245 West 74th Street

Sugarman, Hess & Berger gave the building a richly detailed pre-war exterior: a masonry composition of brick, limestone, and terra-cotta, anchored by a two-story stone entrance surround and lifted by stone balconettes at the seventh floor — the sort of vertical incident that keeps a ten-story facade from reading flat. The building faces south onto 74th Street, drawing light into the front-facing lines.

Inside, the 59 residences carry the layouts of the early 1920s — beamed ceilings, hardwood floors, real foyers, and the room counts that make pre-war apartments live larger than the square footage implies. The mix runs from efficient one- and two-bedroom homes to larger family layouts, with the courtyard-facing apartments enjoying the quiet of the landscaped garden at the building's center.

245 West 74th runs as a full-service pre-war cooperative with an on-site superintendent. Its amenity set is notably practical: a landscaped courtyard garden, a laundry room, bike storage, and private storage — the day-to-day infrastructure that makes pre-war living comfortable. The building converted to cooperative ownership in 1990 and is owner-occupied. Admissions follow a conventional co-op board application and interview, with the board underwriting buyers to a sound financial standard typical of established West Side cooperatives; primary-residence ownership is the norm.

Recent sales

Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.

Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,036/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount -0.3% over ask.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01166-0007) 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.

This is a building where the line and the exposure matter as much as the price. Courtyard-facing apartments trade quiet for light; front-facing lines get the southern sun off 74th Street. The pre-war detail — beamed ceilings, real foyers — is the reason to buy here, so weigh it against any apartment that's been over-renovated out of its character. Come prepared for a conventional co-op board package and interview, plan financing to a conservative standard, and budget for standard New York co-op closing costs. The garden, storage, and bike room are genuine quality-of-life features in a building of this age.

Sell the character and the conveniences. The landscaped courtyard garden, the historic-district facade, and the pre-war layouts differentiate the building from plainer post-war stock nearby; the laundry, storage, and bike room answer the practical questions. Price against the building's own recent trades and the comparable West End/Broadway-corridor set, and stage to let the pre-war detail and the light read. With 59 units, the building trades often enough to have a clear internal comparable picture — use it, and present a clean, board-ready package to keep the deal on schedule.

If you're considering 245 West 74th Street, these nearby Upper West Side co-ops are a useful comparison set:

• 201 West 72nd Street — pre-war co-op two blocks south
• 267 West 71st Street — boutique pre-war co-op nearby
• 322 West 72nd Street — full-service pre-war co-op nearby
• 260 West End Avenue — West End pre-war cooperative
• 330 West 72nd Street — pre-war co-op in the same pocket

The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the Upper West Side — the side streets between Broadway and West End, the avenue co-ops, and the Broadway corridor pre-war market. Mid-sized pre-war buildings like The Alfie Arms reward knowing the lines: which face the garden, which catch the sun, and how the building prices against its peers. Whether you're buying or selling here, a focused consultation is the right first step.