145 West 86th Street
145 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024
Upper West Side
BBL 1012170014 · BIN 1032191
- Year built
- 1925
- Type
- Cooperative
Every recorded sale at this building, 2001–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $970K
- Recent range
- $642K – $2.7M
- Listing discount
- 1.1%
- Recorded transfers
- 62
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145 West 86th Street carries one of the great Upper West Side names in its lineage: it was designed by Emery Roth, the architect whose towers — the San Remo, the Beresford, the Eldorado — define the skyline of Central Park West. Here, on a prime corner block at Columbus Avenue, Roth applied the same Italian-Renaissance sensibility at a more intimate, residential scale: a fifteen-story palazzo with a beige-brick body, a two-story limestone base, and a canopied entrance. The result is a building that reads as a serious pre-war address two blocks from Central Park.
Built in 1925 and run as a full-service doorman cooperative, the building offers the combination West Side buyers prize — a marquee architect, a central 86th Street location with the cross-town bus and B/C subway at hand, and a common roof deck that looks straight across the park to the Reservoir. With four apartments per floor across sixty-two homes, it is intimate enough to feel like a neighborhood building and large enough to carry full-time staffing comfortably.
Architecture and unit composition
The façade is Roth in his classical register: a beige-brick mass set on a two-story limestone base, organized with the proportion and restraint that mark his apartment work, and finished with a canopied 86th Street entrance. It is dignified rather than flashy — the Italian-Renaissance palazzo idiom applied to a residential block, and it has aged with the durability that defines the best pre-war stock.
Inside, the building is laid out at four apartments per floor, which keeps the per-landing density low and the apartments well-proportioned. The sixty-two homes carry the pre-war virtues — generous room sizes, real foyers, good light — and the building has invested in its bones, with a modern water-filtration system and a boiler converted to gas. The crown amenity is the common roof deck, with stunning open views of Central Park and the Reservoir — a genuinely rare feature this close to the park.
Building operations
145 West 86th Street is run as a full-service cooperative with a 24-hour doorman, a live-in superintendent, and a porter. On-site amenities include a central laundry room, the Central Park-facing common roof deck, and bike and private storage available for a fee. The building permits one dog (with a weight limit of roughly 50 pounds). On the financial side, the co-op allows financing up to 70% of the purchase price and charges a 1.5% flip tax split between buyer and seller at closing — a moderate, evenly shared transfer cost. Recent capital investment in the building's mechanical systems — the new water filtration and gas-converted boiler — reflects a board that maintains the asset rather than deferring on it.
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 record last verified September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair before the next inspection cycle. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
- Sublet policy
- Allowed; Corporate Sublet Fee 5% of annual rent; Subleasing Fee $500
- Pied-à-terre
- Not Allowed
- Notable fees
- Application Processing $600 ($1,000 trust); Corporate Transfer Fee 1.5% of gross sale price split equally buyer/seller; Closing Fee $800 ($850 without broker) + $0.05/share; Background $125/applicant
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | 13D | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,915,000 | +7.3% | |
| Jan 9, 2026 | 11C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 750 sf | $750,000 | $1,000/sf | +0.0% |
| Aug 28, 2025 | 8A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | $1,815,000 | -9.3% | |
| Jul 15, 2025 | PHA | 2 BR · 2 BA | $2,583,900 | -2.5% | |
| May 5, 2025 | 12B | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,820 sf | $2,175,000 | $1,195/sf | -0.9% |
| Nov 21, 2024 | 3B | 3 BR · 3 BA | $2,722,500 | -1.0% | |
| Oct 11, 2024 | 9C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 700 sf | $642,000 | $917/sf | -1.1% |
| Jun 10, 2024 | 3C | 2 BR · 1 BA | $970,000 | -7.6% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $996/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 2.5% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2003 | 4D | $849,000 |
| Feb 5, 2001 | 14D | $695,000 |
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 1-01217-0014) 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
You are buying an Emery Roth building. The architect's name and the Italian-Renaissance pedigree are part of the value, and they distinguish the building from the plainer co-op stock nearby. Underwrite the apartment as a Roth pre-war, not just a West 86th Street address.
The terms are moderate and shared. Financing to 70% and a 1.5% flip tax split between buyer and seller are middle-of-the-road for a full-service pre-war — easier than the strictest boards, and the shared flip tax softens the seller's exit cost. Confirm the one-dog, ~50-pound pet allowance fits your household.
The roof deck and location are the lifestyle case. Central Park is two blocks east; the common roof deck looks over it to the Reservoir; and the 86th Street cross-town bus and B/C subway are at the corner. For a park-adjacent, transit-rich West Side life, the building delivers.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with Emery Roth and the roof-deck views. A Roth pre-war with an open Central Park outlook from its common deck is a story that markets itself — position the building on its architect and its park proximity first.
The shared flip tax and 70% financing widen the pool. A moderate, evenly split transfer cost and reasonable financing terms reach more buyers than a strict board; state them clearly to prospective purchasers.
Benchmark to full-service pre-wars on the park blocks. Comparable analysis belongs against other doorman pre-wars in the West 80s near Central Park, not against generic Upper West Side inventory — the architect, the staffing, and the views set the building's tier.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 145 West 86th Street, also evaluate these nearby pre-war Upper West Side cooperatives:
- 145 West 79th Street — pre-war Upper West Side cooperative nearby
- 200 West 88th Street — full-service pre-war near Central Park
- 139 West 82nd Street — Upper West Side cooperative to the south
- 755 West End Avenue — Rosario Candela pre-war cooperative nearby
- 50 West 96th Street — Upper West Side cooperative to the north
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Upper West Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper West Side.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
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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