171 West 57th Street
171 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019
BBL 1010107504 · BIN 1023717
- Year built
- 1922
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; not in a historic district
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning records, updated February 2026
- Doorman
- Doorman (hours not stated)
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2025
- $1,200
- floor-adjusted, 3 sales
- Listing discount
- 3.5%
- Recorded sales
- 43
- On record
- 2003–2025
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The Briarcliffe is a 1922 building by Warren & Wetmore, the firm behind Grand Central Terminal, directly across from Carnegie Hall. Built as a hotel, it converted to condominium ownership in 1999.
Its West 57th Street location puts it near Central Park and the 57th Street subway lines, among the corridor's prewar buildings and newer towers.
Architecture and unit composition
The thirteen-story masonry building retains the window proportions and prewar character of its hotel origins. Its 35 residences have layouts that vary by line and floor.
Inspect each apartment's flow, ceiling heights and exposure; higher lines may have city outlooks toward Central Park and the Midtown skyline.
Building operations
The Briarcliffe operates as a full-service condominium: an attended lobby with a doorman, elevator service, and building storage, scaled appropriately to a 35-unit boutique building. Common charges reflect the staffing, the building's operating costs, and reserve, while real estate taxes are billed per unit in the standard condominium structure.
Purchases are subject to the condominium's right-of-first-refusal process. Confirm financing, pied-à-terre, trust, LLC and investment ownership, leasing and pet rules in the current declaration, bylaws and house rules.
Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Common charges + taxes, per room
- $850 per room a monthMedian of 4 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Common charges + taxes, per square foot
- $2.52 per square foot a monthMedian of 3 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Common charges alone, per square foot
- $1.28 per square foot a monthMedian of 6 listings since October 2023 that give the annual taxSource: listing records, refreshed October 2026
- Real estate taxes alone, per square foot
- $1.24 per square foot a monthMedian of 6 listings since October 2023 that give the annual taxSource: listing records, refreshed October 2026
Common charges plus real estate taxes, combined into one monthly figure the way New York condominium listings show them. Add a mortgage payment for the monthly outlay. The split into common charges and taxes comes from the listings that also give the annual tax, a different sample, so the two lines need not add up exactly to the combined median; a tax abatement can hold taxes below the full amount until it expires. A summary of recorded sales and listings, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Doorman (hours not stated)Source: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Attended lobby
- YesSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of Buildings elevator records
- Amenities noted
- SpaSource: 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
- $57,274/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $136
- Modeled exposure split equally across 35 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; condominium owners are typically charged by each unit's common-interest percentage.
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 filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the inspector (QEWI) identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
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 closings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 2025 | 6B | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 2,800 sf | $5,775,000 | $2,063/sf | -2.9% |
| Dec 15, 2025 | 3A | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 1,945 sf | $2,350,000 | $1,208/sf | -6.0% |
| Mar 6, 2025 | 10A | 1,948 sf | $1,781,937 | $915/sf | — |
| Dec 3, 2024 | 8C | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,578 sf | $2,700,000 | $1,047/sf | -3.5% |
| Jan 19, 2024 | 4A | 1,948 sf | $2,850,000 | $1,463/sf | — |
| May 13, 2021 | 10C | 4 BR · 2,578 sf | $2,744,820 | $1,065/sf | -5.2% |
| Apr 12, 2021 | 2C | 2,585 sf | $3,650,000 | $1,412/sf | — |
| Nov 11, 2020 | 6B | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,744 sf | $3,300,000 | $1,203/sf | -5.4% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,200/sf (floor-adjusted) across 3 sales. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 3.5% 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.
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 1-01010-7504; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). 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 from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
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At the recent median sale of $2.52M (4 sales in the past 24 months, since October 31, 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $104,020 to close, or 4.1% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $31,563
- Mortgage recording tax: $36,455
- Title insurance: $11,363
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $24,640
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
Inspect the actual former-hotel layout and the services available to the apartment. The reviewed amenity list establishes an attended lobby, elevator and storage; it does not establish a pool or spa. Check the current condominium terms before relying on any particular ownership or leasing use.
What to know if you’re selling
Show the apartment's proportions, condition and actual outlook, and support the price with matched converted-condominium sales. Provide the current application and right-of-first-refusal requirements; condominium ownership alone does not establish permission for every buyer type or use.
Comparable buildings
If you're evaluating 171 West 57th Street, these nearby West 57th Street and Central Park South buildings make a useful comparison set:
- 146 West 57th Street — Metropolitan Tower, a 57th Street condominium
- 111 West 57th Street — Steinway Tower, the supertall condominium
- 100 West 58th Street (Windsor Park) — prewar condominium conversion at Sixth Avenue, one block south of Central Park
- 200 Central Park South — park-facing full-service building
- 210 Central Park South — park-front co-op near Columbus Circle
- 322 West 57th Street — the Sheffield, a 57th Street condominium
More Central Park South buildings
- 152 West 58th Street — 1916 co-op by Robert T. Lyons
- Essex House (160 Central Park South) — 1931 condominium by Frank Grad
- 162 West 56th Street (Carnegie Plaza) — 1925 condominium
- 200 Central Park South — 1963 co-op by Wechsler & Schimenti
- The Osborne, 205 West 57th Street — 1883 co-op by James E. Ware
- 210 Central Park South — 1968 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Central Park South — read The Roebling Team Guide to Central Park South.
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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