park South location at a boutique-building price. If the part-time-doorman, no-gym service model fits how you live, the carrying-cost math is favorable — run the True Monthly Carrying Cost Calculator against full-service alternatives on the corridor.
Condition varies unit to unit. This is a pre-war building with a mix of renovated and original apartments. Price the renovation delta honestly and inspect light, layout, and sound in person — mid-block pre-war stock rewards a careful walk-through.
Small building, small board. Condominium governance here is a handful of neighbors, not an institution. Review the budget, reserve study, and house rules closely — small buildings carry low fixed costs but a narrow base over which to spread any capital surprise.
Verify the policy stack. Pet and pied-à-terre use appear permitted per listing records, and condominium subletting is generally allowed, but financing minimums and specific house rules are thinly documented publicly. We verify against the offering plan and managing agent during diligence.
Mansion tax applies at the top of the building. Larger and higher-floor units cross the $1 million and $2 million thresholds — run the Mansion Tax Calculator at the intended price before offering.
What to know if you’re selling
Market the location arbitrage. The pitch is Central Park South geography at a boutique-building price. Position honestly against the corridor's full-service towers — lower carry, lighter service — and let the location-and-value argument do the work.
Use adjacent-building comps. With a small unit count, your own building's history is too thin to anchor pricing. The pre-war condominium stock on and around the block is the right comp set, adjusted for floor, line, and renovation level.
Condition drives price. In a mixed pre-war building, a well-renovated unit sells on its finishes; an original one sells on its bones and its block. Price to the specific apartment, not a building average.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 120 West 58th Street, also evaluate:
- 135 West 58th Street — pre-war apartment stock on the same block, the closest like-for-like comparison
- 140 West 58th Street — another West 58th Street building a few doors west
- 100 West 58th Street — pre-war building at the Sixth Avenue corner of the block
- 106 Central Park South — the park-front alternative one block north
- 112 Central Park South — pre-war co-op fronting the park
More Central Park South buildings
- 111 West 56th Street (ONE11 Residences) — 1981 condominium by Philip Birnbaum & Associates
- 112 West 56th Street — 1980 condominium
- 116 Central Park South — 1950 condominium
- 135 West 58th Street (Park House) — 1911 co-op
- 140 West 58th Street — 1930 co-op
- Metropolitan Tower (146 West 57th Street) — 1984 condominium by SLCE Architects
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Central Park South — read The Roebling Team Guide to Central Park South.
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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