- Year built
- 1925
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- Designated
Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $1.3M
- Recent range
- $608K – $1.7M
- Listing discount
- 6.7%
- Recorded transfers
- 88
260 West End Avenue is a Schwartz & Gross pre-war cooperative commanding the southeast corner of West 72nd Street — a prominent position at one of the West Side's busiest and most useful crossroads. Completed in 1925 by one of the era's most prolific apartment-house firms, the building is a red-brick pre-war with the firm's characteristic confidence: white window surrounds on select floors, decorative bandcourses, and large ornamental stone balconies on the central façades facing both 72nd Street and the avenue. Its lobby is a standout — a vaulted, gold-leafed ceiling over intricate terrazzo flooring.
The building was converted to a cooperative in 1980. At 15 stories and 75 apartments, it is a full-service co-op of real scale, with the staffing and amenities that size supports, and it has been kept current with significant building-systems upgrades. Its corner siting delivers light and air, and its layouts run the full range from compact one-bedrooms to substantial four-bedroom homes.
For buyers, the appeal is a handsome, well-maintained pre-war apartment in a co-op with notably accommodating policies, on a corner that puts the entire West Side within easy reach.
Architecture and unit composition
Schwartz & Gross gave 260 West End the dignified massing of a corner pre-war: a red-brick shaft enlivened by white window surrounds, bandcourses, and the ornamental stone balconies that animate its principal façades. The gold-leafed, vaulted lobby ceiling and terrazzo floor make a strong first impression and signal the building's pre-war pedigree.
Inside, the apartments span a wide range — from roughly 900-square-foot one-bedrooms to spacious four-bedroom homes approaching 2,700 square feet — with the high ceilings, hardwood floors, and gracious entertaining layouts characteristic of the era. The corner location gives many homes light on more than one exposure, and the larger spreads offer the formal foyers and separate living and dining rooms that define pre-war West End Avenue living.
Building operations
260 West End operates as a full-service cooperative with a full-time doorman and a live-in superintendent. Amenities include a newly updated fitness room, a central laundry, and bicycle storage, and the building has invested in its infrastructure — two new elevators, a new roof, and completed façade work — keeping it in strong physical condition.
The house rules are unusually accommodating for a pre-war co-op, which is a real advantage. There is no flip tax. The building is pet-friendly — a convenience reinforced by the 72nd Street dog run nearby — and subletting is permitted. The minimum down payment is 25%, a relatively buyer-friendly equity requirement. Purchases are reviewed with standard board diligence and a focus on financial soundness; expect a complete board package and interview.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $36,123/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $40
Facade safety — Local Law 11
Safe to live in today — but the last inspection flagged repairs that are due on a deadline, so facade work and its cost are coming. Whether that’s a real concern depends on the scope, the timing, and how the building plans to pay for it — reserves or an assessment — which is exactly what we’d dig into for you.
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.
See the full facade history →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.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2026 | 3C | 1 BR · 1 BA | $812,000 | -1.6% | |
| Apr 13, 2026 | 3D | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | $888,555 | -11.1% | |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 15E | 1 BR · 1 BA | $910,000 | -1.6% | |
| Jun 25, 2025 | 4A | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,395,000 | -6.7% | |
| Apr 11, 2025 | 3B | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,329,000 | -1.5% | |
| Aug 27, 2024 | 1F | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 800 sf | $675,000 | $844/sf | -20.6% |
| Aug 16, 2024 | 7A | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,250 sf | $1,290,000 | $1,032/sf | -10.7% |
| Jul 23, 2024 | 4B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,400 sf | $1,685,000 | $1,204/sf | -0.6% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2024) cleared a median $953/sf across 3 sales. Median listing discount 3.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2024 | 6A | $1,260,000 |
| Apr 4, 2023 | 4D | $1,095,000 |
| Jan 12, 2023 | 8E | $1,412,997 |
| Jul 14, 2022 | 12B | $1,575,000 |
| Jul 22, 2019 | 2FLE | $650,000 |
| May 14, 2019 | 12E | $800,000 |
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 1-01163-0061) 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.
What to know if you’re buying
Buying here is unusually flexible by pre-war standards. There is no flip tax, the building is pet-friendly, subletting is permitted, and the 25% minimum down payment is more accessible than the financing caps at many pre-war co-ops. Expect a complete board package and interview and a board focused on financial soundness, but the overall posture is buyer-friendly.
The corner of 72nd and West End is one of the most convenient addresses on the West Side: a short walk to Riverside Park, close to the 1/2/3 express station at 72nd Street and the B/C at 72nd, with Broadway's restaurants and markets immediately east. We help buyers weigh layout, exposures, and condition against price, read the building's financials, and prepare a board package that clears.
What to know if you’re selling
The selling story is strong: a Schwartz & Gross corner pre-war with a showpiece lobby, a documented program of building upgrades, and a notably flexible policy set — no flip tax, pets welcome, subletting allowed. That flexibility broadens the buyer pool and is a genuine differentiator on the avenue.
Pricing should be anchored to recent West End Avenue pre-war trades and to the apartment's size, exposures, and condition, with larger and renovated homes benchmarked separately. The absence of a flip tax is a clean selling point, and the building's strong physical condition reassures buyers. We market these homes to the qualified, board-ready audience the cooperative requires.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 260 West End Avenue, also evaluate nearby pre-war West End Avenue and West 72nd Street cooperatives:
- 246 West End Avenue — pre-war West End Avenue cooperative nearby
- 263 West End Avenue — full-service West End Avenue co-op across the avenue
- 277 West End Avenue — pre-war West End Avenue cooperative peer
- 322 West 72nd Street — pre-war co-op on the same block
- 340 West 72nd Street — full-service West 72nd Street cooperative
The Roebling Team at 260 West End Avenue
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the pre-war Upper West Side, West End Avenue, and Riverside Drive cooperative market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers of West Side pre-war apartments deserve building-specific intelligence — architecture, amenities, board posture, house rules, and where a given apartment sits in its comparable set.
If you're weighing a purchase or sale at 260 West End Avenue, a 30-minute consultation is the right first step.
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