127 West 96th Street
127 West 96th Street, between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues, Upper West Side, Manhattan, NY 10025
Upper West Side
BBL 1018510012 · BIN 1055893
- Year built
- 1930
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 140
- Floors
- 17
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $671K
- Recent range
- $565K – $1.6M
- Listing discount
- 5.9%
- Recorded transfers
- 117
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127 West 96th Street is a seventeen-story prewar apartment house designed by Boak & Paris, with a pair of sculpted pelicans above its limestone entrance. The brown-brick building combines a substantial residential association with an inventory that includes studios, one-bedroom homes and larger combinations.
Its entrance sits on the crosstown street between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues. Central Park is to the east, with subway access available at both the Broadway and Central Park West ends of the 96th Street corridor. Apartments facing the street have a different exposure from those looking toward the interior of the block.
A common garden provides outdoor space within the property, while full-time door service and an on-site superintendent form the core of its service arrangement.
Architecture and unit composition
The arched limestone surround gives the entrance a distinct shape against the brick façade. The pelicans appear at the third story, adding a small sculptural detail above the canopy. Window openings repeat across the upper elevations, and projecting window air conditioners are part of the exterior’s present appearance.
Studios and one-bedroom homes account for a substantial share of the resale inventory. Some one-bedroom plans have an eat-in kitchen or a separate dining alcove. Larger living rooms may accommodate a dining area without changing the original bedroom arrangement.
Prewar layouts include entry foyers, separate kitchens and substantial closets in some lines. Their configuration varies: a kitchen may remain enclosed, open to the living room after renovation, or connect to a dining alcove. Renovation history is consequently important to the usable plan within each apartment type.
Combined homes have expanded the building’s range to larger layouts, including three-bedroom configurations. Penthouse homes also trade separately from the typical floors. These categories represent a smaller portion of the inventory than the recurring studio and one-bedroom plans.
Building operations
The cooperative operates with a full-time doorman and resident superintendent. Elevators serve the residential floors, and the central laundry room is in the basement. Bicycle storage and apartment storage are available through separate arrangements; waiting lists can apply.
The shared garden and courtyard provide outdoor space at the interior of the property. Their setting is different from the busy 96th Street frontage, and they are common facilities with access shared by the cooperative.
As a Class 2 property, the building does not receive the assessment-growth caps available to smaller residential tax classes. The cooperative pays the property’s real estate taxes, which feed into shareholder maintenance along with operating expenses. The tax record identifies personal exemptions but no building-wide development abatement.
Policy framework
Financing: Up to 80% financing, requiring at least 20% down — confirm with the managing agent.
Subletting: Permitted after two years of ownership, for one year at a time and no more than two of five consecutive years — confirm with the managing agent.
Pets: Cats and dogs are allowed — confirm with the managing agent.
Co-purchasing and guarantors: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 2025 | 3H | 1 BR · 1 BA · 725 sf | $695,000 | $959/sf | -0.6% |
| Apr 9, 2025 | 4D | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | $775,000 | +3.5% | |
| Feb 3, 2025 | 4HJ | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,595,000 | -5.9% | |
| Jan 2, 2025 | 12DE | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | $950,000 | off-mkt | |
| Sep 23, 2024 | 7BC | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,385,000 | -7.4% | |
| Jul 17, 2024 | 10E | 1 BR · 1 BA | $687,000 | -1.7% | |
| May 1, 2024 | 15A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $662,500 | -11.7% | |
| Feb 15, 2024 | PHA | 1 BR · 1 BA · 650 sf | $835,000 | $1,285/sf | -9.7% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $959/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 2.2% 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 1-01851-0012) 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.
At the recent median sale of $950K (4 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $12,113 to close, or 1.3% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $12,113
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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Comparable buildings
- The Westwind — A substantial prewar cooperative from a similar period, with a larger residential association.
- The Gramont — An earlier prewar cooperative for comparing the proportions of older apartment-house plans.
- 123 West 93rd Street — A smaller prewar cooperative a few blocks south.
- 7 West 96th Street — A tall prewar cooperative on the same crosstown street, closer to Central Park.
- The Stanton — A prewar cooperative with a similar overall residential scale near Broadway.
More Upper West Side buildings
- The Westerly (124 West 93rd Street) — 1924 condominium
- 125 West 76th Street — 1922 co-op by George F. Pelham
- 127 West 79th Street (The Clifton House) — 1926 co-op
- The Greystone (127 West 82nd Street) — 1912 condominium by George F. Pelham
- 129 West 70th Street — co-op
- 129 West 89th Street — 1900 condominium
The neighborhood
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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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