157 West 74th Street
157 West 74th Street, between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues · Upper West Side
Upper West Side
BBL 1011467503 · BIN 1030052
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- Designated
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
- $1,531
- Listing discount
- 2.0%
- Recorded sales
- 9
- On record
- 2004–2025
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About the building
157 West 74th Street is an 1886–87 townhouse designed by James Brown Lord for developer Charles Barney. Its Queen Anne composition uses brick and stone within the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. The building now contains five condominiums, with its narrow townhouse frontage preserved as part of the larger historic streetscape between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues.
The residential arrangement includes smaller single-level homes, a garden triplex and a duplex penthouse. The garden residence extends over three levels to private rear outdoor space, while the penthouse has its own terrace. High ceilings and fireplaces remain among the interior features; central air conditioning and in-home laundry have been added to the residential accommodation. Basement storage and bicycle storage serve the building.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2025 | 1R | 4 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,352 sf | $3,600,000 | $1,531/sf | +0.0% |
| Jan 11, 2013 | 4 | 1,662 sf | $1,862,500 | $1,121/sf | off-mkt |
| Jan 8, 2013 | 1R | 3 BR · 2,352 sf | $2,410,000 | $1,025/sf | off-mkt |
| Sep 20, 2012 | 3 | 2 BR · 1,267 sf | $1,400,000 | $1,105/sf | -6.7% |
| Aug 17, 2012 | 1F | 1 BR · 810 sf | $830,000 | $1,025/sf | -2.4% |
| Oct 4, 2007 | 1F | 1 BR · 810 sf | $799,200 | $987/sf | off-mkt |
| Sep 15, 2005 | 2 | 2 BR · 1,267 sf | $1,435,000 | $1,133/sf | +2.9% |
| Sep 9, 2004 | 1R | 3 BR · 2,352 sf | $2,400,000 | $1,020/sf | -2.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,531/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 2.0% 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 1-01146-7503) 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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What to know if you’re buying
Unequal homes within a small association. A smaller single-level apartment and a garden triplex occupy very different amounts of the building. Common-interest percentages govern their respective contributions to building work; the five residences should not be assumed to carry equal shares. Some mortgage lenders also apply additional condominium-project review to an association this small.
Comparable buildings
- 200 West 78th Street — a prewar condominium with a larger but still modest association.
- The Evelyn — another nineteenth-century condominium conversion on the Upper West Side.
- The Lucania — prewar condominium ownership in an apartment-building setting with more residences sharing costs.
More Upper West Side buildings
- 155 West 68th Street (Dorchester Towers) — 1964 condominium by S.J. Kessler & Sons
- 155 West 70th Street — 1989 condominium by SLCE Architects
- 155 West 71st Street — 1940 condominium by Jacob M. Felson
- 160 West 77th Street — 1926 co-op by George F. Pelham
- 160 West 85th Street — 1950 co-op
- 160 West 87th Street — 1914 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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