275 Central Park West
275 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024
BBL 1012010034 · BIN 1031465
- Year built
- 1931
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 114
- Floors
- 18
- Landmark
- Designated
- Pets
- Per current lease terms
275 Central Park West is one of Emery Roth's lesser-known CPW commissions — a 1931 Neo-Renaissance apartment building completed in the same year as his Art Deco twin-tower masterworks (the Eldorado, 300 CPW; the Ardsley, 320 CPW) but in a fundamentally different architectural register. Where the Eldorado and Ardsley embraced full Art Deco, 275 CPW was a more restrained, traditionally-detailed pre-war composition in the Neo-Renaissance vocabulary that Roth had refined in his work for Bing & Bing (most notably the Alden at 225 CPW, 1925) earlier in the decade.
The building's persistent rental status is itself unusual. Most CPW pre-wars converted to cooperative or condominium ownership between 1958 and the 1990s; 275 CPW (along with 241 CPW and 295 CPW) is among a small set of CPW Park-facing buildings that have remained rental properties continuously since construction. This represents a meaningful institutional decision by the building's ownership — to hold the asset as a long-term rental rather than to pursue the financial benefits of conversion.
For prospective renters who want pre-war Park-facing CPW architecture in a Roth-designed building without the financial barriers of a co-op purchase, 275 CPW is one of the limited options.
Architecture and unit composition
The building's 114 apartments are distributed across 18 floors. Roth's Neo-Renaissance design produced gracious room proportions characteristic of his Bing & Bing-era work — high ceilings, formal entry galleries, and pre-war architectural detail in the apartment-house tradition rather than the more dramatic Art Deco vocabulary of his contemporaneous CPW landmarks.
Apartments have been renovated to varying degrees across the building's 94-year history. Park-facing apartments on the eastern flank offer direct Central Park views.
Building operations
275 CPW operates as a full-service rental building. The building maintains the pre-war service signature appropriate to its tier — full-time doorman, attended lobby, on-site superintendent — but as a rental property, operational details are subject to landlord control rather than board governance.
The building is not in a cooperative or condominium structure. There is no proprietary lease, no flip tax, no NYC stockholders' abatement, no board approval process. Resident-tenants hold leases rather than shares or units.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
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. City record last verified September 2026.
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, sourced from NYC Department of Finance records. Apartment-level detail (line, condition, asking-price context) verified upon consultation request.
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 2025 | 9D | $2,200,000 |
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01201-0034) 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.
What to know if you're researching 275 Central Park West as a renter
Roth-designed pre-war rental on CPW is rare. Most Roth CPW buildings converted to co-op decades ago; 275 CPW is one of the few opportunities to rent a Roth-designed Park-facing apartment without facing co-op board scrutiny or financial qualification.
Lease terms are landlord-controlled. Building ownership determines lease length, renewal terms, rent escalations (subject to applicable rent regulations on regulated units), and pet/sublet policies.
Some units may be rent-regulated; many are market-rate. The mix has shifted over decades. Prospective renters should ask explicitly about regulation status.
Daily-life convenience is upper-CPW. Between 88th and 89th, the building sits in the upper Park-facing residential corridor, with proximity to the Central Park Reservoir, the upper UWS retail and restaurant corridor, and Columbus Avenue.
What to know if you're a buyer researching CPW broadly
275 CPW is not currently a purchasable building. Understanding its rental status helps clarify the CPW market structure. Among Park-facing CPW buildings, three notable Roth commissions remain rental — 275, 295, and the unrelated Bing & Bing-era buildings on adjacent side streets — while Roth's better-known CPW co-ops (San Remo, Beresford, Eldorado, Ardsley, Alden) are all in ownership structures.
The persistent rental status reflects ownership strategy. Owners holding CPW Park-facing rentals are making a multi-generational institutional bet on rental cash flow over conversion premium. The decision is uncommon enough to be worth noting when buyers compare CPW alternatives.
Comparable rental buildings on CPW
For renters considering CPW alternatives:
- 241 Central Park West — Schwartz & Gross 1931 Art Deco rental (Rudin family-owned)
- 295 Central Park West — Emery Roth 1941 Art Moderne rental (Roth's final CPW work)
Comparable purchasable buildings on upper CPW (for buyers)
- The Eldorado (300 CPW) — Roth Art Deco twin-tower co-op, immediately north
- The Ardsley (320 CPW) — Roth Art Deco co-op, further north
- The Bolivar (230 CPW) — Neo-Georgian co-op, south
- The Alden (225 CPW) — Roth Bing & Bing pre-war apartment-hotel-turned-coop
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Central Park West — read The Roebling Team Guide to Central Park West.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
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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