- Year built
- 1917
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- Recent range
- $640K – $640K
- Listing discount
- 1.9%
- Recorded transfers
- 31
The Overdene is one of the landmark-quality early apartment houses of upper Broadway — a fourteen-story Renaissance Revival building that anchored the southeast corner of Broadway and 105th Street as, in the words of the contemporary press, "upper Broadway's tallest apartment building" when it opened around 1917. Designed by Gaetan Ajello, the era's most accomplished Upper West Side apartment-house architect, for a then-considerable construction budget, it is an elegant pre-war cooperative whose gray brick and limestone façade rises from a rusticated base on the 105th Street side. The residential entrance is set within a gently curved arch at 230 West 105th Street, away from the Broadway commercial frontage.
The building's appeal is classic upper-Broadway value: large pre-war apartments with real period character — Ajello's lobby retains its graceful detailing and Tiffany-style stained glass — at prices well below the marquee buildings to the south, on a corridor with the express subway, the neighborhood's restaurant-and-café row, and Riverside Park all within a short walk.
Architecture and unit composition
Ajello built a long string of distinguished apartment houses along Broadway and West End Avenue in the 1910s and 1920s, and the Overdene is among his more prominent — a reserved Renaissance Revival composition with a rusticated limestone base, variegated brick shaft, and a measured cornice, set on a corner that gives the building light and presence on two fronts. The original program ran to spacious layouts, including large multi-room apartments and a notable ten-room duplex, and the apartments carry the high ceilings, hardwood floors, and gracious room proportions of the period.
Across fourteen stories, the 69 residences range from one- and two-bedrooms to larger family layouts and combinations, with the upper floors capturing open city light and partial Hudson and skyline views. The Broadway base houses ground-floor retail, which keeps the residential entrance on the quieter side street.
Building operations
The Overdene runs as a full-service cooperative. There is a 24-hour doorman, a live-in superintendent, central laundry, and bike storage, and the lobby's preserved pre-war detail — including its stained-glass windows — sets the tone on arrival. The cooperative is pet-friendly, welcoming both dogs and cats, and subletting is permitted under board policy, giving owners genuine flexibility uncommon at stricter pre-war buildings. A flip tax applies on transfer per the cooperative's policy. The combination of full staffing, an owner-friendly pet and sublet posture, and upper-Broadway pricing makes this an unusually accessible full-service pre-war building.
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2022 | 10D | 3 BR · 2 BA | $2,373,000 | +1.0% | |
| Mar 14, 2022 | 3B | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,545,000 | +3.0% | |
| Sep 13, 2021 | 1D | 1 BR · 1 BA | $519,000 | -1.9% | |
| Aug 8, 2019 | 12C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 820 sf | $738,693 | $901/sf | +5.7% |
| Jan 8, 2019 | 4B | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,360 sf | $1,560,000 | $1,147/sf | -2.1% |
| May 9, 2018 | 11A | 3 BR · 3 BA | $2,142,500 | -1.5% | |
| Dec 7, 2015 | 5E | 1 BR · 700 sf | $510,000 | $729/sf | off-mkt |
| Dec 19, 2014 | 2D | 2 BR · 1 BA | $995,000 | +2.1% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2019) cleared a median $1,219/sf across 2 sales. Median listing discount 1.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2025 | 10E | $640,000 |
| Dec 10, 2021 | 10A | $1,850,000 |
| Aug 11, 2021 | 12E | $552,000 |
| Mar 20, 2020 | 9A | $1,603,744 |
| Dec 17, 2018 | 2C | $640,000 |
| Oct 14, 2014 | 3B | $1,295,000 |
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 1-01876-0046) 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
Buy the floor and the exposure. Upper-floor apartments and lines that catch open light or partial river-and-skyline views carry the premium; lower and rear units trade at a discount that is often the building's best value. Because some apartments are combinations, walk the actual layout rather than relying on room counts.
The cooperative's terms are friendly: pets welcome, subletting permitted, full-time doorman service. That flexibility broadens your eventual resale audience and supports liquidity. A standard board package and interview apply; we help buyers assemble a clean file and read the maintenance against the building's full staffing and the value of its pre-war square footage.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with architecture and access. Ajello's design, the preserved stained-glass lobby, the corner light, and the express subway at the door distinguish an Overdene apartment from plainer Broadway stock — and Riverside Park is minutes away. The pet and sublet policies are real selling points; state them plainly.
Comp to configuration and exposure within the upper-Broadway pre-war cluster, not to a single building average. High-floor lines with light and views reward staging; clean financials and a well-prepared board package keep a deal moving. Well-priced apartments here meet active demand from buyers seeking pre-war space and full service at an accessible price.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering the Overdene, also evaluate nearby upper-Broadway and West Side pre-war cooperatives:
- 255 West 108th Street — pre-war co-op a few blocks north
- 300 West 109th Street — pre-war cooperative nearby
- 275 West 96th Street — full-service pre-war co-op to the south
- 2745 Broadway — Broadway-corridor building nearby
- 2780 Broadway — upper-Broadway pre-war peer
The Roebling Team at The Overdene
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the Upper West Side — the Broadway, West End, and Riverside corridors and the Central Park West market beyond. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers at value-tier full-service cooperatives deserve building-specific intelligence: which lines hold the light, how flexible the house rules really are, and where a given layout sits against the right comparable set.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at the Overdene, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.
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