272 West 86th Street
272–276 West 86th Street, between Broadway and West End Avenue, on the Upper West Side
BBL 1012337504 · BIN 1033147
- Year built
- 1895
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 7
- Floors
- 6
- Amenities
- Elevator; private gardens and terraces in selected homes
- Landmark status
- Not an individual landmark; in the Riverside-West End Historic District Extension I
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission records, updated February 2026
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About the building
272 West 86th Street brings three limestone-and-brick rowhouses into one seven-residence condominium. C. P. H. Gilbert designed the houses in 1895–1896 for John O. Baker. Their Renaissance Revival fronts survive within the Riverside-West End Historic District Extension I. East River Partners redeveloped the group with Barry Rice Architects, rebuilding residential interiors behind the restored street façades. Condominium closings began in 2017, followed by DOB signoff on the conversion in January 2018.
The inventory includes lateral flats, a townhouse-style residence, a garden home and penthouse accommodation with substantial terraces. Large homes extend across the original house divisions, giving the converted building wider interior rooms than a single rowhouse's frontage would suggest. Outdoor space is attached to particular residences at the garden and roof levels.
Application and transaction fees
Fees below are from building management's published schedule, as of September 2026. They are shown as published, item by item; no total is added because the total depends on the transaction. Deposits are listed apart from nonrefundable charges.
Purchase
4 items
Fees and charges
| Item | Paid by | When | Amount | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $650 | Refundable Not stated |
| Move In Fee | Paid by Buyer | When With the application | Amount $150 | Refundable Not stated |
| Move Out Fee | Paid by Seller | When With the application | Amount $150 | Refundable Not stated |
| Capital Contribution | Paid by Buyer | When Upon approval | Amount Equal to two (2) months common charge for Capital Contribution: | Refundable Not stated |
Management updates its schedule without a public filing. The date is when management last updated the page, not when a rule changed. Confirm the current schedule with management before you apply.
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Local Law 97
This building is below the 25,000 sq ft threshold at which LL97 limits apply to a building on its own. It is still covered if it shares a tax lot or condominium board with buildings totaling over 50,000 sq ft; confirm on DOB’s covered-buildings list.
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Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01233-7504; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). 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.
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What to know if you’re buying
Three protected façades serve seven residences. Exterior restoration costs are shared across a small condominium, while garden and roof-level homes have their own outdoor areas. The allocation of terrace surfaces, waterproofing and structural roof work matters here because those homes sit within a combined rowhouse structure subject to LPC oversight.
Comparable buildings
- 555 West End Avenue — A former Collegiate Gothic school converted into large condominium residences with unusual original volumes.
- 309 West 83rd Street — A small Upper West Side condominium retaining a historic brick exterior.
- 182 West 82nd Street — A combined historic-building condominium with a contemporary enlargement above its original cornice.
More Upper West Side buildings
- 267 West 89th Street — 1910 co-op
- 269 West 87th Street (West End and Eighty Seven) — 2018 condop by FXCollaborative (Fox & Fowle / FXFOWLE)
- 272 West 107th Street (The Straus Park Condominium) — 2004 condominium
- 275 West 96th Street (The Columbia) — 1983 condominium by Frank Williams (Frank Williams & Associates)
- The Berkley (287 Amsterdam Avenue) — 1913 co-op
- 300 West 108th Street — 1924 co-op by Rosario Candela
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Upper West Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper West Side.
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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