Southmoor House

Southmoor House is a 17-story Art Deco cooperative completed in 1938, with the period's characteristic restraint — a one-story limestone base, a two-story limestone entrance surround, an entrance marquee, and sidewalk landscaping that gives the building a gracious street presence. The massing and detailing are quietly of their moment, a modern pre-war building rather than an ornamented historicist one.

The building's roughly 75 residences include the prized park-facing lines — the B, C, and D apartments take in Central Park views — while many homes have been combined over the years to capture both park and southern city views. Floor plans run from well-proportioned studios and one-bedrooms through larger and combined homes, with the pre-war proportions, plaster detail, and solid construction that buyers seek in a building of this vintage. The upper-floor park lines carry the building's premium.

Southmoor House runs as a full-service cooperative. Staffing includes a resident manager, a full-time doorman, and porter coverage, with a laundry room and the well-maintained common spaces of an established building; this profile supplies no dated financial figures to establish present strength. Review current reserves, debt, arrears, the operating budget and planned capital work. As a cooperative, purchases clear a board application, financial review, and interview, and the board sets policy on subletting, pets, financing, and pied-à-terre use — buyers should expect a standard, thorough co-op admissions process appropriate to a Central Park South address.

Recent sales

Recent transfers 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.

Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2024): a median $1,037/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 sales. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 5.7% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01030-0048). 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 on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.

This is a true Central Park South cooperative with park-view inventory at the corridor's most convenient end. Exposure is everything — the B, C, and D park lines and any combined dual-exposure homes carry the value, and they are worth waiting for. Review the full-service costs and financial records. Current reserves, debt, arrears, budget and capital commitments are needed to assess the building’s position; service level alone does not establish financial stability. Expect a thorough cooperative purchase: a board package, financial review, and interview, with the board governing subletting, financing, and pied-à-terre use. The western, Columbus Circle location adds transit, dining, and Lincoln Center access that the eastern end of Central Park South lacks. We help buyers assemble a strong board package and benchmark the home against the broader Central Park South and Columbus Circle market.

Lead with the park and the address. A Central Park South cooperative with genuine park views is exactly what buyers search for, and the western, Columbus Circle location is a real convenience advantage to flag. Benchmark to the Central Park South and Columbus Circle co-op set, and price to exposure — park-line and combined homes lead the building. Document current finances and full-service costs. Provide dated statements, reserves, debt and capital plans so buyers can assess them; no financial-strength or value conclusion follows without that evidence. A clean, well-prepared board package and presentation that showcases the park exposure produce the best results.

If you're considering Southmoor House, also evaluate nearby Central Park South and Columbus Circle inventory:

• 200 Central Park South — full-service building near Columbus Circle
• 210 Central Park South — landmark cooperative on the corridor
• 220 Central Park South — luxury Central Park South building
• 240 Central Park South — Art Deco landmark rental building
• 112 Central Park South — pre-war cooperative on the corridor
• 50 Central Park South — landmark address near the Plaza