243 West End Avenue (Coliseum Plaza)
243 West End Avenue, New York, NY 10023
Lincoln Square, Upper West Side
BBL 1011830029 · BIN 1030965
- Year built
- 1925
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 185
- Floors
- 17
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Cats permitted; dogs not permitted (verify current house rules at offer stage)
- Subletting
- Permitted after a holding period; board approval required (verify terms with managing agent)
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
- Flip tax
- Verify with managing agent
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Studio median
- $408K
- Recent range
- $285K – $799K
- Listing discount
- 4.1%
- Recorded transfers
- 167
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Coliseum Plaza is an Emery Roth prewar — and the Roth name is the credential that anchors the building. Roth was among the defining apartment-house architects of 1920s Manhattan, and his West Side buildings are prized for their proportion, massing, and enduring construction quality. What gives 243 West End Avenue its particular character is its origin: it was built in 1925 as the Hotel Cardinal, an apartment hotel, before its 1989 conversion to a cooperative — a lineage that shaped its layouts and its scale.
The building trades as a cooperative with a notably flexible policy posture for the corridor. Where many prewar cooperatives restrict pied-à-terre ownership and subletting tightly, Coliseum Plaza has historically permitted pied-à-terre use and, after a holding period, subletting — a meaningful advantage for buyers who value ownership flexibility. The trade-off is the cooperative framework itself: a board interview and financing governed by the board. For a buyer who wants a pedigreed Roth prewar with more flexibility than the typical co-op, the building occupies a specific niche.
Architecture and unit composition
Emery Roth's 1925 commission is a seventeen-story prewar originally built as the Hotel Cardinal apartment hotel. That apartment-hotel origin is reflected in the building's unit mix and floor plans, and the 1989 conversion produced a cooperative of roughly 185 apartments — a scale large enough to support real operational depth.
Because pricing at a cooperative is customarily read on a per-room basis, the building's prewar layouts are the natural unit of comparison. Configurations range from compact prewar studios and one-bedrooms — a legacy of the apartment-hotel plan — to larger combined and family layouts. Condition varies apartment to apartment with renovation history.
Building operations
Coliseum Plaza operates as a cooperative with a doorman and a live-in superintendent, plus central laundry and storage. The building's policy framework is relatively flexible for a prewar cooperative: cats are permitted (dogs are not), pied-à-terre ownership has historically been allowed, and subletting is permitted after a holding period with board approval. All of these should be confirmed against the current house rules at offer stage.
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 financing maximum and flip-tax terms with the managing agent.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $17,975/yr
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $99,181/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $8 – $45
- Modeled exposure split equally across 183 units (the city tax-lot count). Not an assessed amount; co-op shareholders are typically charged by share allocation.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
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. City record last verified September 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
- Notable fees
- Pets allowed (cats only)
Recent sales
Coliseum Plaza trades as an Emery Roth prewar 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, floor height, room count, and renovation condition. The building's comparatively flexible policy posture — pied-à-terre eligibility and permitted subletting after a holding period — is a pricing support relative to more restrictive cooperatives. 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, 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.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | 714 | 1 BA | $410,000 | -7.9% |
| Jul 30, 2026 | 807 | 1 BA | $450,000 | -2.2% |
| Jun 10, 2026 | 508 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $662,500 | -5.4% |
| Apr 28, 2026 | 1104 | 1 BA | $435,000 | -2.2% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | 1011 | 1 BA | $468,255 | -1.4% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | 502 | 1 BA | $340,000 | -4.8% |
| Jul 22, 2025 | 103 | 1 BA | $285,000 | -9.5% |
| Jul 17, 2025 | 1512 | 1 BA | $430,000 | -4.2% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2022): a median $1,140/sf (recorded) across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 3.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 2009 | 1408 | $379,000 |
| Dec 7, 2009 | 1407 | $975,000 |
| Nov 16, 2009 | 317 | $149,000 |
| Apr 13, 2006 | MAIS | $365,000 |
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 1-01183-0029). 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.
Closed rents at Coliseum Plaza, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | 10 | $2,947 |
11 closed sublet leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease September 2026. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
At the recent median sale of $435K (13 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $10,181 to close, or 2.3% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $10,181
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
The Emery Roth pedigree is real institutional context. The architect's reputation is a durable value anchor on the Upper West Side.
The policy posture is relatively flexible for a co-op. Pied-à-terre use is historically permitted, and subletting is allowed after a holding period with board approval — uncommon flexibility for a prewar cooperative. Confirm exact terms with the managing agent.
Pets are cats-only. Dogs are not permitted; verify against the current house rules.
The apartment-hotel origin shapes layouts. Expect a mix that includes compact original units alongside larger combined layouts. Walk the specific apartment.
Model the full carry — monthly maintenance plus any assessment — and verify board policy (financing maximum, flip tax, sublet terms) with the managing agent.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with Roth plus flexibility. The pairing of an Emery Roth prewar with pied-à-terre eligibility and permitted subletting is a differentiated story on West End Avenue.
Set expectations on the board process. 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 243 West End Avenue, also evaluate:
- 320 West End Avenue — Rosario Candela 1924; nearby West End Avenue prewar cooperative
- 470 West End Avenue (The Belvoir) — Emery Roth 1928; nearby Roth West End Avenue peer
- 235 West End Avenue (The Gemstone) — Bing & Bing 1928; nearby prewar condominium
- 2138 Broadway (Majestic Towers) — 1924; nearby Broadway prewar cooperative
- 100 Riverside Drive — Boak & Paris 1938; nearby Riverside Drive cooperative
More West End Avenue buildings
- 230 West End Avenue — 1927 co-op by Rosario Candela
- 235 West End Avenue (The Gemstone) — 1928 condominium
- 240 West End Avenue — 1924 by Rosario Candela
- Howard House (246 West End Avenue) — 1913 co-op by J.E.R. Carpenter
- 260 West End Avenue — 1925 co-op by Schwartz & Gross
- Riverside Towers (263 West End Avenue) — 1929 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across West End Avenue — read The Roebling Team Guide to West End Avenue.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
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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