2138 Broadway (Majestic Towers / 215 West 75th Street)
2138 Broadway / 215 West 75th Street, New York, NY 10023
- Year built
- 1924
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 111
- Floors
- 16
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Verify with managing agent at offer stage
- Subletting
- Board approval required
- Flip tax
- Verify with managing agent
Majestic Towers is a 1924 corner prewar at Broadway and West 75th Street — a substantial sixteen-story cooperative that has anchored this stretch of the Upper West Side for a century. Its position on the Broadway spine, one of the neighborhood's busiest and best-served corridors, places residents within a short walk of Riverside Park, Central Park, and the 72nd Street 1/2/3 subway station. It is a prewar building of real scale and durable prewar character in one of the Upper West Side's most convenient locations.
The building trades as a cooperative, and that structure shapes both its value and its buyer. Majestic Towers offers prewar proportions and a corner Broadway address at cooperative pricing — typically more accessible than the condominium inventory nearby — in exchange for the cooperative's governance framework: a board interview, financing limits, and board-approved subletting. For a resident buyer who wants prewar bones and a prime Broadway location and is comfortable with cooperative ownership, the building is a strong fit.
Architecture and unit composition
The 1924 building is a sixteen-story Broadway prewar occupying the northeast corner of West 75th Street — a corner site that gives many apartments dual exposure and strong light. The design carries the solid construction and generous room proportions characteristic of the corridor's 1920s apartment houses.
Because pricing at a cooperative is customarily read on a per-room basis, the building's prewar layouts — measured in rooms rather than square feet — are the natural unit of comparison. Configurations run from prewar studios and one-bedrooms to larger family layouts, with the corner lines carrying the best light. Condition varies apartment to apartment with renovation history.
Building operations
Majestic Towers operates as a cooperative with a part-time doorman and a live-in superintendent. Building amenities include a central laundry room, a bike room, private storage, and a landscaped roof deck with open city views. The 1989 conversion places the building in the wave of prewar rental-to-cooperative conversions on the Upper West Side.
As a cooperative, monthly maintenance covers the building's underlying operating costs and a portion of the underlying mortgage and property taxes; buyers should review recent financial statements, board minutes, and any reserve study during due diligence, and confirm the building's sublet, pet, financing, and flip-tax policies with the managing agent at offer stage.
Recent sales
Majestic Towers trades as a prewar Upper West Side cooperative, and pricing is best read on a price-per-room basis against the corridor's other prewar co-ops. Value is driven by exposure (corner versus interior lines), floor height, room count, and renovation condition, with cooperative pricing generally sitting below the condominium inventory nearby. Apartment-level closing detail should be sourced from public records for full transactional context, and pricing should be validated against the most recent comparable sales at the time of offer.
Recent transfers at this building, sourced from NYC Department of Finance records. Apartment-level detail (line, condition, asking-price context) verified upon consultation request.
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2024 | RES | $650,000 |
| Sep 9, 2022 | 4B | $725,000 |
| Aug 26, 2021 | RES | $535,000 |
| Apr 22, 2008 | RES | $877,500 |
| Sep 9, 2005 | RES | $551,000 |
| Mar 8, 2005 | RES | $520,000 |
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 1-01167-7501) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a cooperative — plan for the board. A board interview is required, financing is capped by the board, and subletting requires board approval. Confirm all policy specifics with the managing agent at offer stage.
The corner site drives light. The Broadway/West 75th corner gives many lines dual exposure; interior lines present differently. Walk the specific apartment.
Prewar proportions are the draw. Room counts and layouts — not square footage — are the natural comparison at a cooperative of this vintage.
Location is a durable asset. The Broadway spine, two parks, and the 72nd Street express station are within an easy walk.
Model the full carry — monthly maintenance plus any assessment — and verify board policy (pets, sublet, financing maximum, flip tax) with the managing agent.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with prewar value on Broadway. Prewar proportions and a corner address at cooperative pricing is the value story that attracts resident buyers.
Set expectations on the board process. Preparing a strong board package and pricing to the cooperative buyer pool shortens the timeline.
Pricing requires apartment-level context. Comparable sales vary by line, floor, exposure, and condition.
Closing timelines are cooperative-standard. Plan for roughly 6 to 10 weeks from contract through board approval to closing.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 2138 Broadway, also evaluate:
- 320 West End Avenue — Rosario Candela 1924; nearby West End Avenue prewar cooperative
- 243 West End Avenue (Coliseum Plaza) — Emery Roth 1925; nearby West End Avenue prewar cooperative
- 235 West End Avenue (The Gemstone) — Bing & Bing 1928; nearby prewar condominium
- 100 Riverside Drive — Boak & Paris 1938; nearby Riverside Drive cooperative
- 135 West 70th Street (The Pythian) — Thomas Lamb 1927; nearby prewar condominium
The Roebling Team at Majestic Towers
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Central Park West, the Upper East Side, and the broader Park-facing Manhattan market — including the Upper West Side's prewar cooperative inventory. We publish this building profile because Upper West Side buyers and sellers deserve building-specific intelligence — architecture, operational reality, and the mechanics of pricing at the apartment level — not generic market commentary.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at 2138 Broadway, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point. We'll bring the full context this page provides plus the transactional specifics your situation requires — comparable analysis at the apartment level, board-package strategy, and the pacing strategy that fits your timeline.
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Upper West Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper West Side.
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