134 West 82nd Street
134 West 82nd Street, New York, NY 10024
Upper West Side
BBL 1012120047 · BIN 1032032
- Year built
- 1900
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 20
- Floors
- 5
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Historically permitted subject to board approval — confirm at offer stage
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Every recorded sale at this building, 1997–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $320K – $580K
- Listing discount
- 2.7%
- Recorded transfers
- 28
134 West 82nd Street is a small pre-war cooperative in the heart of the Upper West Side, mid-block between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues. Built around 1900 and converted to a cooperative in 1985, it is a five-story elevator building with roughly 20 apartments — the kind of quiet, human-scaled co-op that keeps carrying costs sensible and the ownership base settled.
The proposition here is value, flexibility, and location. The building sits blocks from Central Park, the American Museum of Natural History, and the B/C at 81st Street, in one of Manhattan's most established residential neighborhoods. It has historically permitted pieds-à-terre, guarantors, co-purchasers, and pets — all subject to board approval — making it more accommodating than many pre-war co-ops. For the buyer who wants a genuine pre-war address with flexible ownership policies at an accessible entry point, the building is a straightforward, sensibly run choice.
Building operations
The cooperative runs lean for its size: an elevator, a laundry room, a bike room, and part-time superintendent service, with no doorman — appropriate and cost-efficient for a 20-unit pre-war building, and a meaningful factor in keeping maintenance contained.
As a cooperative, ownership is by shares rather than deed: purchases require board approval and a board interview, financing is capped at a board-set percentage, and pied-à-terre, guarantor, and co-purchaser arrangements are evaluated case by case. The building has historically permitted pieds-à-terre, guarantors, co-purchasers, and pets subject to board approval — a more flexible posture than many pre-war co-ops. Confirm the current pet policy, financing maximum, any flip tax, and sublet terms with the board at offer stage.
Local Law 97
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 emissions caps apply. No regulatory capital pressure from this law specifically, current or 2030.
See full Local Law 97 analysis →Recent sales
Co-op pricing is read on a per-room basis, and 134 West 82nd trades as a boutique pre-war Upper West Side cooperative — modest carrying costs and the value a co-op structure offers relative to condominiums. With only about 20 residences, resale volume is thin, with a small number of closings in an active year. When underwriting a purchase or a list price, capture the room count, the floor, the exposure, and renovation condition rather than relying on a neighborhood average. Genuinely variable financial figures should be confirmed at offer stage.
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2025 | 2C | 2 BR · 1 BA | $580,000 | -0.9% | |
| Jul 15, 2025 | 1D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $320,000 | -2.7% | |
| Jul 8, 2022 | 3C | 2 BR · 1 BA | $525,000 | -5.4% | |
| May 23, 2022 | 3B1 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $599,000 | -2.6% | |
| May 23, 2022 | 3B | 2 BR · 1 BA | $605,000 | -6.9% | |
| May 23, 2022 | 5A | 1 BR · 1 BA | $490,000 | -2.0% | |
| Dec 15, 2017 | 4A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 575 sf | $484,700 | $843/sf | -17.7% |
| Mar 16, 2016 | 2C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 550 sf | $575,000 | $1,045/sf | -0.7% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2017): a median $843/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount 2.7% 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 1-01212-0047) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a cooperative, so the path is a board package and interview, a financing cap set by the board, and underwriting of the building's financials and house rules. Read the rules on the points that matter to you — the pet policy, pied-à-terre and guarantor allowances, financing maximum, and sublet terms — and review the co-op's reserve and any planned capital work given the building's age. The reasons to buy are the address, the value, and the flexibility: a real pre-war Upper West Side co-op with accommodating ownership policies at a cost structure well below the doorman condominiums nearby.
What to know if you’re selling
The story is the pre-war character, the flexible ownership policies, and the price point. The turn-of-the-century architecture, the intimate roughly-20-unit scale, and the central Upper West Side location sell to a specific buyer who wants a pre-war address without a trophy budget — and the building's historically flexible posture on pieds-à-terre, guarantors, co-purchasers, and pets widens that buyer pool. Pricing is an apartment-specific exercise: room count, floor, light, and condition drive the number more than any block average. We position the building's flexible ownership policies, prepare the buyer for the co-op process, and benchmark against the right comparable tier of boutique pre-war cooperatives.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 134 West 82nd Street, also look at these nearby Upper West Side buildings:
- 303 West 80th Street — pre-war building nearby
- 210 West 78th Street — boutique pre-war cooperative nearby
- 15 West 81st Street — pre-war building near the Museum of Natural History
- 110 West 86th Street — boutique building nearby
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Upper West Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper West Side.
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