120 West 70th Street
120 West 70th Street, New York, NY 10023
Lincoln Square, Upper West Side
BBL 1011410039 · BIN 1029650
- Year built
- 1917
- 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
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 3BR median, 2023–2026
- $2.2M
- 4 qualifying sales
- Recent range
- $1.3M – $2.5M
- Listing discount
- 3.8%
- Recorded transfers
- 38
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120 West 70th Street is a handsome Neo-Georgian cooperative built in 1917, one block from Central Park on a quiet, tree-lined Lincoln Square block. It is exactly the kind of building the Upper West Side does so well: a dignified, mid-rise pre-war apartment house — brick with stone and terra-cotta detailing — built for family living and run, a century later, as a residential co-op. At nine stories and 38 apartments it is intimate without being tiny, and its position inside the Upper West Side / Central Park West Historic District means changes to the streetscape around it are subject to Landmarks review.
The case for the building is practical and lifestyle-driven. It sits within a short walk of Central Park's Strawberry Fields, the Lake, and Bethesda Terrace; Lincoln Center is a few blocks south; and the surrounding blocks hold the neighborhood's deep bench of food and retail — Citarella, Trader Joe's, and the Broadway and Columbus restaurant rows — with the B, C, and 1/2/3 subways all close at hand. For a buyer who wants a real pre-war home next to the park without the price of a Central Park West frontage, 120 West 70th is squarely on point.
Architecture and unit composition
The building wears the Neo-Georgian vocabulary cleanly: a brick façade with stone and terra-cotta accents, balanced fenestration, and a grand entry lobby. Nine stories and 38 apartments produce the comfortable pre-war scale buyers seek — gracious layouts, separate dining rooms, real entry foyers, and the high ceilings of a 1917 building. The unit mix runs from well-proportioned one- and two-bedrooms to larger homes, with the upper floors capturing good light over the low-rise side street and, in the better lines, glimpses toward the park.
Building operations
120 West 70th is a full-service cooperative. A superintendent and porter staff the building, the grand lobby is attended, and residents have a central laundry, a children's playroom, a bike room, storage, and a landscaped courtyard — a deep amenity package for a building of this size. The cooperative is pet-friendly. Financing of up to 70% of the purchase price has been reported; confirm the current maximum before bidding. As at any co-op, purchasers clear a board package and interview, and the building's location inside the historic district means visible exterior work is subject to Landmarks review. We help buyers confirm the building's current flip-tax and sublet terms 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
- $597 per room a monthMedian of 4 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
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Playroom, garden, bike storage, 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
- $6,865/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $15
- Modeled exposure split equally across 38 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 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2026 | 1D | 3 BR · 2 BA | $2,400,000 | -3.8% | |
| May 21, 2025 | 3A | 4 BR · 3 BA | $2,150,000 | -2.1% | |
| Feb 3, 2025 | 9A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $1,303,000 | +0.2% | |
| Feb 22, 2024 | 5C | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,999,000 | -7.0% | |
| Aug 3, 2023 | 2B | 3 BR · 2 BA | $2,550,000 | -3.8% | |
| Dec 8, 2022 | 1B | 1 BR · 1 BA | $599,000 | -7.7% | |
| Nov 2, 2022 | 8A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,558 sf | $2,047,500 | $1,314/sf | -6.7% |
| Jul 29, 2022 | 1A | 2 BR · 1 BA | $925,000 | -2.1% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2022): a median $1,314/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 3.8% 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 1-01141-0039). 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 $2.15M (3 transfers in the past 24 months, since October 31, 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $41,425 to close, or 1.9% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $26,875
- 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
This is an approachable pre-war co-op to underwrite: pets are permitted, financing has been reported at up to 70% (confirm the current cap), and the building provides a playroom and courtyard. Plan your financing to the building's confirmed cap, budget for closing costs and any flip tax, and expect a board package and interview. The reward is a gracious pre-war home a block from Central Park, in one of the city's best-served neighborhoods for transit and retail. We help buyers read the financials, gauge the board's posture, and benchmark pricing line-by-line.
What to know if you’re selling
The lifestyle story sells the apartment: one block from Central Park, full pre-war scale, a playroom and landscaped courtyard, and a pet-friendly, 70%-financing board that keeps the buyer pool wide. The right strategy is to price the specific home to its true line comparables, present the pre-war detail and light correctly, and lead with the location and amenities that distinguish this building from the broader Upper West Side pool. We build that plan around the building's amenity package and accommodating posture.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 120 West 70th Street, also evaluate these nearby Upper West Side cooperatives:
- 105 West 70th Street — pre-war cooperative on the same block
- 155 West 68th Street — full-service Lincoln Square co-op nearby
- 44 West 62nd Street — Lincoln Center–area cooperative
- 30 West 60th Street — full-service co-op to the south
- 165 West 66th Street — Lincoln Square cooperative nearby
More Upper West Side buildings
- 119 West 82nd Street — co-op
- 121 West 72nd Street — 1926 co-op by H.I. Feldman
- 120 Riverside Boulevard — 2004 condominium by Costas Kondylis & Partners
- 120 West 72nd Street (Harsen House) — 2007 condominium by BKSK Architects
- 121 West 82nd Street — 1882 co-op
- 123 West 69th Street — 1882 condominium
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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