120 West 72nd Street (Harsen House)
120 West 72nd Street, New York, NY 10023
Lincoln Square, Upper West Side
BBL 1011437505 · BIN 1087731
- Year built
- 2007
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 17
- Floors
- 10
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Pets permitted under the condominium rules
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium declaration
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
120 West 72nd Street (Harsen House) sales history: 40 recorded sales
Every recorded sale at this building, 2008–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf (floor-adjusted)
- $1,621
- Listing discount
- 1.0%
- Recorded sales
- 40
- On record
- 2008–2026
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at 120 West 72nd Street (Harsen House) 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 72nd Street — the Harsen House — is a 2007 condominium designed by BKSK Architects, mid-block on one of the Upper West Side's principal cross streets between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues. Its distinction is twofold: it is a genuinely boutique full-service building, with seventeen residences behind a 24-hour-doorman lobby, and it was one of the first residential projects in New York City to build to LEED standards, earning Silver certification at a time when green residential construction was still rare. The name nods to the Harsen family, early landholders whose farmhouse once stood in this part of the West Side.
BKSK's design is contextual rather than flashy — a masonry building that respects the scale and materials of its surroundings while delivering the light, systems, and layouts of new construction, with interiors by Andres Escobar. For buyers, the combination is the appeal: a small, serviced condominium on a prime 72nd Street block, walkable to Central Park, Riverside Park, Lincoln Center, and the transit hub at 72nd Street and Broadway, with the operational reassurance of a doorman building and the efficiency of a LEED-designed envelope.
This is a boutique building whose value lives at the apartment level. With seventeen residences, floor, exposure, and layout — not any building-wide average — drive pricing.
Architecture and unit composition
BKSK's Harsen House is a work of contextual contemporary design: a masonry facade with setback massing that sits comfortably among its Upper West Side neighbors, paired with the daylight and floor plans of a new building. The LEED Silver program shaped the building's systems and envelope, an early example of sustainable design in a Manhattan condominium. Andres Escobar's interior work carries the design intent into the residences and common spaces.
At ten stories and seventeen units, the building keeps a boutique profile with a real service package — a 24-hour doorman, a fitness center, storage, and a bicycle room. Residences run through family-sized layouts, with the higher and better-exposed homes commanding the building's premiums.
Building operations
120 West 72nd Street operates as a boutique full-service condominium: a 24-hour doorman, an elevator, a fitness center, private storage, and a bicycle room, within an early LEED-certified building. Common charges reflect a small building carrying full-time staffing and an amenity set; the LEED-designed systems can support operating efficiency, but buyers should model the full monthly carry and review reserves and any capital history during due diligence, as is prudent for any condominium approaching two decades of occupancy. In a seventeen-unit building, ownership tends toward long-term, primary-residence owners.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $18,098/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $89
- Modeled exposure split equally across 17 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 filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
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).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Recent sales
As a condominium, 120 West 72nd Street prices on a price-per-square-foot basis, with the higher floors and best-exposed residences carrying the building's premiums. Turnover is light in a seventeen-unit building; both resale and owner-rental activity occur, but this is an ownership condominium, not a rental building. Apartment-level context — floor, exposure, layout, outdoor space where present, and condition — drives pricing far more than any building average, and the doorman service, the BKSK design, and the LEED pedigree support pricing for well-presented residences.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 2026 | 8B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,500 sf | $2,500,000 | $1,667/sf | -3.8% |
| Aug 24, 2023 | 4B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,468 sf | $2,160,000 | $1,471/sf | -11.8% |
| Jun 8, 2022 | 8B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,500 sf | $2,568,500 | $1,712/sf | -4.0% |
| Jan 26, 2022 | 2A | 4 BR · 4 BA · 3,174 sf | $6,850,000 | $2,158/sf | off-mkt |
| Jul 9, 2021 | 6A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,487 sf | $2,695,000 | $1,812/sf | +0.0% |
| Feb 27, 2020 | 4B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,468 sf | $1,900,000 | $1,294/sf | -24.0% |
| Oct 30, 2017 | PH1 | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 3,335 sf | $10,395,000 | $3,117/sf | -1.0% |
| Jun 24, 2016 | 4A | 2 BR · 1,476 sf | $3,100,000 | $2,100/sf | +3.5% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,621/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 1.0% 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 1-01143-7505). 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
It's a boutique doorman building. A 24-hour doorman and a fitness center back a seventeen-unit building — full service at boutique scale. Price that combination accordingly.
The green design is real. As an early LEED Silver residential project, the building was designed for efficient systems; confirm current operating performance and any capital plans during due diligence.
Condo flexibility is real. Pied-à-terre, subletting, foreign buyers, and LLC/trust ownership are permitted under the declaration; closings run on condo timelines.
Underwrite a mature new-construction building. Now more than fifteen years old, the building should be reviewed for reserves and any capital history, as with any condominium of its age.
Mansion tax thresholds apply. At this building's pricing, the $1M, $2M, and higher cliffs can be in play. Run pricing through the Mansion Tax Calculator.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the design and the pedigree. The BKSK architecture, the Escobar interiors, and the early LEED certification are differentiators; foreground them.
Pricing requires apartment-level comps. With seventeen residences, floor, exposure, and layout move the number more than any neighborhood average.
Own the location. The 72nd Street address — between Central Park and Riverside Park, near Lincoln Center and the transit hub — is a genuine selling point.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 120 West 72nd Street, also evaluate these nearby Upper West Side buildings:
- 200 West 72nd Street — nearby West 72nd Street condominium
- 201 West 72nd Street — neighboring West 72nd Street building
- 214 West 72nd Street — nearby West 72nd Street building
- 101 West 78th Street — nearby Upper West Side condominium
- 27 West 72nd Street — nearby West 72nd Street building
More Upper West Side buildings
- 121 West 72nd Street — 1926 co-op by H.I. Feldman
- 120 Riverside Boulevard — 2004 condominium by Costas Kondylis & Partners
- 120 West 70th Street — 1917 co-op
- 121 West 82nd Street — 1882 co-op
- 123 West 69th Street — 1882 condominium
- 123 West 74th Street — 1925 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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