The Wellston (161 West 75th Street)
161 West 75th Street, New York, NY 10023
Upper West Side
BBL 1011477501 · BIN 1030112
- Year built
- 1928
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 130
- Floors
- 15
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Cats and dogs permitted
- Pied-à-terre
- Not allowed
- Flip tax
- 2%, paid by the buyer
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $1.7M
- Recent range
- $1.4M – $6.1M
- Listing discount
- 2.7%
- Recorded transfers
- 152
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The Wellston is a Rosario Candela cooperative — and for prewar Upper West Side buyers, that attribution is the headline. Candela was the most celebrated luxury apartment architect of prewar Manhattan, and at 161 West 75th Street he designed a 1928 building that fills an entire blockfront from West 75th to West 76th Street, with doormen at both ends. The building's plan is unusually gracious: three separate elevator banks serve no more than four apartments per landing, so a building of roughly 130 units feels like a collection of intimate, private wings rather than a single large tower.
The apartments are classic Candela — gracious four-, five-, six-, and seven-room layouts with the room proportions, entry galleries, and closet space that define the era's best West Side stock. The building is a full-service, white-glove cooperative with a reputation for careful maintenance and financial soundness, and a board that is regarded as reasonable on financing (a 25% minimum down is modest by Upper West Side co-op standards) and accommodating on renovation.
For buyers who want a Candela address, prewar scale, and a well-run cooperative a short walk from Central Park, Riverside Park, and the Broadway corridor's shopping and transit, The Wellston occupies a distinctive place. It is a cooperative in the full sense — board approval, no pied-à-terre, and financing limits apply — and buyers should approach it as a primary-residence purchase.
Architecture and unit composition
Apartments at The Wellston are laid out in the gracious four-through-seven-room configurations characteristic of Candela's prewar work — formal entry galleries, well-proportioned living and dining rooms, and substantial closet space. Renovation condition varies apartment-to-apartment, from period-sensitive updates to full modernizations, with washer/dryers permitted in units subject to board and renovation approval.
The full-blockfront footprint and the three-elevator-bank plan produce light on both the West 75th and West 76th Street exposures and a sense of privacy uncommon at the building's unit count. Through-wall air-conditioning is restricted to preserve the façade — a detail buyers should factor into renovation planning.
Building operations
The Wellston operates as a full-service white-glove cooperative with a 24-hour doorman staffing entrances on both West 75th and West 76th Streets, a live-in superintendent, and a full building staff. Amenities are prewar-appropriate rather than expansive: a landscaped common roof deck with open city views, a garden-level courtyard, a central laundry room, and bicycle and private storage. There is no fitness center and no on-site garage.
The building is a cooperative; monthly maintenance covers the building's operating costs and underlying mortgage, and the building participates in the standard co-op operating model. Buyers should review the building's financials and house rules during due diligence.
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 FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
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).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2025–30. 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 record last verified September 2026.
Recent sales
As a cooperative, The Wellston is best understood on a price-per-room basis, with maintenance and building financial health as central considerations alongside the apartment itself. Recent activity has generally cleared in the range typical for a well-maintained Candela co-op in the West 70s, with two- and three-bedroom apartments priced on room count, floor, exposure, and renovation condition. The building's Candela attribution, full-block footprint, and financial reputation support pricing at the upper end of the immediate prewar co-op market. Apartment-level comparable analysis is the correct basis for pricing any specific unit.
Recent transfers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | 4D | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | $3,025,000 | +4.5% | |
| Jul 1, 2026 | 13A | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | $2,750,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jun 26, 2026 | 8H | 2 BR · 2 BA | $2,100,000 | +5.3% | |
| May 21, 2026 | 13E | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,990,000 | +2.1% | |
| Mar 26, 2026 | 3H | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,999,990 | -11.1% | |
| Jul 14, 2025 | 8C | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,400,000 | -6.7% | |
| Dec 10, 2024 | 6GH | 5 BR · 3.5 BA · 3,200 sf | $6,145,000 | $1,920/sf | -5.4% |
| May 30, 2024 | 3J | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,450,000 | -9.1% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2024): a median $1,754/sf (floor-adjusted) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 0.0% from the last ask.
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 1-01147-7501). 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 on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
At the recent median sale of $2.1M (7 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $40,800 to close, or 1.9% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $26,250
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $14,550
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
This is a cooperative in the full sense. Board approval is required, pied-à-terre purchase is not permitted, and the building expects a primary-residence buyer.
Financing terms are reasonable for the market. A 25% minimum down is modest by Upper West Side prewar co-op standards; a 2% buyer-paid flip tax applies at resale.
The Candela attribution and the plan are the draw. Full-blockfront footprint, three elevator banks, four apartments per landing, and gracious room counts define the building.
Factor renovation constraints. Through-wall air-conditioning is restricted to protect the façade; plan renovations with the board's requirements in mind.
Run the cliff thresholds. The mansion-tax rate steps up at $2M and again at $3M; run any number through the Mansion Tax Calculator.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with Candela and the plan. The architect attribution, the full-block footprint, and the intimate four-per-landing layout are the building's strongest selling points.
Prepare buyers for the board. A clean board package and a primary-residence buyer are essential; the flip tax and 25% down should be communicated up front.
Price by room count and condition. Comparable sales at the building turn on room count, floor, exposure, and renovation condition; recent comparables should anchor positioning.
Closing timelines are co-op standard. Expect roughly 60–90 days from contract to closing, including board review.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering The Wellston, also evaluate:
- The Ansonia (2109 Broadway) — landmark Beaux-Arts condominium nearby; tenure contrast
- The Apthorp (2211 Broadway) — landmark prewar condominium a few blocks north
- 205 West 76th Street (The Bard) — full-service Upper West Side condominium nearby
- 210 West 78th Street — Upper West Side prewar co-op comp
- 219 West 77th Street (The Level Club) — prewar Upper West Side condominium comp
More Upper West Side buildings
- Westbury House (160 West 86th Street) — 1998 condominium
- 161 West 61st Street (The Alfred) — 1987 condominium
- 161 West 86th Street — 1914 co-op by W. K. Rouse & L. A. Goldstone
- 164 West 79th Street — 1924 co-op by George F. Pelham
- 165 West 66th Street — 1964 co-op
- 165 West 91st Street — 1926 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Upper West Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper West Side.
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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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