- Year built
- 1964
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 376
- Flip tax
- 2% of sale price, paid by the buyer
- Financing
- Up to 75% financing permitted
- Subletting
- Not permitted
- Pied-à-terre
- Not permitted
- Washer / dryer
- Not permitted in-unit
- Pets
- Permitted
- Co-purchasing
- Permitted — parents for or with adult children
- Trust / LLC
- Trusts permitted; LLCs and corporations not permitted
- Land
- Owned
- Tax status
- NYC co-op/condo tax abatement; no J-51 or 421-a
- Right of first refusal
- Board holds a right of first refusal
- Managing agent
- Charles H. Greenthal Management Corp
Compiled by The Roebling Research Desk from building documents and current market data. Board policies can change by amendment — confirm at the offer stage. As of 2022.
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $696K
- Recent range
- $520K – $2M
- Listing discount
- 3.1%
- Recorded transfers
- 295
165 West 66th Street is a mid-block Lincoln Square cooperative between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, one block from Lincoln Center, with walking access to Central Park (three blocks east), Riverside Park (three blocks west), and the substantive cultural-and-dining infrastructure that anchors the broader Lincoln Square / Upper West Side neighborhood.
The building sits within one of Lincoln Square's strongest concentrations of post-war full-service residential inventory — a sub-corridor whose apartments combine family-residential scale, substantive natural light (the corner-line apartments carry two-exposure configurations), and the mid-tier full-service cooperative pricing band that defines the broader Lincoln Square inventory.
Apartments at 165 West 66th Street range across the corridor's full studio through three-bedroom spectrum, with the higher floors and corner lines carrying the building's premium pricing. Prewar-character finishes (beamed ceilings, hardwood floors, substantial natural light from the corner exposures) define the building's apartment-level register.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2026 | 6G | 1 BR · 1 BA | $710,000 | -2.1% | |
| Apr 8, 2026 | 18D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $930,000 | -2.1% | |
| Feb 26, 2026 | 15D | 1 BR · 1 BA · private outdoor | $935,000 | -6.0% | |
| Feb 6, 2026 | 21EF | 3 BR · 3 BA · 1,638 sf | $1,945,000 | $1,187/sf | -9.5% |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 17H | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,025,000 | -5.1% | |
| Jun 18, 2025 | 2S | 1 BR · 1 BA | $585,000 | -2.3% | |
| Jun 17, 2025 | 6S | 1 BR · 1 BA | $570,000 | -1.6% | |
| May 15, 2025 | 14G | 1 BR · 1 BA · 750 sf | $755,000 | $1,007/sf | -3.1% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $880/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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2025 | 8D | $815,000 |
| Jun 5, 2024 | 7G | $670,000 |
| Mar 18, 2024 | 9V | $600,000 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | 5V | $599,261 |
| Jul 13, 2023 | 10V | $615,000 |
| Jul 13, 2022 | 15D | $800,000 |
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 1-01138-0001) 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
Two practical considerations for buyers approaching the building:
Apartment-line variation matters. With substantial apartment-line diversity across the building's footprint and floor count, the difference between a corner-line two-exposure apartment and a comparable apartment on a different line and floor can be meaningful for both daily-living quality and pricing. Apartment-level diligence should be apartment-line specific.
The mansion-tax-threshold mathematics matter at this price tier. A meaningful subset of the building's inventory transacts at price points near the $1,000,000 mansion-tax cliff. Buyers evaluating apartments at this tier should model the mansion-tax impact into their offer math, and the negotiation pressure point the threshold creates can be used strategically — see the #17H case study for the published framework.
Comparable buildings
The Lincoln Square full-service cooperative cohort. Buyers evaluating 165 West 66th Street against alternative inventory typically also consider:
- 50 West 66th Street — the Snøhetta-designed new-construction tower on the same block; a different ownership structure (condominium) at substantially higher pricing
- 15 Central Park West — the Robert A.M. Stern apex Lincoln Square condominium; a meaningfully different price tier
- 200 Amsterdam Avenue — Lincoln Square contemporary condominium
For broader Lincoln Square / Upper West Side context, see the Upper West Side corridor guide.