27 West 67th Street
27 West 67th Street, New York, NY 10023
Lincoln Square, Upper West Side
BBL 1011200014 · BIN 1028239
- Year built
- 1901
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- Designated
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 3BR · combo median
- $4M
- Recent range
- $750K – $5M
- Listing discount
- 7.0%
- Recorded transfers
- 35
27 West 67th Street is not just an old building; it is the origin point of an entire idea. Developed between 1901 and 1903 by a syndicate of ten painters led by Henry Ward Ranger, it was conceived as a building artists could own collectively, with double-height north-facing studios designed around the working needs of a painter and smaller living quarters behind. It opened to a reception on April 5, 1903 as one of the very first cooperative apartment houses — and the first true artists' cooperative — in New York. Its success launched the row of studio buildings now protected as the West 67th Street Artists' Colony Historic District, of which 27 West 67th is the oldest.
That history is not a footnote here; it is the architecture. The Gothic-inflected red-and-black brick facade and the great studio windows announce the building's purpose from the street, and the duplex studio apartments behind them — soaring, gallery-scaled living rooms wrapped by sleeping and service levels — remain among the most distinctive residences on the Upper West Side. A century of writers, performers, and artists has given the building a cultural pedigree that newer luxury inventory simply cannot manufacture.
Half a block from Central Park and steps from Lincoln Center, the building marries that rarefied architecture to one of the most convenient cultural addresses in the city.
Architecture and unit composition
The building was designed in a Gothic-inspired idiom appropriate to a turn-of-the-century artists' guild, its tall studio bays glazed to pull in the steady northern light painters prized. Architectural historian Christopher Gray, writing after a 1990s restoration, called it one of the most important apartment houses in the history of New York — a judgment grounded in both its formal originality and its role as the prototype for cooperative living in the city.
Inside, the signature residences are the duplex studios: double-height living rooms with dramatic window walls, balconied or stepped sleeping levels, and the kind of volume that is essentially impossible to reproduce in modern construction. Alongside them the building holds simplex apartments of more conventional pre-war scale. Across 32 cooperative homes, the inventory is varied and idiosyncratic — buyers come here specifically for the character, the ceiling heights, and the light.
Building operations
The cooperative is full-service, with 24-hour door staff, a landscaped roof deck, and private storage. The scale is boutique — a single landmark building of three dozen homes — and management reflects the careful stewardship a building of this historic standing requires, including the ongoing facade and restoration work that comes with maintaining a contributing structure in a historic district.
On policy, the co-op permits pets and allows pieds-à-terre, a flexibility consistent with the building's long artistic and part-time-resident tradition. Purchases proceed through a standard co-op board application and interview. As with any landmark cooperative, buyers should weigh the building's reserve posture and any active restoration assessments alongside price.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
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 before the next inspection cycle. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2FE | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,350 sf | $4,000,000 | $1,702/sf | -7.0% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 5FE | 3 BR · 3 BA | $4,965,000 | +11.8% | |
| Dec 19, 2024 | FW | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | $3,368,750 | -8.3% | |
| Dec 18, 2024 | 1FW | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | $3,368,750 | -8.3% | |
| Aug 3, 2021 | 1FE | 2 BR · 3 BA · 2,000 sf | $2,750,000 | $1,375/sf | +0.0% |
| Feb 4, 2019 | 3F | 3 BR · 3 BA | $4,600,000 | -7.1% | |
| Oct 4, 2018 | 5FW | 3 BR | $4,825,000 | -8.1% | |
| Aug 30, 2017 | 4RW | 1 BR | $1,150,000 | +0.0% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,671/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 5.3% 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.
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 1-01120-0014) 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
Understand what you are buying: a duplex studio here is a singular architectural object, and its value rests on the volume, the light, and the original studio window wall as much as on the room count. Verify which type of residence a listing actually is — a double-height studio and a conventional simplex in the same building are different products at different prices.
Expect a traditional, careful board process and a building that takes its landmark obligations seriously. Ask about the facade and restoration program and any current assessments; stewardship of a contributing landmark is real and ongoing. For a buyer who wants architecture with a story, however, there are few addresses in New York that deliver more.
What to know if you’re selling
The history sells. "The first artists' cooperative in New York," "the oldest building in the West 67th Street colony," and a double-height studio with original window walls are differentiators no marble lobby can match. Photograph the volume and the light — the studio space is the product — and lean into the cultural lineage and the landmark setting.
Scarcity is on the seller's side: buyers who want this specific kind of residence have almost nowhere else to find it, and the building's tiny unit count keeps inventory thin. Price to the individual residence's volume, light, and condition rather than to a generic per-foot average, which understates what a true studio duplex commands.
Comparable buildings
If you're drawn to 27 West 67th Street, these nearby studio and pre-war cooperatives belong on the same shortlist:
- 2 West 67th Street — studio cooperative in the same artists' colony
- 15 West 67th Street — Hotel des Artistes / studio building on the block
- 33 West 67th Street — studio cooperative in the colony
- 10 West 66th Street — full-service pre-war co-op near Central Park West
The neighborhood
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