255 West End Avenue
255 West End Avenue, between West 71st and West 72nd Streets, Manhattan — Upper West Side
Lincoln Square, Upper West Side
BBL 1011830032 · BIN 1030966
- Year built
- 1916
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 58
- Floors
- 14
- Landmark
- Designated
- Amenities
- Full-time doorman, live-in superintendent, porter, shared laundry, bicycle room and basement storage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $478K
- Recent range
- $385K – $1.8M
- Listing discount
- 4.9%
- Recorded transfers
- 64
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Schwartz & Gross designed 255 West End Avenue as a Colonial Revival apartment building in 1916–17. Its red-brick façade, terra-cotta ornament and elaborate double-height entrance give the narrow avenue frontage a strong architectural presence. The building contains 58 residences behind a fourteen-story elevation and penthouse.
The location is close to West 72nd Street, with Riverside Park to the west and the Broadway transit intersection to the east. The avenue frontage is residential, while the cross street supplies the major east-west connection. Upper apartments rise above many of the shorter buildings immediately around them.
The cooperative contains a broader range of apartment sizes than its formal entrance might suggest. Smaller one-bedroom plans, larger two-bedroom homes and combinations all appear in the resale history. Full-time doorman service is shared across that varied inventory.
Architecture and unit composition
LPC identifies a three-part vertical composition: a defined base, a taller brick shaft and an ornamental upper section. The red brick is laid in Flemish bond, with bands and diamond-pattern brickwork adding detail. Terra-cotta sills, roundels and framed panels break up the wall surface.
The entrance has a molded surround and entablature within a larger double-height portico. Higher on the façade, a cornice sits above the twelfth story. Two-story segmental-arched surrounds, decorative brickwork and a stepped parapet complete the upper elevation. These elements place much of the ornament at the arrival point and skyline.
Inside, layouts include entrance foyers, windowed kitchens and windowed bathrooms. Some two-bedroom homes have an additional half-bathroom. The smaller apartment categories use more compact kitchens and living spaces, while combinations join original footprints into broader plans.
Recent resales include both single-line apartments and combined residences. Those combinations produce materially different bedroom and bathroom arrangements from the original smaller homes. Some apartments contain washer/dryers, although approval for installation is handled individually.
Building operations
The cooperative has a full-time doorman, a live-in superintendent and porter service. Shared laundry and a bicycle room occupy building space outside the apartments. Basement storage cages are subject to a waiting list.
The terra-cotta details and upper-story masonry form part of the exterior maintenance obligation. Because the building is within a designated historic district, visible exterior changes also fall under LPC review. The particularly elaborate entrance and crown are substantial architectural components of this property.
No active building-wide abatement appears in the current tax records. As a cooperative, the building's property taxes are paid through the corporation and form part of its operating expenses.
Policy framework
Financing: Up to 80%, with a minimum 20% down payment — confirm with the managing agent.
Pets: Permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
Pied-à-terre: Not permitted — confirm with the managing agent.
In-unit washer/dryer: Installations considered case by case — confirm with the managing agent.
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 | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2026 | 12B | 2 BR · 1 BA | $1,175,000 | -4.1% | |
| Feb 3, 2026 | 12C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 900 sf | $540,000 | $600/sf | -4.4% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 12D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 600 sf | $385,000 | $642/sf | -4.9% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | 4D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $465,000 | -6.8% | |
| Mar 3, 2025 | 10B | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | $950,000 | -3.6% | |
| Dec 10, 2024 | 7B | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,000 sf | $865,000 | $865/sf | +1.8% |
| May 14, 2024 | 10D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 750 sf | $410,000 | $547/sf | -37.1% |
| Mar 21, 2024 | 7C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $625,000 | -16.6% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $817/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 3.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2003 | 9C | $325,000 |
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 1-01183-0032) 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.
At the recent median sale of $865K (6 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $11,794 to close, or 1.4% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $0
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $11,794
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
- 260 West End Avenue — A nearby prewar cooperative with a somewhat larger residential inventory and similar avenue setting.
- 322 West 72nd Street — A cooperative of similar scale on the adjacent crosstown corridor.
- 330 West 72nd Street — Another prewar cooperative near Riverside Park with a comparable tall-building form.
- 305 West 72nd Street — An earlier prewar cooperative with fewer residences in the same immediate area.
- 270 West End Avenue — A smaller cooperative from a similar architectural period, retaining the West End Avenue setting.
More Upper West Side buildings
- 255 West 84th Street (The Alameda) — 1914 condop by Gaetano Ajello
- 255 West 90th Street — 1909 co-op by Neville & Bagge
- 255 West 98th Street — 1913 co-op by Gaetano Ajello
- Claremont Condominium (255 West 85th Street) — 1984 condominium
- The Augusta, 255 West 92nd Street — 1897 condominium
- 256 West 88th Street — 1884 condominium
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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