170 West 89th Street
170 West 89th Street, between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues · Upper West Side
Upper West Side
BBL 1012190057 · BIN 1032309
- Year built
- 1910
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Live-in superintendent, bicycle and private storage, ground-floor stroller parking and remote-access intercom
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $905K
- Recent range
- $900K – $990K
- Listing discount
- 0.5%
- Recorded transfers
- 34
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170 West 89th Street is a five-story walk-up facing the West Side Community Garden. Its 20 apartments are part of a larger, two-building cooperative with 41 homes in total. The building combines an on-site superintendent and shared storage with prewar apartments, many of which have been substantially renovated.
The apartment house dates to 1910, with cooperative conversion in 1988. Its midblock position between Columbus and Amsterdam puts it near the 86th Street subway stations on Broadway and Central Park West. Garden-facing rooms have an open outlook across the street.
Architecture and unit composition
Two-bedroom apartments are prominent in the resale history. Recorded interior areas include homes of approximately 750–1,000 square feet, with one- and two-bathroom configurations. Some layouts have large living and dining spaces that have been considered for an additional room; any resulting bedroom designation depends on the approved plan.
High ceilings, exposed brick, hardwood floors and substantial windows recur in the apartments. Renovations include open kitchens and in-unit laundry. In some homes, French doors separate rooms while maintaining a visual connection between them.
The building has five stories without an elevator. Apartment floor, orientation and interior configuration are consequently distinct considerations. Higher floors can have more open sky, while lower floors shorten the daily climb.
Building operations
The cooperative spans two adjacent apartment buildings. A purchase at this address is therefore an interest in the larger corporation, whose responsibilities extend beyond the 20 residences on this lot. That distinction is useful when reading a budget or a building-wide maintenance proposal.
The live-in superintendent, intercom and storage facilities form the main service package. Private storage and bicycle storage are available, along with ground-floor space for strollers. The remote-access intercom supports entry for deliveries.
The property is taxed in Class 2 and has no building-wide abatement. Its existing floor area ratio is slightly above the residential benchmark recorded for R7-2 zoning. The tax lot is not designated as a landmark or part of a historic district.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 2025 | 5C | 2 BR · 1 BA | $900,000 | +0.1% | |
| Dec 3, 2024 | 4A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 800 sf | $990,000 | $1,238/sf | -0.5% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2D | 2 BR · 1 BA | $905,000 | -9.0% | |
| Nov 19, 2021 | 3B | 2 BR · 1 BA | $975,000 | +0.0% | |
| Aug 3, 2021 | 3A | 2 BR · 1 BA | $985,000 | -6.2% | |
| Jun 17, 2021 | 4A | 1 BR · 750 sf | $605,000 | $807/sf | -10.4% |
| Feb 28, 2020 | 1B | 3 BR · 1 BA · 1,000 sf | $972,000 | $972/sf | -2.3% |
| Feb 19, 2020 | 5A | 2 BR · 1 BA | $800,000 | -5.9% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2024): a median $1,238/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount 1.1% 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 1-01219-0057) 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.
Buying here? Co-op closing costs typically run 2 to 3% 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
Roof rights need their own description. If a top-floor purchase includes rights above the apartment, establish the space covered by those rights and any permitted construction or use. A right associated with one home should not be described as a common roof deck for the co-op.
Comparable buildings
- 45 West 89th Street: A smaller prewar walk-up cooperative on the same street closer to Central Park.
- 267 West 89th Street: A larger prewar co-op with a brown-brick façade and an ornamented limestone base.
- 160 West 87th Street: A prewar cooperative with a taller masonry apartment-house form and canopied entrance.
- 150 West 87th Street: An early twentieth-century cooperative of similar overall corporate scale in a taller building.
- The Cornwall: A more ornate Beaux-Arts and Art Nouveau cooperative with a prominent roofline.
More Upper West Side buildings
- 169 West 95th Street (175W95) — 1971 condominium
- 170 West 76th Street — 1925 co-op
- 170 West 81st Street — 1926 by George F. Pelham
- 171 West 79th Street, Upper West Side — 1923 co-op
- The Dorilton, 171 West 71st Street — 1900 co-op by Janes & Leo
- The Hopkins (172 West 79th Street) — 1930 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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