- Year built
- 1901
- Type
- Condominium
- Floors
- 7
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Elevator, part-time door service and common laundry; in-unit washer/dryers in part of the inventory
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
- $943
- Listing discount
- 1.6%
- Recorded sales
- 9
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2025 | 3B | 939 sf | $880,000 | $937/sf | off-mkt |
| Jul 28, 2025 | 3B | 2 BR · 1 BA · 906 sf | $880,000 | $971/sf | +2.3% |
| 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 | off-mkt |
| Apr 20, 2011 | 2D | 681 sf | $565,000 | $830/sf | off-mkt |
| Sep 29, 2005 | 3B | 939 sf | $900,000 | $958/sf | off-mkt |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $943/sf across 2 sales. Median listing discount 1.6% 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 1-01820-7501) 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
- 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.
More Harlem buildings
- 120 West 118th Street — condominium
- 125 Central Park North — condominium
- 127 West 112th Street (Parc North) — 2018 condop by Karl Fischer Architects
- 145 Central Park North — 2018 condominium
- 155 West 126th Street — 1900 condominium
- 159 West 126th Street — 1910 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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