129 West 89th Street
129 West 89th Street, between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues, Manhattan · Upper West Side
Upper West Side
BBL 1012207501 · BIN 1032442
- Year built
- 1900
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 47
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Elevator; resident superintendent; central laundry; bicycle room; storage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,196
- Listing discount
- 0.8%
- Recorded sales
- 51
- On record
- 2004–2025
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129 West 89th Street is a six-story condominium beside the West Side Community Garden. The adjacent open space is a defining part of the setting, with garden views from some apartments. The building contains a substantial inventory of studios and one-bedroom homes within a prewar apartment-house footprint.
Inside, sunken living rooms and arched openings give some plans more separation than their overall area suggests. An entry or dining area can sit above the main living room, while a dressing area provides circulation and storage beside the bathroom. These features also introduce interior changes in floor level.
The building combines condominium ownership with a resident superintendent and shared utility rooms. Apartment interiors have been renovated individually over time.
Architecture and unit composition
Compact studios around 430 to 480 square feet account for a recurring part of the inventory. Larger homes in the recorded history are commonly around 625 to 780 square feet, with occasional larger plans. The building's apartments therefore span more than one size category despite their generally compact layouts.
Studios may have a separate dressing area and an open or partially separated kitchen. Some retain approximately nine-foot ceilings and large windows. Renovated examples have updated kitchens and baths, while other interiors retain more of the original room divisions and detailing.
The stepped living rooms create a distinction between the entrance level and the main sitting area. That is a practical consideration for anyone who needs continuous level circulation inside the apartment, even though an elevator serves the building. The effect also depends on the placement of the kitchen and bathroom relative to the steps.
Exposure is another material difference. Some homes face south, while others look toward the community garden. The garden's presence gives certain windows an outlook over planted space, but garden access is governed independently of condominium ownership. A view over the garden is not an apartment's private outdoor amenity.
Building operations
The resident superintendent, laundry room, bicycle room and storage support the residential floors. Storage and bicycle spaces have been offered separately, so their availability and any associated charge should be distinguished from the apartment's own closets.
A capital-improvement assessment is scheduled through 2030 — confirm the current term and apartment allocation with the managing agent. It is a separate carrying-cost item from ordinary common charges. The published term identifies an ongoing collection period, without establishing that every planned project is complete.
The building has no identified tax abatement. Its individual residential tax lots fall in Class 2, and the property's built floor-area ratio is slightly above the current residential allowance.
Policy framework
Pets: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
Smoking: Smoke-free building — confirm with the managing agent.
Recent sales
Recent closings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2024 | 53 | 1 BR · 1 BA · 780 sf | $780,000 | $1,000/sf | -2.1% |
| Sep 10, 2024 | 64 | 1 BA · 431 sf | $600,000 | $1,392/sf | +4.3% |
| Dec 14, 2023 | 36 | 1 BR · 1 BA · 667 sf | $745,000 | $1,117/sf | -0.5% |
| Jun 29, 2023 | 21 | 1 BA · 433 sf | $555,000 | $1,282/sf | +2.8% |
| Oct 17, 2022 | 46 | 1 BR · 1 BA · 667 sf | $540,000 | $810/sf | off-mkt |
| Mar 18, 2022 | 47 | 1 BR · 1 BA · 750 sf | $770,000 | $1,027/sf | -3.1% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 27 | 1 BR · 1 BA · 750 sf | $737,000 | $983/sf | -7.8% |
| Nov 14, 2019 | 3I | 1 BA · 433 sf | $545,000 | $1,259/sf | -9.2% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2024): a median $1,196/sf across 2 sales. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount 0.8% 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 1-01220-7501) 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 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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Comparable buildings
- The Westerly — A prewar condominium of similar residential scale, with a taller building form a few blocks north.
- Manhattan Tower — A larger prewar condominium for comparing established apartment layouts and a higher-rise structure.
- The Admaston — A prewar condominium on the same cross street, with a larger inventory and avenue-oriented position.
- Haroldon Court — A nearby prewar condominium with a taller envelope and a broader residential scale.
- 650 West End Avenue — A condominium with a similar unit count distributed through a much taller prewar building.
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- 130 West 67th Street (The Toulaine) — 1974 co-op
- 130 West 79th Street (The Austin) — 1988 condominium by Liebman & Liebman
- 130 West 86th Street — 1926 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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