- Year built
- 1919
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- Designated
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $2.3M
- Recent range
- $1.2M – $4.7M
- Listing discount
- 5.5%
- Recorded transfers
- 29
2 West 67th Street — addressed on the avenue as 70 Central Park West — is one of the great artists' studio cooperatives of the West 67th Street colony, the early-20th-century cluster of buildings that drew painters, sculptors, and writers to the block between Central Park West and Columbus. Completed in 1919 by Rich & Mathesius and designed in the Arts and Crafts idiom, it sits on the corner of the park, across from Tavern on the Green, and remains one of the most sought-after addresses on Central Park West.
What makes the building unusual is what made the colony: the double-height studios. Many of the 69 residences are duplexes built around dramatic studio rooms reaching roughly 19 feet, originally conceived as working light-filled artists' spaces and now among the most distinctive apartments in Manhattan. The combination — a corner-park position, genuine architectural pedigree, and volumes that newer construction simply cannot reproduce — is the building's enduring draw.
Architecture and unit composition
Rich & Mathesius worked in a deliberately textural Arts and Crafts vocabulary: rough brick façades, delicately worked copper detailing, and a limestone base, with copper trim standing in for the projecting cornice typical of the era. The result is a 15-story building that reads as crafted rather than monumental — appropriate to its origins as an artists' building.
Inside, the plans vary floor to floor, a legacy of the studio program. Roughly two dozen apartments are duplexes built around the double-height studio rooms, with the remainder configured as more conventional simplexes. The upper homes capture direct Central Park views across the avenue. A furnished roof deck overlooking the park and private resident storage round out the building, which contributes to the West 67th Street Artists' Colony Historic District.
Building operations
2 West 67th Street is run as a white-glove cooperative, staffed by a 24-hour doorman and a live-in resident manager, with a furnished park-facing roof deck and storage on premises. The building is pet-friendly. As with the marquee pre-war cooperatives of Central Park West, the board reviews purchases through a full application and interview, financing is conservative, and primary residence is the norm — this is an end-user building, not an investor's market. The historic-district designation governs exterior alterations.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $50,845/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $76
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The facade passed its last inspection with no required repairs — nothing to budget for here, and no facade assessment on the horizon for roughly five years.
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent). Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library.
See the full facade history →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 1, 2026 | 6/7B | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | $4,300,000 | -13.1% | |
| Nov 3, 2025 | 5A | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,550 sf | $4,695,000 | $1,841/sf | +2.1% |
| Jul 22, 2025 | 3G | 1 BR · 1 BA · 750 sf | $1,175,011 | $1,567/sf | -9.3% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | 3F | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | $1,300,000 | -5.5% | |
| Feb 15, 2023 | 13F/G | 1 BR · 2 BA | $1,150,000 | -11.5% | |
| Jul 27, 2022 | 15G | 1 BA | $1,050,000 | -12.5% | |
| May 10, 2022 | 3G | 1 BR · 1 BA | $750,000 | +3.4% | |
| Jan 8, 2021 | 4/5DE | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | $3,500,000 | -15.7% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,841/sf across 2 sales. Median listing discount 9.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2025 | 14G | $2,295,000 |
| Jun 8, 2017 | 6/7F | $1,600,000 |
| Oct 2, 2008 | 8D | $630,000 |
| May 6, 2008 | 12C13 | $3,062,500 |
| Apr 11, 2007 | 15H | $2,200,000 |
| Jan 23, 2007 | 15G | $675,000 |
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 1-01119-0036) 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
The studio duplexes are the prize — and the premium. Expect the double-height layouts to command a clear premium over the building's simplex apartments; if volume and park views are the goal, this is one of the few buildings in Manhattan that delivers them. The building is pet-friendly. Plan for a conservative financing posture and a substantial down payment, plus the post-closing liquidity a Central Park West board expects. Expect a full board package and interview — this is a prestige pre-war cooperative with a discerning board. The reward is an apartment with genuine architectural distinction in a landmarked artists' colony directly on the park.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the architecture and the colony. The Arts and Crafts pedigree, the double-height studios, the corner-park position, and the historic-district provenance are exactly the story Central Park West buyers respond to — foreground them. Price the duplexes to their own comparison set — the relevant benchmarks are the other West 67th Street studio buildings and prime Central Park West pre-war stock, not conventional Upper West Side apartments. Stage to the volume. The double-height rooms are the differentiator; a presentation that captures the light and ceiling height sells the apartment. Prepare buyers for the board; we vet buyers for board-readiness before an accepted offer so a deal at this level proceeds cleanly.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 2 West 67th Street, also evaluate nearby Central Park West and West 60s cooperatives:
- 11 West 67th Street — artists' colony studio cooperative on the same block
- 50 West 67th Street — West 67th Street cooperative toward Columbus
- 10 West 66th Street — full-service pre-war co-op nearby
- 155 West 68th Street — Lincoln Square cooperative
- 165 West 66th Street — Lincoln Square co-op near Central Park West
The Roebling Team at 2 West 67th Street
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Central Park West, the West 60s artists' colony, the Upper West Side, and the broader Park-facing Manhattan market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers in landmarked studio cooperatives deserve building-specific intelligence — the duplex typologies, board posture, the amenity set, and where the distinctive layouts sit against the rest of the corridor.
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