- Year built
- 1901
- Type
- Condominium
- Floors
- 7
- Amenities
- Elevator, part-time door service and common laundry; in-unit washer/dryers in part of the inventory
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
- Pied-à-terre
- Permitted
- Pets
- Pets permitted; species and limits not stated
- Doorman
- Part-time doorman
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, 2025
- $933
- floor-adjusted, 1 sale
- Recorded sales
- 8
- On record
- 2004–2025
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The Semiramis is a seven-story prewar condominium directly opposite Central Park. Designed by Henry Anderson, it contains 35 homes, including south-facing apartments whose bay windows look over the park. Its principal attraction is the combination of a direct park-front position, older apartment proportions and condominium ownership.
The building's form allows that setting to appear in relatively modest apartment sizes. One-bedroom homes as well as larger residences have park-facing living rooms. A buyer does not have to purchase one of the largest apartments in the building to obtain the southward outlook.
The ownership roll also presents a concrete financing consideration. One owner holds 13 of the 35 apartments, or 37 percent. That is a substantial concentration within an otherwise individually traded condominium, and lenders may consider it when reviewing the project.
Architecture and unit composition
Bay windows are a recurring feature of the park-facing rooms. They broaden the view across the north end of Central Park and create a more articulated living-room shape than a flat window wall. Southern exposure serves the front apartments, while the rear and side rooms have different orientations.
The inventory includes one- and two-bedroom plans and larger upper-floor homes. Recorded interior areas include apartments around 680 to 720 square feet, two-bedroom-sized homes around 940 square feet and larger residences above 1,200 square feet. The variety allows both compact and more substantial purchases within the same building.
Windowed eat-in kitchens appear in some plans, with space for laundry equipment in renovated examples. Dining alcoves and separate dining areas adjoin the living rooms. Hardwood floors and substantial closets are common interior features.
The front rooms are the most direct connection to the building's location. A park-facing living room can provide the principal view even when a bedroom or kitchen faces another direction. The address alone doesn't mean every room has an open park outlook.
Some homes have been extensively renovated while others preserve older room divisions. A one-bedroom apartment with a large eat-in kitchen and dining alcove can use its interior area differently from a compact two-bedroom layout. The actual arrangement of rooms remains important alongside the bedroom count.
Building operations
The building has elevator access, common laundry and part-time door service. Door coverage is limited to scheduled hours, so it should not be treated as a continuously staffed lobby. Apartments with installed washer/dryers exist within the condominium alongside the shared laundry room.
The residential tax lots are all Class 2, with no current building-wide abatement. The existing built FAR is below the mapped R8 residential allowance, but the difference alone doesn't create an available development right or an approved enlargement.
The largest single owner holds 13 apartments. Unit count alone does not determine that owner's voting percentage, because condominium votes can follow the interests assigned in the governing documents. For a financed purchase, the lender's project review should account for this particular concentration and the occupancy of those homes.
Despite its historic name and prewar appearance, the property is not designated by LPC. The building's history and its legal landmark status are different facts. Its condominium identity is established, with individually recorded apartment transactions over more than two decades.
Sublet and pied-à-terre policy
A condominium owner leasing a unit and a co-op shareholder subletting are different rules, and a building-wide rule is different from a restriction on one apartment. This is the building's rule; confirm it for the specific apartment.
- Leasing by owners
- Not verified
- Pied-à-terre ownership
- PermittedSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
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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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Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Part-time doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- 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
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2025 | 3B | 939 sf | $880,000 | $937/sf | — |
| May 8, 2023 | 5C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 720 sf | $755,000 | $1,049/sf | -0.7% |
| Oct 15, 2021 | 3C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 720 sf | $750,000 | $1,042/sf | -5.2% |
| Aug 20, 2013 | 5B | 2 BR · 1 BA · 939 sf | $872,000 | $929/sf | -2.6% |
| Mar 21, 2013 | 7E | 1,217 sf | $1,100,000 | $904/sf | — |
| Apr 20, 2011 | 2D | 681 sf | $565,000 | $830/sf | — |
| Sep 29, 2005 | 3B | 939 sf | $900,000 | $958/sf | — |
| Jul 16, 2004 | 3D | 708 sf | $405,000 | $572/sf | — |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $933/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.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01820-7501; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). 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.
Closed rents at The Semiramis, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 6 | $3,512 |
7 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease November 2025. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
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Comparable buildings
- 478 Central Park West — A prewar condominium with a similar mid-rise form near the park's northwest corner.
- The Fitzgerald — A historic Harlem condominium with a comparable residential scale and a side-street setting.
- The Normandie — A smaller prewar condominium for buyers prioritizing older architecture and a limited ownership group.
- 1 Mount Morris Park West — A prewar condominium of similar scale with a different park-front location.
- 467 Central Park West — A larger and taller prewar condominium for comparing the same park-edge market with a broader apartment inventory.
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- 120 West 118th Street — condominium
- 125 Central Park North — condominium
- 127 West 112th Street (Parc North) — 2018 condominium by Karl Fischer Architects
- 145 Central Park North — 2018 condominium
- 145 West 129th Street — 1899 condominium
- 155 West 126th Street — 1900 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Harlem — read The Roebling Team Guide to Harlem.
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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