215 West 105th Street
215 West 105th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue · Upper West Side
Manhattan Valley, Upper West Side
BBL 1018770025 · BIN 1056613
- Year built
- 1925
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Elevator, central laundry, bicycle room, storage cages and video intercom
- Financing
- Up to 80% — confirm with the managing agent
- Flip tax
- None — confirm with the managing agent
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $488K
- Recent range
- $475K – $2.5M
- Listing discount
- 3.9%
- Recorded transfers
- 46
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215 West 105th Street is a five-story prewar cooperative with an elevator, ordinary one- and two-bedroom apartments, larger combinations and a triplex penthouse. Its low-rise form contains a wider spread of layouts than the exterior height suggests. The largest homes incorporate additional rooms or private roof space above the standard apartment inventory.
The building converted to cooperative ownership in 1987. It stands just east of Broadway, with the 103rd Street subway station a short distance away. Common facilities include laundry and storage, supported by part-time building staff.
A program of capital work has included the elevator, roof, gas lines and façade. These improvements were in place by 2023, with updated lobby entry equipment and laundry facilities also in place. The five-story building has retained its prewar apartment proportions while its common systems have been renewed.
Architecture and unit composition
Standard apartments include one-bedroom homes with generous entrance foyers and two-bedroom layouts with windowed kitchens. Ceilings reach approximately ten feet in some top-floor homes. Wood floors, separate bedroom areas and defined internal halls recur in the inventory.
Southern exposures occur in both living rooms and bedrooms. Several kitchens and bathrooms have windows, and some apartments place the kitchen apart from the main living-and-dining room. Other renovated homes have a more open relationship between those rooms.
Combined apartments add substantially more interior space. One larger configuration has three bedrooms, multiple bathrooms and an additional internal living area, allowing the principal rooms to occupy different wings. A windowed kitchen and a bay-windowed bedroom are features of that larger layout category.
The triplex penthouse extends over three levels, with three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a private roof deck. Its stair connections and upper outdoor space distinguish it from a single-level apartment on the fifth floor. A top-floor one-bedroom and the triplex penthouse are separate types of home, despite both appearing in the building's upper-floor inventory.
Roof rights also appear as separately identified interests in the transaction history. They should not be confused with a completed outdoor deck or with additional interior residential space. For an apartment offered with such rights, the transfer needs to identify the particular interest and any built improvements included with it.
Building operations
The cooperative has central laundry, a bicycle room and storage cages. Part-time superintendent service accompanies the elevator building. Entry uses a video intercom, and security cameras have been installed in the common areas.
The capital improvements in place by 2023 included a replacement elevator, roof and gas lines, façade work and landscaping. Card-operated laundry machines were also installed.
The property has no tax abatement and is assessed as Class 2, with no assessment-growth cap. Its built floor area is above the residential allowance listed for the current R8B zoning.
Policy framework
Pets and pied-à-terre ownership are permitted, financing is allowed up to 80%, and no flip tax is stated — confirm with the managing agent. In-unit laundry requires board approval — confirm with the managing agent.
Subletting is permitted after two years of ownership, subject to board approval — confirm with the managing agent. That waiting period is relevant to an owner who may want to rent the apartment soon after purchasing.
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 | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | 3B | 2 BR · 1 BA | $820,000 | +0.0% |
| Sep 5, 2025 | 5DPH | 1 BR · 1 BA | $475,000 | -5.0% |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 2D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $500,000 | -12.1% |
| Jan 21, 2025 | 2A | 2 BR · 1 BA | $785,000 | +0.0% |
| Sep 10, 2024 | 5A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $2,525,000 | -2.9% |
| May 4, 2023 | 5B | 1 BR | $650,000 | -7.0% |
| Dec 1, 2021 | 3A | 2 BR · 1 BA | $200,000 | -33.2% |
| Dec 1, 2021 | 4E | 2 BR · 1 BA | $200,000 | -33.2% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2018): a median $831/sf across 2 sales. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 3.2% 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 1-01877-0025) 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.
At the recent median sale of $785K (4 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $11,494 to close, or 1.5% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $11,494
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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Comparable buildings
- 305 West 104th Street: A nearby prewar cooperative with a similar residential count in a taller building.
- 2669 Broadway: A modestly scaled prewar cooperative with an avenue frontage.
- 241 West 108th Street: Another side-street cooperative of comparable residential scale.
- West End Hall: A lower-rise prewar cooperative for comparing older apartment layouts and common services.
- The Overdene: A larger and taller prewar cooperative close to the same Broadway transportation corridor.
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The neighborhood
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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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