17 West 71st Street
17 West 71st Street, New York, NY 10023
Lincoln Square, Upper West Side
BBL 1011240021 · BIN 1028617
- Year built
- 1923
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Upper West Side / Central Park West Historic District
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
- Flip tax
- Tiered or formula; see fees
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median, 2025
- $1.8M
- 2 qualifying sales
- Recent range
- $1.8M – $1.9M
- Listing discount
- 4.8%
- Recorded transfers
- 31
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17 West 71st Street is a 1923 cooperative between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue, on a block of townhouses and small apartment houses a few hundred feet from Central Park. Its 36 apartments occupy a smaller building than the avenue's large towers.
The location also puts residents near Lincoln Center and the Upper West Side's restaurants and transit.
Architecture and unit composition
The nine-story masonry building has high ceilings, hardwood floors, entry foyers and proportioned rooms characteristic of its early-1920s construction.
The profile reports 36 residences across nine floors, a building-wide ratio of about four per floor; verify the actual distribution and inspect noise and circulation. The homes range from one to three bedrooms, with the building notable for its classic eight-room layouts and extra-large two-bedroom classics. Unit count alone does not establish landing occupancy or crowding; inspect the actual corridor and elevator arrangements. Layouts vary by line and floor, so exposure and condition drive value alongside size.
Building operations
17 West 71st runs as a full-service boutique cooperative: a 24-hour doorman, a live-in superintendent, central laundry, and additional storage — a staffed building at a small scale. Buyers should plan for a board application and interview, review the current budget, audited statements, debt and any assessments, and confirm the building's financing, ownership and occupancy requirements from its governing documents. We review the building's current policies on financing, subletting, pets, and pied-à-terre use with clients before an offer.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of September 2026. They are shown as published, item by item; no total is added because the total depends on the transaction. Deposits are listed apart from nonrefundable charges.
- Terms
- Equal to 1% of Sales
- Paid by
- Seller
Source: building management's published schedule, as of September 2026
Purchase
7 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $750 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Check Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $175.00 per prospective shareholder | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Closing Processing Fee | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $500 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Recognition Agreement FeeConditional | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $250 if financing | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Transfer Fee | Paid by Shareholder | When At closing | Amount $950 | Refundable Non-refundable |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damage Deposit | Paid by Buyer | When At closing | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Not stated |
| Damage Deposit | Paid by Shareholder | When At closing | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Not stated |
Sublet
3 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application processing fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $400 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Credit Check Fee | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $175.00 per prospective subtenant, guarantor, AND adult resident | Refundable Non-refundable |
Deposits
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damage Deposit | Paid by Subtenant | When With the application | Amount $1,000 | Refundable Refundable |
Refinance
4 items
Management's “less refinance” schedule
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application processing fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $400 | Refundable Not stated |
| Recognition Agreement Processing fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $150 | Refundable Not stated |
Management's “more refinance” schedule
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application processing fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $400 | Refundable Not stated |
| Recognition Agreement Processing fee | Paid by Shareholder | When With the application | Amount $150 | Refundable Not stated |
Ownership transfer
2 items
Transfer: trust
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trust Transfer Application Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $500 | Refundable Non-refundable |
| Coop Attorney Review Fee | Paid by Buyer | When Upon approval | Amount To be determined | Refundable Not stated |
Management updates its schedule without a public filing. The date is when management last updated the page, not when a rule changed. Confirm the current schedule with management before you apply.
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Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Live-in superintendent
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Laundry roomSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent. Outdoor space, parking and some facilities can belong to particular apartments or to a separate owner; confirm access for the specific apartment.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $31,427/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $69
- Modeled exposure split equally across 38 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 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. A filed Safe grade is not a guarantee of current condition: owners still maintain the facade and, where required, observe parapets each year. Future inspection timing (Local Law 49 of 2025 changed the cycle framework from October 1, 2026), repair and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who meets DOB’s FISP qualifications and signs the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed October 2026.
Recent sales
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2025 | 3C | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,300 sf | $1,800,000 | $1,385/sf | +9.2% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | 9C | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,850,000 | +5.7% | |
| Mar 10, 2022 | 9D | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,630,000 | -13.1% | |
| Jan 20, 2022 | 7D | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,649,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jul 7, 2021 | 2B | 4 BR · 3 BA | $3,100,000 | -8.7% | |
| Sep 21, 2020 | 3D | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,730,000 | -3.6% | |
| Dec 3, 2019 | 5 | 4 BR · 4 BA | $4,170,000 | -20.6% | |
| Nov 7, 2019 | 4B | 3 BR · 3 BA | $3,240,000 | -12.4% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,385/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. Median listing discount 3.6% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2003 | 9B | $2,050,000 |
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 1-01124-0021). 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.
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What to know if you’re buying
Inspect the line and exposure: the larger eight-room homes and oversized two-bedrooms differ from the smaller apartments. Compare maintenance, debt and assessments with the services provided, and establish the current board and financing requirements before committing.
What to know if you’re selling
Show the apartment's retained prewar proportions and any updated kitchens and baths. Support the asking price with suitable Central Park West side-street sales, adjusting for size, services, costs and condition, and give buyers the current board and financing requirements early.
Comparable buildings
If you're weighing 17 West 71st Street, also compare the construction history, ownership and services of nearby Upper West Side buildings:
- 267 West 71st Street — prewar West Side cooperative nearby
- 2025 Broadway — full-service West Side building nearby
- 2162 Broadway — prewar Broadway-corridor cooperative
- 145 West 86th Street — prewar Upper West Side cooperative peer
More Upper West Side buildings
- 15 West 84th Street, Upper West Side — 1947 co-op
- 15 West 96th Street — 2023 condominium by SLCE Architects
- The Park Loggia (15 West 61st Street) — 2019 condominium by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- 18 West 70th Street — 1926 co-op
- 18 West 87th Street — 1891 co-op
- 20 West 77th Street — 1925 co-op by George F. Pelham
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, 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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