The Aberdeen (2780 Broadway)
2780 Broadway, New York, NY 10025
Manhattan Valley, Upper West Side
BBL 1018790001 · BIN 1056647
- Year built
- 1929
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 117
- Landmark
- Designated
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2025
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 2BR median
- $1.5M
- Recent range
- $1.3M – $2.5M
- Listing discount
- 1.7%
- Recorded transfers
- 65
The Aberdeen sits on one of upper Broadway's best corners — the northeast corner of West 107th Street, directly overlooking Straus Park, the small triangular green where Broadway meets West End Avenue. Designed by Sugarman & Berger and completed in 1929, this is a handsome late-pre-war apartment house, and the architecture is genuinely worth noting: a beige-brick facade detailed with rope-column window surrounds, decorative spandrels between the second and third and again between the thirteenth and fourteenth floors, scalloped bandcourses, and a balustraded roofline. Inside, the canopied entrance opens to a large lobby with a checkerboard floor and a beamed ceiling — period character that survived the building's 1980 conversion to cooperative ownership.
But the building's case to a buyer is as much about how it lives as how it looks. The Aberdeen is a full-service co-op with a doorman, a live-in superintendent, a children's playroom, a bike room, cold storage, and central laundry — plus one of the more appealing roof decks in the area, planted with mature greenery and an herb garden and furnished for actual use. The building permits pets, which keeps it open to the dog-owning households the neighborhood draws. And the ground floor is anchored by the Garden of Eden gourmet market, so a well-stocked food hall is quite literally downstairs.
The location rounds out the picture: Straus Park and Riverside Park are at the door, Central Park is a few blocks east, and the 1 train at West 110th and the Broadway retail and restaurant corridor are an easy walk. For a buyer who wants pre-war architecture, real amenities, and an everyday-convenient upper-Broadway address at value pricing relative to the lower West Side, The Aberdeen is a strong proposition.
Architecture and unit composition
The 15-story building houses roughly 117 apartments. The exterior is the work of Sugarman & Berger at the close of the 1920s — a confident, well-ornamented composition that reads as more than the standard avenue stock, with its repeated decorative courses and rope-detailed surrounds. The layouts inside are pre-war family apartments: generous two- and three-bedroom homes with wide entry foyers, gracious living rooms, high ceilings, and the solid masonry construction of the period, alongside a stock of one- and two-bedroom configurations.
Higher floors and the corner exposures carry the building's light and view premium, with upper homes looking out over Straus Park and the low-rise frontage toward Riverside Park and the river to the west. Condition varies apartment by apartment with renovation history, as in any building of this age.
Building operations
The Aberdeen operates as a full-service pre-war cooperative. The staffing model centers on a doorman and a live-in superintendent, with the amenity roster running to a children's playroom, a bicycle room, cold storage, and central laundry. The standout shared amenity is the roof deck — furnished, with mature plantings and an herb garden, a planted outdoor common space rare in the pre-war stock. Pets are permitted.
As an established cooperative, the building runs a standard board-approval process for purchases. Because it sits within the Riverside–West End Historic District Extension II, exterior and facade-affecting renovation work goes through landmarks review in addition to board approval. The ground-floor retail — including the Garden of Eden market — contributes commercial income to the building's operating picture.
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 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.
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 →Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- Flip Tax TBD (at closing)
- Sublet policy
- Allowed; Corporate Sublet Fee 10% of monthly maintenance charged monthly for duration of sublease
- Pied-à-terre
- Not Allowed
- Notable fees
- Closing Fee $800 ($850 without broker) plus $0.05/share
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2025 | 4E | 2 BR · 2 BA | $1,540,000 | -3.4% | |
| Feb 10, 2025 | 5B | 3 BR · 2 BA | $1,675,000 | -4.3% | |
| Oct 17, 2024 | 3B | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | $1,775,000 | +4.4% | |
| Apr 18, 2024 | 8C | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,867 sf | $2,450,000 | $1,312/sf | +0.0% |
| Jan 23, 2024 | 14D | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | $1,337,500 | -4.1% | |
| Dec 1, 2023 | 12A | 2 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,200 sf | $1,525,000 | $1,271/sf | +2.0% |
| Sep 8, 2022 | 11B | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,750 sf | $2,100,000 | $1,200/sf | +0.0% |
| Jul 26, 2022 | 8E | 2 BR · 1.5 BA | $1,525,000 | +9.3% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2024): a median $1,691/sf across 1 sale. The building has traded as recently as 2025. Median listing discount 0.0% from the last ask.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2011 | 7H | $499,000 |
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 1-01879-0001) 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
This is a board-approved cooperative purchase — expect a full board package, financial review, and interview. The building's appeal is specific: a Sugarman & Berger pre-war with a preserved period lobby, a planted roof deck, a playroom, and a gourmet market downstairs, on a green corner overlooking Straus Park. Upper-Broadway pricing generally buys more space per dollar than the lower West Side, which makes the building attractive to space-driven family buyers. Run the financing math early, since co-op boards set financing limits and post-closing liquidity expectations, and factor in the landmarks review for any facade-affecting work. We help buyers read the financials, benchmark the price, and prepare a board package that clears cleanly.
What to know if you’re selling
The selling story is architecture plus amenity plus value. Lead with the Sugarman & Berger facade and the checkerboard-floor, beamed-ceiling lobby, then with the things residents use every day — the planted roof deck, the playroom, the bike room, the pet-friendly policy, and the Garden of Eden market on the ground floor — and with the Straus Park and Riverside Park position. Price to the building's own recent closings and the comparable upper-Broadway pre-war co-ops; floor, light, and the corner exposures drive the spread. Closing timelines are co-op standard, roughly six to ten weeks through a normal board process.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering The Aberdeen, also evaluate these upper-Broadway and Riverside-area pre-war co-ops:
- 2745 Broadway — Broadway corridor co-op to the south
- 2721 Broadway — upper-Broadway pre-war peer
- 305 Riverside Drive — Riverside Drive pre-war co-op nearby
- 310 Riverside Drive — Riverside Drive full-service building close by
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Upper West Side — read The Roebling Team Guide to Upper West Side.
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