206 West 85th Street
206 West 85th Street, between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway · Upper West Side
Upper West Side
BBL 1012320037 · BIN 1033116
- Year built
- 1910
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Bicycle storage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 3BR median
- $1.4M
- Recent range
- $1.1M – $1.9M
- Listing discount
- 0.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 57
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206 West 85th Street is one of seven brownstones operated as a single cooperative. The association spans 202–214 West 85th Street, giving a row of individually entered buildings a shared ownership and operating structure. At 206, apartments occupy full floors, with layouts that extend from the street-facing rooms through to the rear of the building.
The individual buildings remain five stories high and are reached by stairs. The cooperative conversion dates to the 1980s.
Architecture and unit composition
The row preserves the scale and separate entrances of early-twentieth-century brownstones. At 206, full-floor apartments have accommodated multiple bedrooms and broad living and dining areas. Architectural details include columns and high ceilings in some interiors, with apartment renovations varying across a long resale history.
Other buildings in the association have different apartment divisions, including front and rear homes. Some upper apartments carry exclusive rights to portions of the roof. Roof rights can cover undeveloped space as well as finished outdoor areas; having the right doesn't mean a deck has actually been built or approved.
Building operations
One cooperative supports seven separate building envelopes. Roofs, entrance doors and individual stair halls therefore remain distinct maintenance locations within a common operating budget. Bicycle storage provides a shared facility outside the apartments.
In-home washers and dryers are present in some apartments. Mechanical and interior renovations vary between residences, so apartment-level equipment servicing can differ within the same cooperative.
Policy framework
Financing: Up to 80%, with a minimum 20% down payment — confirm with the managing agent.
Pets: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | 5 | 4 BR · 2 BA · 1,500 sf | $1,875,000 | $1,250/sf | +7.1% |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 2W | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,350,000 | +0.0% | |
| Jan 15, 2026 | 4W | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,495,000 | +0.0% | |
| Oct 14, 2025 | 5W | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,100,000 | -11.6% | |
| Apr 23, 2024 | 2W | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,350,000 | -9.7% | |
| Feb 15, 2024 | 5 | 4 BR · 2 BA · 1,500 sf | $1,612,500 | $1,075/sf | -10.4% |
| Aug 1, 2023 | 5W | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,310,000 | +9.2% | |
| Oct 12, 2022 | 2W | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,040,000 | -5.5% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,250/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 2.6% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2003 | 1 | $1,150,000 |
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 1-01232-0037) 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.
At the recent median sale of $1.5M (4 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $29,106 to close, or 1.9% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $14,950
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $14,156
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
Private roof rights need a defined construction and access path. For a home conveying an unfinished roof allocation, the purchase should separate the existing right from permission to install decking, railings or new stairs. The cooperative's consent, structural capacity and roof-maintenance access determine how that space can be used.
Comparable buildings
- 514 West End Avenue — A nearby prewar cooperative of comparable association scale housed in a much taller building.
- The Crestmont — A West End Avenue cooperative for buyers weighing conventional apartment-house operations against a brownstone row.
- The Alameda — A larger prewar cooperative nearby, useful for comparing apartment plans and building services.
- The Clinton — A cooperative on the same street with a smaller association in a taller structure.
- 505 West End Avenue — A prewar cooperative with larger-building operations and a similar Upper West Side location.
More Upper West Side buildings
- 205 West 76th Street (The Harrison) — 2008 condominium by Robert A.M. Stern Architects
- Astor Court, 205 West 89th Street — 1915 co-op by Charles A. Platt
- 206 West 77th Street (Two Ten West 77) — 2017 condominium by Thomas Juul-Hansen
- 207 West 79th Street — 2017 condominium by Morris Adjmi Architects
- 210 West 78th Street — 1926 co-op
- 211 West 107th Street — 1920 co-op
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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